Technology Cyber Resiliency Architect

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Cyber Resilience Architecture
• Define and lead enterprise cyber resilience architecture patterns across on-prem, private cloud, public cloud (AWS, Azure), and critical SaaS providers
• Design capabilities including:
• Isolated Recovery Environments (IRE) / Clean Room Recovery
• Cyber vault and immutable backup architectures
• Point-in-Time Recovery (PiTR) strategies
• Identity and access recovery mechanisms
• Ensure resilience is embedded into Tier-0 architecture and design standards
• Cyber Scenario Engineering
• Develop severe-but-plausible cyber-attack scenarios aligned to real-world threats: ransomware, identity compromise, data corruption, cloud control plane compromise, and supply chain attacks
• Translate scenarios into end-to-end recovery execution models across infrastructure, applications, and data layers
• Integrated Recovery Playbooks
• Lead development of cyber recovery playbooks orchestrating response across Cyber Security, Infrastructure, Application teams, Business Continuity, and Global Command Center
• Define recovery sequencing, escalation paths, clean data validation, and operational command structures
• Ensure playbooks are actionable, tested, and executable under crisis conditions
• Cyber Tabletop Exercises & Validation
• Design and facilitate enterprise cyber recovery tabletop exercises and simulations
• Validate end-to-end recovery execution, cross-team coordination, RTO achievement, and data integrity
• Capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement
• Gap Identification & Resilience Uplift
• Identify systemic gaps and failure points across cyber recovery capabilities
• Manage a cyber resilience gap remediation backlog
• Partner with engineering teams to implement architectural improvements, enhance recovery automation, and strengthen identity and infrastructure resilience
• Track and report resilience maturity improvements
• Tier-0 & Third-Party Alignment
• Ensure Tier-0 and critical business services have defined recovery strategies, validated playbooks, and mapped dependencies
• Assess and validate cyber recovery capabilities of critical third-party vendors and SaaS providers; integrate into enterprise recovery strategies
• Architecture Governance & RIG Alignment
• Participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARBs) to enforce cyber resilience standards
• Contribute to Resiliency Implementation Guidelines (RIGs) and enterprise patterns
• Ensure new solutions meet enterprise cyber recovery requirements
• REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Requirements

• 12+ years across infrastructure architecture, cloud engineering, cyber security engineering, and resiliency / disaster recovery engineering
• Large-scale enterprise or financial services environments
• Proven track record designing cyber recovery or disaster recovery architectures
• Infrastructure & Platforms
• Data center architecture: compute, storage, virtualization
• Backup and recovery platforms
• Cloud
• AWS and/or Azure - hybrid cloud architectures
• Security
• Cyber incident response
• Identity and access management
• Threat and attack vectors
• Data Protection & Resilience
• Backup / restore, immutable storage, point-in-time recovery
• DR architectures, cyber vault / clean room recovery
• Dependency mapping and failure analysis
• Architecture & Leadership Skills
• Ability to design enterprise-scale recovery architectures
• Strong systems thinking and dependency mapping
• Experience developing technical playbooks and recovery procedures
• Ability to lead cross-

Additional Information

About Northern Trust As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world's most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions. Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide. With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service. ROLE OVERVIEW The Sr Principal Solutions Consultant - Cyber Resiliency sits at the intersection of Cyber Security, Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering, and Resiliency Engineering. The role leads the design, engineering, and validation of enterprise cyber resilience capabilities across the firm's global technology estate - developing severe-but-plausible cyber scenarios, integrated end-to-end recovery playbooks, and enterprise-wide recovery validation strategies. Partnering closely with Cyber Security, Infrastructure Engineering, Application & Data Engineering, and the Global Command Center, this position ensures Tier-0 and mission-critical services can recover from destructive cyber events while meeting global regulatory expectations for operational resilience.

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