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.
Over Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is een bouwer van AI-oplossingen en een leverancier van technologiediensten. Wij slaan de brug tussen AI-investeringen en ondernemingswaarde door het bouwen van full-stack AI-oplossingen voor onze klanten. Onze diepgaande kennis van sectoren, processen en engineering stelt ons in staat om de unieke context van een organisatie te verankeren in technologische systemen. Deze systemen versterken het menselijk potentieel, realiseren tastbare resultaten en geven wereldwijde ondernemingen een voorsprong in een snel veranderende wereld. Ontdek hoe op cognizant.ai of @cognizant.
Aanvullende arbeidsinformatie
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Cognizant is een werkgever die gelijke kansen biedt. Je sollicitatie en kandidatuur worden niet beoordeeld op basis van ras, huidskleur, geslacht, religie, levensovertuiging, seksuele geaardheid, genderidentiteit, nationale afkomst, handicap, genetische informatie, zwangerschap, veteranenstatus of enige andere eigenschap die wordt beschermd door federale, regionale of lokale wetgeving.







