Senior Resiliency Consultant

Overview

Kyndryl is seeking a Senior Resiliency Consultant for clients in Australia and New Zealand. You will design resiliency solutions and provide advisory services to help clients manage operational resiliency posture and regulatory compliance (APRA CPS230/234, SOCI, Essential 8, ACSC guidelines, and NIST frameworks). You will perform BIA and risk assessments, evaluate existing resiliency strategies, and assist in designing and implementing data protection and recovery solutions. You will help clients meet compliance requirements and develop disaster recovery and cyber incident response plans, aligning resiliency strategies with business goals and protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of critical data.

Responsibilities

• Design resiliency solutions and provide advisory services to clients to manage operational resiliency posture and regulatory compliance.
• Perform BIA and risk assessments; evaluate existing resiliency strategies; design backup and disaster recovery solutions that encompass applications, data, infrastructure, and security considerations; assist clients in meeting compliance requirements and develop disaster recovery (DR) and cyber incident response plans; ensure alignment with business goals and the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of critical data.
• Collaborate with engineers, technical experts, architects, and infrastructure teams, demonstrating a strong level of expertise in system architecture and knowledge of multiple platforms and cloud technologies, networking, IT risk management, and business resiliency.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the client's resiliency teams during workshops.
• Knowledge of on-premises and cloud-based architectures; interpret existing architecture, underlying components to validate, challenge and help the team define detailed recovery scenarios.
• Knowledge of developing and executing the Disaster Recovery plan.
• Experience in delivering resiliency consulting projects and resiliency maturity recommendations.
• Experience in designing enterprise backup platforms for on-premises and cloud workloads.
• Experience in designing cyber recovery solutions and concepts of vaulting and clean rooms.
• Performed the testing of the business continuity and DR plans to meet recovery SLAs.
• Ability to design cloud-native backup and DR solutions in AWS and Azure.
• Proven experience in advising Australian enterprises, government agencies, or large-scale private sector organisations.
• A strong track record of managing complex, enterprise-level IT-resiliency and business continuity projects within Australia and New Zealand.
• Experience in leading consult-led initiatives and working in a consultancy environment.
• Certifications like CBCP, backup solutions and hyper-scalers are highly desirable.
• Australian Citizen with the ability to obtain AGSVA security clearance.

Who You Are

You're good at what you do and have the required experience, with a growth mindset, a focus on customer success, and an open, inclusive approach to working with others.

What You Can Expect

With state-of-the-art resources and Fortune 100 clients, each day is an opportunity to innovate, build new capabilities, and create value. Kyndryl supports your well-being and offers benefits that provide choice and family support. Our learning programs give you access to certifications (Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Skillsoft, and more). Through volunteering and giving, you can donate, start fundraisers, volunteer, and access millions of non-profit organizations. At Kyndryl, we invest in you so that you can succeed, and together we succeed.

Required Skills

• Expertise in Australian regulatory frameworks such as APRA CPS230/234, SOCI, Essential 8 and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) guidelines.
• Strong understanding of Enterprise applications, Servers, storage systems, Networking, Databases, Cloud, etc.
• Evaluate existing systems and infrastructure to identify areas of threat.
• Design backup and disaster recovery solutions that encompass applications, data, infrastructure, and security considerations to ensure comprehensive protection.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on technical specifications and architectural designs.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the client's resiliency teams during workshops.
• Knowledge and understanding of On-premises and cloud-based architectures.
• Should be able to interpret the existing Architecture, underlying components to validate, challenge and help the team to define the detailed scenarios and the recovery solutions.
• Knowledge of developing and executing the Disaster Recovery plan.
• Experience with working and consulting on Enterprise architecture, Layered Architecture.
• Good analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. Capable to run workshops/meetings to steer towards intended output.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Should be able to interpret the existing architecture, underlying components to validate, challenge and help the team to define the detailed scenarios and the recovery solutions.
• Expertise in conducting IT-resiliency assessments and audits in accordance with local regulatory requirements and frameworks.
• Write high-quality assessment reports from the consulting engagements as a client deliverable.
• Work with different teams, leading resilience workshops and document risk reports and IT assessment worksheets related to cyber resilience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for creating documentation, presenting findings, and advising clients at the C-suite level.
• Strong stakeholder management capabilities, especially when liaising with senior management and government entities in the Australian and New Zealand markets.

Required Experience

• At least 7-10 years of experience as an IT Resiliency architect or similar role in Australia, with a track record of successfully delivering complex IT projects.
• Proficiency in system design principles, including scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Strong understanding of backup, disaster recovery and cyber recovery principles in on-prem and cloud.
• Experience in delivering resiliency consulting projects and have delivered resiliency maturity recommendations.
• Experience in designing enterprise backup platforms for on-premises and cloud workloads.
• Experience in designing cyber recovery solutions and concepts of vaulting and clean rooms.
• Performed the testing of the business continuity and DR plans to meet recovery SLAs.
• Ability to design cloud native backup and DR solutions in AWS and Azure.
• Proven experience in advising Australian enterprises, government agencies, or large-scale private sector organisations.
• A strong track record of managing complex, enterprise-level IT-resiliency and business continuity projects within Australia and New Zealand.
• Experience in leading consult-led initiatives and working in a consultancy environment.
• Certifications like CBCP, backup solutions and hyper-scalers are highly desirable.
• Australian Citizen with the ability to obtain AGSVA security clearance.

Who You Are

Diversity is a whole lot more than what we look like or where we come from. We welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. We strive to create a workplace where all Kyndryls can find support and advice through inclusion networks and our commitment to an equitable culture. This is the Kyndryl Way.

What You Can Expect

With state-of-the-art resources and Fortune 100 clients, every day is an opportunity to innovate, build new capabilities, new relationships, new processes, and new value. Kyndryl cares about your well-being and prides itself on offering benefits that give you choice, reflect the diversity of our employees, and support you and your family through moments that matter—wherever you are in your life journey. Our employee learning programs give you access to certifications, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Skillsoft, and many more. Through our company-wide volunteering and giving platform, you can donate, start fundraisers, volunteer, and search over 2 million non-profit organizations. At Kyndryl, we invest heavily in you, so that together we will all succeed.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Consulting, Information Technology, and Sales

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting

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