Disaster Recovery and Resilience Lead

MarketAxess•New York, NY

3h•$150,000 - $225,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Disaster Recovery and Resilience Lead is responsible for the design, coordination, and leadership of the firmwide technology resilience and disaster recovery program to improve resilience and response capabilities to disasters. This position requires a proven subject matter expert with demonstrated competency in the planning, design, development, program execution, maintenance and testing of platform resilience, disaster recovery, and cyber-attack recovery capabilities.

Requirements

5+ years of disaster recovery and/or technology resilience-focused experience
Minimum 2+ years of experience in electronic trading technology including familiarity with the FIX protocol
Thorough understanding of technology resiliency and disaster recovery best practices
Strong grasp of technology including infrastructure and application layers, including datacenter and cloud (AWS) environments
Ability to think through hypothetical situations and concepts and to identify risks and weaknesses in various business processes
Ability to collaborate with and influence others to advance the program
Excellent strategic, problem solving, and analytical skills
Excellent communication skills
Experience with AI large language model tools and ability to leverage AI to accelerate productivity

Responsibilities

Coordinate with business and technology stakeholders to understand and catalog technology services that are critical to the business with respect to resiliency and disaster recovery.
Coordinate with business and technology stakeholders to set and communicate targets for recovery and resiliency including recovery time objectives and recovery point objectives.
Analyze and evaluate infrastructure and application design with respect to resiliency and recovery.
Identify, design, and collaborate on architectural approaches for achieving resiliency across critical technology services.
Lead execution of planned disaster recovery and resiliency tests measuring recovery times and recovery points achieved vs. targets.
Provide reports to management on resiliency, recovery readiness, test results, and program roadmaps.
Lead technology recovery from disaster in response to actual events.
Partner with infrastructure, application and business teams to develop, test, and maintain recovery procedures.
Develop recovery priorities, timelines, and strategy for proper sequence of recovery components.
Collaborate with technology staff to develop and implement best practices to protect and restore data in the event of disasters and cyber attacks.
Document any gaps found during testing exercises and track and ensure remediation.
Educate and train IT and business members in practices of technology risk disaster recovery planning.
Build cross-functional relationships to get buy-in and support.

Benefits

Hybrid Environment: Our employees enjoy a mix of working in the office and from home
Free Food: We provide free lunch for employees when they are working in the office. Plus, our offices are stocked with snacks
Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO package including vacation and personal days, sick leave and charity days
Generous Parental Leave: Up to 20 weeks fully paid leave
401(k): Dollar-for-dollar employer match up to $17,500
Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Employees can purchase MarketAxess common stock at a discount
Wellness Stipend: We provide employees with up to $1K annually towards gym memberships, home office equipment and more
Onsite Healthcare: We offer convenient access to world-class care through Mount Sinai at our Hudson Yards location
Tuition Assistance and Professional Development: Benefit from live and on-demand learning, role-specific training, employee-led Lunch and Learns and guest speakers
Core benefits: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs