Senior Technical Architect - Cyber Resilience

Calance; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Calance seeks a Senior Technical Architect to lead our Cyber Resilience program across a large academic medical center. The role focuses on ransomware recovery, IRE design, and advanced enterprise recovery architectures both on-premises and in Azure.

The candidate will champion automation of recovery workflows, maintain strong executive communications during cyber events, and align recovery sequencing with clinical criticality and safety.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in enterprise infrastructure, recovery architecture, or cyber resilience roles.
• Design/implement cyber resilience strategies focused on ransomware and destructive events.
• Experience supporting ransomware recovery, incident response, or simulations.
• Proven ability to design and operate an Isolated Recovery Environment (IRE).
• Healthcare/academic medical center exposure or similar large-scale setting.
• Deep expertise in VMware, storage, backup/recovery, networking, and Azure.
• Automation of recovery workflows using scripting or IaC concepts.
• Strong executive communication during cyber events.

Responsibilities

• Lead the cyber resilience program for a large academic medical center.
• Design/build an Isolated Recovery Environment and supporting architectures.
• Drive automation to speed and standardize cyber recovery operations.
• Provide incident leadership and executive-level briefings during cyber events.
• Collaborate with security, IT, and clinical teams to align recovery sequencing.

Skills

Cyber Resilience

BCDR

Leadership

Incident Leadership

Communication

Automation

Azure Cloud

Networking

VMware

Security Certification

Tools

VMware vCF/ Horizon

Cisco UCS

Palo Alto

Forescout

Rubrik

PowerShell/ IaC

Job description

We have a Contact to hire role with one of our major clients. They are looking for a Senior Technical Architect - Cyber Resilience for an important project.

Position: Senior Technical Architect - Cyber Resilience

Location: New York City , NY, 10034 (5 Days Onsite)

Duration: Contract To Hire : 6 Months to Hire

Job Description:

Required Skills:

Cyber Resilience

Strong BCDR (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery)

7+ years of experience in network security engineering and operations

Hospital or Health system

Backup platform and a Storage platform, Recovery

3+ years of leadership or management experience

A resource to lead the technical design and build of a cyber recovery environment

Cyber resilience architecture and ransomware recovery strategy across large enterprise environments

Design and implementation of Isolated Recovery Environments (IRE) for secure cyber recovery

Deep enterprise infrastructure expertise including VMware, storage, backup/recovery, networking, and Azure cloud

Automation and orchestration of cyber recovery workflows using scripting and infrastructure-as-code concepts

Incident leadership and executive communication during cyber events within complex healthcare environments

Forescout certifications

Palo Alto certifications (PCNSA / PCNSE)

CISSP, CISM, or equivalent security certification

A resource to lead the technical design and build of a cyber recovery environment

Cyber resilience architecture and ransomware recovery strategy across large enterprise environments

Design and implementation of Isolated Recovery Environments (IRE) for secure cyber recovery

Deep enterprise infrastructure expertise including VMware, storage, backup/recovery, networking, and Azure cloud

Automation and orchestration of cyber recovery workflows using scripting and infrastructure-as-code concepts

Incident leadership and executive communication during cyber events within complex healthcare environments

Experience: 7+ years of experience in network security engineering and operations 3+ years of leadership or management experience

Certs / Degree: Preferred: Forescout certifications

Palo Alto certifications (PCNSA / PCNSE)

CISSP, CISM, or equivalent security certification

Top Must Have’s: A resource to lead the technical design and build of a cyber recovery environment Cyber resilience architecture and ransomware recovery strategy across large enterprise environments

Design and implementation of Isolated Recovery Environment (IRE) for secure cyber recovery

Deep enterprise infrastructure expertise including VMware, storage, backup/recovery, networking, and Azure cloud

Automation and orchestration of cyber recovery workflows using scripting and infrastructure-as-code concepts

Incident leadership and executive communication during cyber events within complex healthcare environments

Description:

We are seeking a Senior Technical Architect to lead our Cyber Resilience program across a large, complex academic medical center with more than 50,000 employees, multiple hospitals, and two premier medical schools.

This role is responsible for strengthening the organization’s ability to anticipate, withstand, and recover from cyber incidents and disruptive events, with a focus on ransomware and destructive attacks impacting critical clinical and business systems.

The Senior Technical Architect will develop and enhance the organization’s cyber resilience capabilities, including the design, build, and implementation of an Isolated Recovery Environment (IRE) and supporting recovery architectures across on-premises and cloud environments. The role drives the use of automation to enhance cyber recovery workflows and improve the speed, consistency, and reliability of recovery operations.

Required Qualifications

Cyber Resilience & Ransomware Recovery

8+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure, recovery architecture, or cyber resilience roles within large, complex environments

Demonstrated experience designing and implementing cyber resilience strategies with a focus on ransomware and destructive cyber events

Deep understanding of assume-breach scenarios, including loss of production trust, and large-scale system encryption

Experience supporting ransomware recovery efforts, including incident response, recovery execution, or formal cyber recovery simulations

Isolated Recovery Environment (IRE)

Proven experience designing, building, and operating an Isolated Recovery Environment (IRE) or clean-room cyber recovery platform across on-premises and cloud environments

Strong knowledge of isolation strategies, privileged access separation, and secure recovery workflows

Experience validating system and data integrity prior to restoration and managing staged reintroduction of recovered systems Healthcare Environment

Experience working in or supporting healthcare provider environments, such as academic medical centers or large hospital systems

Understanding of clinical system dependencies and impacts to patient care during cyber incidents

Ability to align recovery sequencing to clinical criticality and operational safety

Infrastructure & Recovery Architecture

Senior-level technical expertise across enterprise infrastructure, including:

Server virtualization and bare-metal compute platforms (VMware VCF, Horizon VDI, Cisco UCS)

Enterprise database platforms (SQL Server and Oracle)

Enterprise storage systems, including immutable and ransomware-resistant technologies (EverPure SAN, Dell PowerScale NAS)

Data protection and recovery platforms (Rubrik Enterprise Edition)

Network segmentation and secure enclave design

Experience architecting hybrid and cloud-based recovery solutions (Azure)

Identity and access recovery considerations in cloud environments

Ability to document recovery architectures, dependencies, and restoration runbooks

Automation & Workflow Enablement

Experience using automation to enhance cyber recovery workflows across on-premises and cloud environments

Ability to apply scripting, orchestration, or infrastructure-as-code concepts to improve recovery speed, consistency, and reliability

Focus on automation as an enabler of operational resilience during cyber events

Incident Leadership & Communication

Ability to serve as the senior technical authority during cyber incident activation and recovery

Experience operating within incident command or emergency operations structures

Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level technical briefings