Lead Enterprise Security Recovery Architect

Accenture; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 311,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an enterprise infrastructure leader to drive recovery strategies and orchestrate complex restoration across multi-tier environments. You will guide recovery sequencing from triage to full restoration and translate technical decisions for executive stakeholders.

With 8+ years in infrastructure design and enterprise architecture, you will map dependencies, refine recovery playbooks, and lead teams to deliver secure restoration in high-pressure situations. Travel is expected.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in enterprise architecture, infrastructure design, or related discipline in enterprise environments.
• 1+ year mapping application dependencies and infrastructure relationships at scale.
• 3+ years of client-facing consulting with senior stakeholders.
• 4+ years in infrastructure, cybersecurity, or related consulting discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise recovery engagements during active cyber incidents and direct recovery sequencing.
• Map environment architecture and dependencies to execute structured recovery plans.
• Act as trusted advisor to senior stakeholders during recovery lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain technical recovery playbooks and runbooks.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Infrastructure design

Executive stakeholder communication

Client-facing consulting

Recovery planning

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

SAN

NAS

AWS

Azure

GCP

Hypervisor

Containers

Job description

We Are:

Accenture Security is one of the fastest growing areas of our business, and our global Cyber Investigation and Forensic Response (CIFR) practice is at the heart of how we help clients prepare for, respond to, and recover from the most consequential cyber incidents. Within CIFR, our Cyber Recovery practice is focused on the technical “how” of cyber recovery, building the tools, playbooks, and team capabilities that enable resilient and secure restoration when it matters most. The team operates across the Americas, providing expertise to multinational clients and shaping thought leadership inside and outside the firm.

You Are:

An enterprise infrastructure leader who thinks in systems and dependencies. You have deep experience designing, managing, or recovering large-scale enterprise environments and you understand how the pieces connect, what depends on what, and what has to come back first when everything is down. You can walk a client through a recovery strategy in the boardroom and get hands‑on when the team needs it. Active Directory, network topology, storage architecture, cloud infrastructure – you speak this language fluently and can apply it under pressure when it matters most. You take ownership of the recovery approach, you direct the team, and you raise the bar on what structured, secure restoration looks like at enterprise scale. You build trusted relationships with senior clients, communicate complex technical decisions with clarity and composure, and translate recovery outcomes into strategic guidance that matters to the business. Beyond client delivery, you are a builder — invested in shaping the capability, maturing the offering, and growing the practice.

The Work:

• Lead enterprise recovery engagements during active cyber incidents, directing recovery sequencing and strategy across complex, multi‑tier environments from initial triage through full restoration
• Map client environment architecture, application dependencies, and infrastructure relationships to develop and execute a structured recovery plan that brings the right systems back in the right order
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to senior client stakeholders throughout the recovery lifecycle, communicating complex infrastructure and recovery decisions with clarity and composure under pressure
• Develop, refine, and maintain technical recovery playbooks, workflows, and runbooks tailored to enterprise environments that enable consistent and secure restoration
• Own the deployment, configuration, and ongoing validation of recovery tools and technologies so they are optimized and ready when needed
• Translate lessons learned from recovery engagements into strategic and tactical transformation roadmaps that enable organizations to build a more secure and resilient enterprise environment post‑incident
• Assess team technical capabilities, identify gaps, and design and deliver training programs that elevate recovery expertise across the practice
• Represent the practice with professionalism and adaptability in high‑stakes, client‑facing situations
• Drive capability development within the recovery practice by building and maturing the tools, methodologies, and frameworks that define how the team delivers at scale — serving as a technical leader and subject matter expert within the practice, not just on engagements

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 25% to 75% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here’s What You Need:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in enterprise architecture, infrastructure design, or a closely related discipline spanning servers, storage, networking, and cloud environments
• Minimum 1 years of demonstrated experience mapping application dependencies and infrastructure relationships across large, complex enterprise environments
• Min8imum 1 years demonstrated experience with enterprise backup and restoration tools in large‑scale environments
• Minimum 3 years of experience engaging directly with senior or executive stakeholders, communicating complex technical concepts with clarity and confidence in high‑stakes situations
• Minimum 4 years of client‑facing consulting experience in infrastructure, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, or a closely related discipline
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading teams or workstreams in a consulting or advisory environment
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience

Bonus Points If:

• You have hands‑on experience with cyber recovery or disaster recovery in a large enterprise environment
• You have hands‑on expertise with SAN and NAS environments and proficiency across major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• You have experience with hypervisor and container platforms
• You have built or maintained technical recovery playbooks or runbooks for enterprise environments
• You have experience thriving in high‑pressure, fast‑paced environments where priorities shift rapidly and decisive action is required
• You have experience mentoring and developing technical teams

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