Security Architect Cyber Recovery

Cpl Group; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cpl Group is seeking a Technical Security Architect lead to define and govern Target Cyber Recovery Architecture within a broader cyber resilience programme. You will review designs, challenge assumptions, and ensure cohesion across recovery streams, technologies, and suppliers.

Key responsibilities include architecture assurance, readiness reviews, and alignment with RTOs/RPOs, with a focus on IAM, AD, MFA, PAM and VMware-based infrastructure. Experience in DR/OPR is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Experience designing and governing Cyber Recovery, Disaster Recovery, or Operational Resilience programmes.
• Strong understanding of IAM, AD, MFA, PAM and recovery authentication models.

Responsibilities

• Guide recovery architecture and assurance across cyber recovery, backup vaults, and DR runbooks.
• Review designs from internal teams and third parties for alignment with recovery objectives.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and single points of failure in recovery capabilities.
• Support procurement, evaluations, and supplier selections for recovery technologies.
• Participate in Design Authority and governance forums for recovery architecture.

Skills

Identity & Access Management

Active Directory

MFA

PAM

Recovery architectures

Cyber governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

VMware vSphere

Microsoft SQL Server

Oracle RAC

Enterprise storage & virtualization

Job description

TTechnical Security architect contractor lead for Cyber Recovery Technology Programme. Your role will be to develop, maintain, and govern the Target Cyber Recovery Architecture. Define architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and design patterns for Cyber Recovery and operational resilience. Demonstrable experience designing and governing Cyber Recovery, Disaster Recovery, or Operational Resilience programmes (Essential)

• Ensure all programme workstreams, technologies, and suppliers integrate into a cohesive recovery capability.
• Review and assure technical designs produced by internal teams and third-party suppliers.
• Challenge technical assumptions, architectural decisions, and supplier proposals.
• Identify architectural risks, technical debt, hidden dependencies, and single points of failure.
• Validate recovery strategies, recovery operating models, and technology roadmaps.
• Support procurement activities, technology evaluations, and supplier selection exercises.
• Participate in Design Authority and technical governance forums.
• Review and assess recovery runbooks, recovery methodologies, and recovery testing approaches.
• Support cyber recovery testing, simulation exercises, and recovery readiness reviews.
• Produce architecture assurance reports, dependency assessments, and technical recommendations.
• Ensure programme solutions align with agreed Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs).
• Review industry trends, emerging technologies, and cyber recovery best practices to ensure adoption of a best-in-class recovery capability.
• Provide architecture leadership and assurance across recovery infrastructure, immutable backup platforms, cyber recovery vaults, clean room environments, application recovery workstreams, and supporting technology domains.
• Key skillset to also include ; Strong understanding of Identity, Access Management, Active Directory, MFA, PAM, and recovery authentication models (Essential)
• Experience with VMware vSphere, enterprise infrastructure, storage, and virtualisation technologies (Essential)
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle RAC, and enterprise database recovery architectures (Essential)
• NIS2 Call Lindsay O’Leary for further spec details. 00 353 86 8311808 #LI-LO1