Cyber Recovery Lead

Sanderson; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanderson is seeking a hands-on Technical Lead for a 6‑month cyber recovery programme in the West Midlands. You will own technical delivery across backup, disaster recovery, cyber resilience and wider operational resilience, guiding architecture, design and implementation.

You’ll lead design reviews, manage third‑party partners, and drive recovery testing with a focus on governance and delivery quality. On-site weekly, supporting a critical financial services programme.

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on experience leading infrastructure build and cyber resilience initiatives.
• Strong skills in high/low level design development and assurance.
• Experience with enterprise backup, DR, virtualization and cloud tech.
• Proven third-party technical leadership and delivery assurance.
• Experience with recovery testing and sign-off.
• Ability to set direction and governance while supporting build and issue resolution.
• Familiarity with Cohesity, NetBackup, Zerto, Azure or MS 365.
• Knowledge of ISO 22301, ISO 27001, NIST or CAF.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical lead for cyber resilience, backup and recovery; own technical delivery.
• Lead design reviews and drive decisions through architecture governance forums.
• Lead design, build, configuration, integration, testing and implementation; produce HR/LLD and runbooks.
• Direct internal teams, suppliers and delivery partners; challenge designs to meet standards.
• Define recovery sequencing; manage dependencies, risks and issues with the PM/BA.
• Lead technical execution of recovery testing through to acceptance and sign-off.
• Ensure operational readiness, knowledge transfer and service transition.
• Provide concise technical status and risk updates for programme reporting.

Skills

Infrastructure leadership

Cyber resilience

Backup & DR

Disaster recovery

Business continuity

Design reviews

HLD/LLD

Cloud technologies

Azure/M365

Tools

Cohesity

NetBackup

Zerto

Hyper-V

Azure

Microsoft 365

Job description

Duration - 6 months, with extension expected

Location – West Midlands – Once a week on site

The opportunity:

Our client, a leading financial services organisation, is strengthening its ability to withstand and recover from major technology failures, cyber incidents and operational disruption. This high-profile, business-critical programme covers backup, disaster recovery, cyber recovery and wider operational resilience.

They are looking for a hands‑on Technical Lead to own the technical delivery of the Cyber Recovery Programme. You will combine technical authority and governance with real involvement in design, build and troubleshooting, setting the direction and getting into the detail.

What you’ll be doing:

• Acting as the technical lead for cyber resilience, backup and recovery, accountable for technical delivery and outcomes
• Leading design reviews and driving decisions through architecture and design‑governance forums
• Leading and contributing to solution design, build, configuration, integration, testing and implementation, producing HLDs, LLDs, playbooks and runbooks
• Directing internal teams, suppliers and delivery partners and challenging their designs and outputs to make sure quality and recovery standards are met
• Defining recovery sequencing and managing dependencies, risks and issues alongside the Programme Manager and Business Analysts
• Leading the technical execution of recovery testing through to acceptance and sign-off
• Ensuring operational readiness, knowledge transfer and service transition are complete and accepted by operational teams
• Providing concise technical status and risk updates to support programme reporting

About you:

• Significant hands‑on experience leading infrastructure build, cyber resilience, backup, disaster recovery or business continuity initiatives, from design through to testing and operational handover
• Strong infrastructure solution design skills, including HLD and LLD development and assurance
• Practical experience of enterprise backup, DR, virtualisation and cloud technologies
• Proven third‑party technical leadership and delivery assurance
• Experience of recovery testing, technical acceptance and sign-off
• Confident operating at both lead and practitioner level, setting direction and governance while producing designs, supporting build and resolving technical issues
• Experience with one or more of Cohesity, NetBackup, Zerto, Microsoft Hyper‑V, Azure or Microsoft 365
• Knowledge of ISO 22301, ISO 27001, NIST or CAF