Senior Cyber Recovery Engineer (Level 3)
Indotronix International Corporation•Chicago, IL
•Hybrid
About The Position
Join a mission-critical team as a Senior Cyber Recovery Engineer, leading end-to-end design and execution of cyber recovery solutions for a top-tier financial institution. You’ll architect, implement, and validate recovery environments (airgap, IRE, clean room) to safeguard core platforms against cyber threats. This role is hands-on, highly visible, and offers the chance to engage directly with regulators and C-suite leadership. Advance your career in a collaborative, hybrid work environment with significant responsibility and direct impact on business resilience.
Requirements
- 10+ years in infrastructure, platform, or resilience engineering, with 4+ years in a financial institution.
- Proven hands-on experience implementing and testing cyber recovery in IRE or clean rooms.
- Direct participation in regulatory engagements for cyber recovery (OCC, FDIC, Federal Reserve, NYDFS, SEC, FINRA).
- Advanced proficiency with enterprise backup/replication platforms: Cohesity, Rubrik, Zerto, Veeam, Commvault, or NetBackup.
- Experience with IaC (Terraform, Ansible) and scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
- Deep understanding of network segmentation, identity isolation, and zero-trust for clean room environments.
- Familiarity with ransomware TTPs, destructive malware response, and forensics in recovery.
- Working knowledge of FFIEC, NIST CSF, and/or DORA for operational resilience.
Nice To Haves
- Background in GSIB, SIFI, Category I–III banks or institutions under heightened regulatory scrutiny.
- Relevant certifications: CISSP, CISA, AWS/Azure Disaster Recovery, or backup vendor certifications.
- Experience with DORA implementation for EU operations.
- Knowledge of SWIFT, FedWire, or CHIPS payment system recovery.
- Hands-on cyber recovery in AWS, Azure, or GCP, including cloud-based IRE.
- Incident response or threat intelligence with a recovery focus.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain Isolated Recovery Environments (IRE) and clean room infrastructure for cyber recovery exercises and live events.
- Execute and continuously improve full-cycle cyber recovery testing, validating RTO and RPO for mission-critical systems.
- Develop, update, and automate recovery runbooks and playbooks for banking, trading, and data applications.
- Lead forensic validation and system integrity checks before production re-entry.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for regulatory exams, audits, and compliance inquiries (OCC, FDIC, Federal Reserve, NYDFS).
- Translate regulatory and industry standards (FFIEC, NIST CSF, DORA) into actionable engineering requirements.
- Design and operate air-gapped/isolated backup pipelines using leading enterprise platforms (Cohesity, Rubrik, Zerto, Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup).
- Engineer network segmentation, identity isolation, and zero-trust controls within recovery environments.
- Automate recovery solutions using Terraform, Ansible, Python, Bash, and PowerShell.
- Own the cyber recovery exercise calendar, scenario design, and after-action review process.
- Mentor junior engineers and drive continuous improvement across recovery engineering and documentation.
Benefits
- Highly visible, mission-critical role with direct CISO and executive exposure.
- Hybrid work model in Chicago, IL with flexibility.
- Opportunity to influence business resilience at an enterprise scale.
- Professional growth through regulatory engagement, leadership, and mentoring.
- Access to latest technologies and tools in cyber recovery engineering.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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