Job Description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Technology Resilience & Recovery.

• Mandate the Group-wide Technology BCM and Operational Resilience strategy, ensuring alignment with ISO 22301, global best practices, evolving regional regulatory mandates (e.g., CBK Prudential Guidelines) while integrating modern Cloud-Native resilience patterns, Automated DR Failover Orchestration, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automated recovery.
• Partner with Group Cybersecurity to design and test specialized "Cyber Recovery Playbooks" (e.g., Ransomware recovery, immutable backups) to defend against and rapidly recover from destructive cyber-attacks.

DR Failover Simulations Orchestration & Testing.

• Direct and orchestrate multi-jurisdictional Disaster Recovery (DR) and Cyber Resilience failover simulations for the Group’s Core Banking and Tier-1 applications, rigorously validating strict Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).
• Develop technology-related crisis management frameworks and facilitate IT DRP simulation exercises (Tabletop drills) for the Group Technology teams.

High-Availability (HA) & BIA.

• Challenge Enterprise Architects and system owners on High Availability and redundancy designs; exercise authority to mandate the elimination of Single Points of Failure (SPOFs) across physical data centers and decentralized Multi-Cloud/Containerized architectures.
• Lead Business Impact Analyses (BIA) and IT Threat/Vulnerability assessments to proactively align technology recovery strategies with business demands.

Third-Party Cloud Resilience & Supply Chain Governance.

• Execute resilience audits and risk assessments of critical third-party technology vendors, SaaS/PaaS Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), and FinTech partners to prevent supply chain disruptions and mitigate systemic concentration risks.

Executive Reporting & Remediation Enforcement

• Design high-impact Operational Resilience dashboards and present strategic BCM risk profiles and compliance postures to the Group Risk Management Committee and the Board.
• Mandate and strictly track the closure of critical vulnerabilities, architectural gaps, and lessons learned identified during DR simulation exercises to their logical conclusion.

MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

1. 1. Academic & Professional

Particulars Detail Specific Field or Qualification Need Type1
Education
Bachelor’s Degree
Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Security or a related IT field
RQ
Master’s Degree
Master’s degree in business or IT
AA
Professional Qualifications
Business Continuity / Resilience
CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Professional), AMBCI, MBCI, or ISO 22301 Lead Implementer / Auditor.
RQ
Technology Governance & Security
CISA, CISM, CISSP, CRISC, or ITIL v4

AA

2. Experience

Total Minimum No of Years’ Experience Required
5 Detail Minimum No of Years Need Type2
Experience in IT operations, architecture, or assurance functions within the Financial Services industry.
5
RQ
Deep, practical knowledge of current business continuity planning techniques, disaster recovery, and performing complex risk and business impact analyses (BIA).
4
RQ
Demonstrated exposure to IT resilience practices, including Cloud-native recovery orchestration, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Automated DR Failover Orchestration, and governing SaaS/PaaS resilience.
3
ES
Strong understanding of Core IT applications and experience in governing Third-Party/Vendor technology resilience.
3
ES
Proven track record of managing cross-functional technical teams during high-pressure crisis events or large-scale DR simulations.
4
ES