Technology Cyber Resiliency Architect

Northern Trust • Chicago, IL

2d • $164,600 - $288,000

About The Position

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.

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-functional technical initiatives

Nice To Haves

• GSIB or highly regulated financial institution experience
• Experience designing Isolated Recovery Environments (IRE)
• Experience running enterprise cyber tabletop exercises
• Familiarity with operational resilience regulatory frameworks

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Benefits

• retirement benefits (401k and pension)
• health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability)
• paid time off
• parental and caregiver leave
• life & accident insurance
• other voluntary and well-being benefits
• discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed