[Hiring] Systems Architect @Donatech

Role Description

Position would require the candidate to be a W2 employee of Donatech. US Citizenship Required.

Architectural Leadership

• Define end to end DR and high availability (HA) architectures for enterprise wide workloads, incorporating multi region cloud, hybrid, and on prem solutions.
• Develop architectural blueprints, reference designs, and pattern libraries that align with client’s security, compliance, and cost optimization policies.

Solution Design & Implementation

• Design and implement automated fail over, replication, and fail back mechanisms (e.g., Site Recovery Manager, Kubernetes based HA, database mirroring, storage level replication).
• Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies (e.g., Immutable Infrastructure, Chaos Engineering, Serverless DR) to improve resiliency and reduce mean time to recover (MTTR).

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure all DR solutions meet corporate policies CRX 301, CRX 302, and relevant regulatory requirements (e.g., NIST?800 34, ISO?22301, FedRAMP).
• Create and maintain DR documentation, run books, and test plans; conduct periodic reviews and updates.

Testing & Validation

• Lead full scale DR exercise planning, execution, and post mortem analysis for multi site, multi cloud environments.
• Define success criteria, metrics, and KPIs; report findings to senior leadership and stakeholders.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with IT Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, Application Development, Security, and Governance teams to embed DR/HA considerations early in the SDLC.
• Serve as the technical authority for DR during design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR) and program risk assessments.

Continuous Improvement

• Conduct risk assessments, threat modeling, and capacity planning to anticipate emerging resiliency challenges.
• Drive adoption of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and automated documentation tools to keep architecture artefacts current.

DR Plan Modernization & Compliance

• Review existing DR plan architectures across the enterprise, assessing their alignment with current resilience standards, best practices, and organizational Recovery Objectives.
• Collaborate with internal teams (Application Owners, IT Service Managers, Engineering) to update and refine DR plans, ensuring that all applications and IT services meet the latest RTO/RPO targets.
• Develop and implement remediation plans to bring legacy systems and applications up to date with modern resilience standards, ensuring compliance with corporate policies (CRX 301, CRX 302) and regulatory requirements.
• Track progress and report status to senior leadership, providing insights into plan modernization efforts and risk mitigation strategies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing DR/HA solutions for enterprise scale workloads in cloud, hybrid, and on prem environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Proven hands on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and related services (e.g., Disaster Recovery, Site Recovery Manager, cross region replication, networking, IAM).
• Strong understanding of networking, storage, virtualization, container orchestration (Kubernetes), and database technologies as they relate to resiliency.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate complex technical concepts for both technical and non technical audiences.
• U.S. citizenship required.

Desired Skills

• Familiarity with automated disaster recovery (DR) solutions, including but not limited to:
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Disaster Recovery Service (DRS): Experience with configuring and managing replication, fail over, and fail back processes for AWS workloads.
• Microsoft Azure Site Recovery (ASR): Knowledge of setting up and managing site recovery between on premises environments, Azure, and other clouds.
• Zerto: Hands on experience with continuous data protection (CDP) and near zero RPO replication across VMware, Hyper V, and cloud environments.
• Veeam Backup & Replication: Experience with agent less backup, replication, and automated fail over testing for virtual, physical, and cloud workloads.
• IBM Resiliency Services (formerly IBM Disaster Recovery as a Service): Familiarity with managed DR services for hybrid cloud environments, including integration with IBM Cloud and on premises infrastructure.
• Experience with DR automation, including:
• Scripting and integration with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab) to automate DR workflows.
• DR exercise planning and execution, including defining success criteria, metrics, and KPIs for recovery processes.
• Strong analytical skills: ability to perform risk assessments, impact analysis, and cost benefit modeling for DR solutions.
• Hybrid/multi-cloud deployments, with ability to manage DR across multiple cloud providers and on premises environments.
• Advanced certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, VMware VCAP DCV).

Typical Minimums

• Generally has 5+ years of related experience and may have a post-secondary degree or training in a related discipline.