About the role
As a Cyber Resilience Architect, you will make an impact by advising an important client on cyber resilience, disaster recovery and business continuity strategy within a highly regulated banking environment. You will be a valued member of the Datacenter migration program team and work collaboratively with client stakeholders, OEM partners (such as Rubrik and IBM) and onshore and offshore team members.
In this role, you will
- Own the engagement roadmap and quality of deliverables across all 4 framework stages, escalating risks and dependencies.
- Deliver a Business Impact Assessment and MVB (Minimum Viable Business / Minimum Viable Bank) scoping, and produce a regulator-aligned MVB Recovery Strategy and roadmap.
- Produce an Isolated Recovery Environment (IRE) strategic options paper (on-prem / cloud / hybrid) with recommendations.
- Develop recovery-point cleanliness strategic options with recommendations.
- Present findings and recommendations to client stakeholders and act as the trusted-advisor face of Cognizant in front of OEM partners.
Work model
At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 2 days a week in the client office in Mechelen (Belgium) or in Cognizant office in Brussels. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you're engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.
What you need to have to be considered
- 15+ years in cyber resilience, disaster recovery, or business continuity consulting, ideally within banking or another highly regulated sector.
- Demonstrated experience defining Minimum Viable Business / Minimum Viable Bank (MVB) recovery strategies and scoping.
- Strong working knowledge of DORA, NIS2, RBI and comparable financial-services resilience regulation.
- Excellent workshop facilitation and executive communication skills; comfortable presenting to CISO/Board-level audiences.
- Knowledge of framework coverage, e.g., Resilience Definition & Resilience Foundation (Stages 1–2) and advisory oversight of Stages 3–4.
These will help you stand out
- Familiarity with immutable backup, cyber-vault and Isolated Recovery Environment concepts (e.g., Rubrik, Safeguarded Copy, Commvault, Cohesity).
- Exposure to complex, hybrid estates spanning mainframe, Exadata/Teradata, open systems, cloud and SaaS.
- Experience acting as a trusted advisor in front of OEM partners such as Rubrik and IBM.
We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.
Things to know before you apply
- Work authorization: Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
- Accommodations: If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.
- AI in hiring: We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help us screen and assess applications more efficiently. Our team performs additional human review and ultimately decides who moves forward in our hiring process.
- Open position: Unless otherwise stated, this job posting is for an open position on our team.
- Language proficiency: We ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
- Inclusion: Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
