[Hiring] Architect – Azure DR -Lead @Sutherland

Role Description

The role involves architecting and leading Azure-based Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP) solutions. Key responsibilities include:

• Designing and maintaining Azure DR architectures using Azure Site Recovery, Azure Backup, and multi-region strategies.
• Defining RTO/RPO targets, recovery strategies, and application dependency mapping for Azure workloads.
• Developing and governing Azure DR/BCP policies, standards, and recovery plans.
• Conducting risk assessments and Business Impact Analysis (BIA) for Azure and hybrid environments.
• Planning, executing, and overseeing Azure DR drills, failover/failback tests, and BCP exercises.
• Ensuring compliance and audit readiness aligned with security, regulatory, and organizational requirements.
• Identifying resiliency gaps and driving continuous improvement in Azure recovery capabilities.
• Collaborating with cloud, application, security, and leadership teams for DR/BCP readiness.
• Acting as Azure DR/BCP Architect and Lead, owning governance, documentation, and stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in DR, BCP, or IT Resiliency architecture.
• Strong knowledge of DR strategies, recovery planning, and risk management.
• Experience with enterprise infrastructure, cloud, and application recovery models.
• Hands-on experience planning and executing DR and BCP tests.
• Strong understanding of compliance, audit, and governance frameworks.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
• Ability to work with cross-functional and senior leadership teams.

Requirements

• Lead DR tabletop exercises: Guide cross-functional teams (IT, apps, business) through scripted failure scenarios, discussing roles, timelines, and decisions without live systems.
• Conduct full-scale DR drills: Oversee failover to secondary sites or cloud (e.g., Azure, monitoring restore times, data integrity, and failback processes).
• Perform system backups/restores: Hands-on testing of critical Oracle EBS modules, databases, and cloud workloads to ensure recovery within defined targets.

Benefits

• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.