Disaster Recovery & Cyber Resilience Expert

We are supporting a leading European energy organisation with a critical Cyber Disaster Recovery & Resilience programme and are looking for an experienced Disaster Recovery / Cyber Resilience Expert to join the initiative.

The objective is simple but business-critical:

If a major ransomware or destructive cyberattack compromises the technology estate, can the organisation recover critical operations quickly, safely and in the correct sequence?

This is not a traditional Business Continuity or documentation-focused role. You'll be responsible for helping design, validate and test real-world recovery capability across a complex hybrid Microsoft Azure and on-premise environment.

The Role

You'll be responsible for:

• Developing the Disaster Recovery & Resilience strategy across Azure and on-premise environments

• Defining minimum viable operations, recovery priorities and restoration sequencing

• Mapping critical application, infrastructure, identity and data dependencies

• Validating backup integrity, immutable backups and restore procedures

• Developing clean-room / isolated recovery approaches following cyber compromise

• Creating practical recovery SOPs and cyber recovery playbooks

• Running restore tests, simulations and scenario-based recovery exercises

• Assessing recovery capability against RTO, RPO, integrity and operational hand-back criteria

• Identifying residual risks and translating them into technical remediation plans

• Building the roadmap and technical backlog for the organisation's wider resilience programme

We're Looking For

• 8+ years' experience across Disaster Recovery, Cyber Recovery, IT Resilience or Infrastructure Recovery

• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure + on-premise infrastructure

• Deep knowledge of backup & restore, immutable backups and recovery testing

• Experience designing recovery strategies for ransomware, destructive cyberattacks or major technology disruption

• Understanding of clean-room recovery and identity dependencies

• Strong knowledge of RTO / RPO and recovery sequencing

• Experience creating and validating practical DR playbooks rather than purely theoretical plans

• Ability to communicate technical recovery risks and decisions to senior stakeholders

Certifications such as CBCP, MBCI, CISSP, CISM, AZ-305, AZ-500 or ITIL would be beneficial.

Contract Details

Start: 21 September 2026

End: 31 March 2027

Location: 100% Remote

Workload: 40 hours per week

Language: English

Engagement: Freelance / Contract

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a highly visible cyber resilience initiative where the focus isn't simply on writing recovery plans. It's about proving the organisation can actually recover when it matters.