Cyber Resilience Architect

HYBRID ROLE Position Summary 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 environmentsDemonstrated experience designing and implementing cyber resilience strategies with a focus on ransomware and destructive cyber eventsDeep understanding of assume breach scenarios, including loss of production trust, and large scale system encryptionExperience 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 environmentsStrong knowledge of isolation strategies, privileged access separation, and secure recovery workflowsExperience 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 systemsUnderstanding of clinical system dependencies and impacts to patient care during cyber incidentsAbility 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 designExperience architecting hybrid and cloud based recovery solutions (Azure)Identity and access recovery considerations in cloud environmentsAbility to document recovery architectures, dependencies, and restoration runbooks Automation & Workflow Enablement Experience using automation to enhance cyber recovery workflows across on premises and cloud environmentsAbility to apply scripting, orchestration, or infrastructure as code concepts to improve recovery speed, consistency, and reliabilityFocus 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 recoveryExperience operating within incident command or emergency operations structuresStrong written and verbal communication skills, including executive level technical briefings