Job Type: Permanent
Work Model: Hybrid
Reference code: 129588
Primary Location: Toronto, ON
All Available Locations: Toronto, ON; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Halifax, NS; Saint John, NB
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Deloitte Global is the engine of the Deloitte network. Our professionals reach across disciplines and borders to develop and lead global initiatives. We deliver strategic programs and services that unite our organization.
We’re seeking a Resiliency Architect to design, implement, and continuously improve our resiliency strategy for our global infrastructure.
You will lead the architecture for high availability, disaster recovery (DR), and business continuity—ensuring our critical workloads withstand failures, incidents, regional outages, and rapid demand shifts. This role partners closely with Platform Engineering, Products and Solutions, Security, and SRE/Operations stakeholders to meet stringent RTO/RPO targets.
The Resiliency Architect will be responsible for the following:
• Establishment of resilient architecture designs in collaboration with subject matter experts in respective disciplines including hosting (Cloud and on-prem), network, system management and application development.
• Assist with design of HA/FT patterns for distributed systems including active-active, active-passive, zone/region failover, as well as multi-cloud)• Define and maintain DR Plans including run books, recovery tiers, data protection, and replication strategies, aligned to business impact analysis, RTO/RPO, and compliance requirements.
• Lead and manage regular resiliency testing and drive corrective actions
• Provide risk assessment and dependency mapping to architect solutions to minimize blast-radius and reduce + mitigate single points of failure.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and industry frameworks (e.g., ISO 22301/27001, NIST SP 800-34/53, SOC 2) and internal risk policies.
Deloitte Technology works at the forefront of technology development and processes to support and protect Deloitte around the world. In this truly global environment, we operate not in "what is" but rather "what can be" to help Deloitte deliver and connect with its clients, its communities, and one another in ways not previously conceived.
Do you possess the following?:
• Key requirements include expertise in risk assessment, disaster recovery planning, infrastructure reliability, automation, and implementing pattern governance for system recovery
• System Resilience Modeling: Expertise in analyzing complex systems to eliminate single points of failure (SPOFs) and design of systems that can withstand load, attacks, and outages.
• Risk Management & Recovery: Deep knowledge of disaster recovery (DR) strategies, including defining Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).
• Strategic Planning: Ability to create patterns for application architecture that adhere to resilience standards.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Ability to communicate technical risks, align resilience strategies with business continuity goals, and manage technical debt.
• 8+ years in architecture, platform engineering, or SRE, including 4+ years focused on availability/resiliency/DR.
• Hands-on experience with major CSP’s (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Proven track record designing HA/DR for mission-critical applications (databases, servers, network and general infrastructure).
• Demonstrated experience leading DR testing efforts
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and documentation skills.
Preferred Certifications
• Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) or ISO 22301 Lead Implementer
The salary range for this position is $104,000 - $215,000, and individuals may be eligible to participate in our bonus program. Deloitte is fair and competitive when it comes to the salaries of our people. We regularly benchmark across a variety of positions, industries, sectors, targets, and levels. Our approach is grounded on recognizing people's unique strengths and contributions and rewarding the value that they deliver.
Our Total Rewards Package extends well beyond traditional compensation and benefit programs and is designed to recognize employee contributions, encourage personal wellness, and support firm growth. Along with a competitive base salary and variable pay opportunities, we offer a wide array of initiatives that differentiate us as a people-first organization. On top of our regular paid vacation days, some examples include: $4,000 per year for mental health support benefits, a $1,300 flexible benefit spending account, firm-wide closures known as "Deloitte Days", dedicated days of for learning (known as Development and Innovation Days), flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work structure.
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