Cyber Recovery Engineer

Role:

Cyber Recovery Engineer Location:

Chicago, IL (hybrid)

Duration:

10 Months !! Only W2 !! Required Skills Infrastructure engineering, IT operations, or security-adjacent technical role Experience at a financial institution OR similarly regulated environment (healthcare, utilities, government) Disaster recovery or backup operations (DR tests, backup job management, restore procedures) Enterprise backup or replication platforms (Cohesity, Rubrik, Veeam, Zerto, Commvault, or NetBackup) Scripting (Python, Bash, or PowerShell) Networking concepts (VLANs, firewall rules, DNS, routing) Strong documentation habits (technical procedures and test records) Regulatory framework awareness (FFIEC, NIST CSF, or NYDFS) Preferred (Nice to Have): IRE or clean room recovery exercise participation Regulatory examination or audit walkthrough experience IaC tooling (Terraform, Ansible or equivalent) Certifications (CompTIA Security+, CySA+, AWS/Azure fundamentals, or vendor backup training) Ticketing/change management/ITSM workflows (ServiceNow or equivalent) Ransomware response or cyber incident response tabletop exercises Job Responsibilities Maintain and operate IRE and clean room infrastructure Execute recovery runbook steps during drills and full recovery tests Document test procedures, results, and deviations Support forensic validation tasks (integrity checks, configuration comparisons) Apply clean room protocols (network isolation verification, identity access controls) Perform daily operational tasks on backup/replication platforms Monitor backup job health, investigate failures, escalate with documentation Configure and validate backup policies, retention schedules, replication targets Test restore procedures for servers, databases, and applications; record RTO/RPO outcomes Prepare evidence packages, control narratives, and test results for audits Maintain recovery test logs, exercise outcomes, and remediation tracking (FFIEC, NIST

CSF, NYDFS

) Participate in walkthroughs with regulators or internal audit teams Map regulatory guidance to recovery engineering controls Execute scripted recovery automation tasks (Python, Bash, PowerShell) Maintain IaC-driven recovery environment configurations (Terraform, Ansible) Contribute to runbook updates and playbook maintenance Participate in after-action reviews; track findings to closure Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and database teams on system dependencies