Senior Enterprise Cyber Recovery Architect

Accenture; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 123,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a seasoned enterprise infrastructure leader to guide recovery during cyber incidents. You will direct sequencing, map architectures, and serve as a trusted advisor to executives while shaping playbooks and tools for resilient restoration.

The role emphasizes hands-on guidance, client-facing leadership, and mentoring within a scalable recovery practice. Travel is required, with varying degrees depending on client needs.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in enterprise architecture, infrastructure design, or a closely related discipline spanning servers, storage, networking, and cloud environments.
• Minimum 1 year mapping application dependencies and infrastructure relationships at scale.
• Minimum 3 years of direct engagement with senior stakeholders in high-stakes situations.
• Minimum 4 years of client-facing consulting experience in infrastructure, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, or related discipline.
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading teams or workstreams in a consulting or advisory environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise recovery engagements during active cyber incidents, directing recovery sequencing and strategy across complex environments.
• Map client environment architecture and dependencies to execute a structured recovery plan.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to senior client stakeholders through the recovery lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain technical recovery playbooks and workflows for enterprise environments.
• Own deployment, configuration, and validation of recovery tools and technologies.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Client-facing communication

Leadership

Public speaking / boardroom activity

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience

Tools

SAN

NAS

AWS

Azure

GCP

Hypervisor

Containers

Job description

Accenture is seeking a seasoned enterprise infrastructure leader to guide recovery during cyber incidents. You will direct sequencing, map architectures, and serve as a trusted advisor to executives while shaping playbooks and tools for resilient restoration.

The role emphasizes hands-on guidance, client-facing leadership, and mentoring within a scalable recovery practice. Travel is required, with varying degrees depending on client needs.