Enterprise Resilience and Failover Architect

Enterprise Resilience and Failover Architect Job Snapshot — Role:
Enterprise Resilience and Failover Architect —

Location:

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — Industry: Banking — Function:
Software-System Architecture —

Experience:

Minimum 10 years, including at least 5 years in technology resilience, high availability and disaster recovery architecture — Job Type: Full Time — Work Arrangement:
On-site

Job Details

Country:
United Arab Emirates

City:
Abu Dhabi

Industry: Banking

Function:
Software-System Architecture

Salary:
Not disclosed

Gender: No Preference

Candidate Nationality:
Not specified

Job Type: Full Time

Work Arrangement:
On-site

• Provide technical architecture support for the definition and evolution of enterprise resilience and failover capabilities.
• Assess the current resilience architecture across relevant applications, platforms and infrastructure.
• Evaluate existing failover arrangements and associated recovery dependencies.
• Identify architectural bottlenecks and single points of failure.
• Analyse recovery constraints affecting critical technology services.
• Assess cross-site dependencies and associated recovery risks.
• Document architectural weaknesses and prioritised remediation considerations.

• Develop target-state resilience and failover architecture options.
• Define architecture approaches aligned with rapid recovery objectives.
• Evaluate active-active and active-passive architecture patterns.
• Assess multi-site and multi-region resilience options.
• Consider end-to-end dependencies across applications, infrastructure, networks, data and integrations.
• Incorporate relevant cloud and hybrid infrastructure considerations.
• Develop architecture recommendations addressing identified resilience gaps.

• Define architecture considerations aligned with Recovery Time Objectives (RTO).
• Assess architecture requirements associated with Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).
• Analyse potential recovery failure modes.
• Evaluate technical dependencies that may constrain recovery performance.
• Identify risks associated with cross-site recovery arrangements.
• Assess whether proposed architecture options support defined recovery expectations.
• Document recovery-related assumptions, constraints and technical risks.

• Evaluate alternative resilience and failover architecture approaches.
• Compare options based on service availability and recoverability.
• Assess operational support and maintainability considerations.
• Evaluate architecture complexity and implementation dependencies.
• Consider cost implications and implementation risks.
• Document technical advantages, limitations and trade-offs.
• Prepare recommendations to support informed architecture decisions.

• Work with Enterprise Architecture teams to validate architecture principles and requirements.
• Collaborate with Technology Platforms teams on infrastructure and platform dependencies.
• Engage Disaster Recovery and Operations teams to understand recovery capabilities and constraints.
• Coordinate with Cyber Security stakeholders on relevant architecture considerations.
• Work with application owners to validate service dependencies and recovery assumptions.
• Facilitate technical discussions to resolve architecture questions.
• Maintain alignment between proposed resilience architecture and relevant stakeholder requirements.

• Produce current-state resilience and failover architecture assessments.
• Develop target-state architecture diagrams and supporting documentation.
• Maintain records of identified architecture risks and dependency gaps.
• Prepare technical options papers with recommendations and…