Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Architect – 12‑Month Fixed‑Term Contract

About the role

We are seeking a Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Architect on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract to lead the design, validation and operational readiness of DR/BC capabilities for our production estate as it migrates to a new colocation environment. The role ensures rollback, fail‑over, backup and recovery strategies are fully documented, tested and meet financial‑services regulatory expectations while minimising operational risk.

Key responsibilities

• Design, validate and certify disaster recovery and business continuity solutions for a complex, monolithic application landscape.
• Develop and maintain detailed rollback runbooks covering planned and emergency scenarios.
• Coordinate and execute rollback rehearsals with infrastructure, application, database and operations teams, measuring execution times and dependencies.
• Identify and mitigate rollback risks, define go/no‑go criteria and communicate business impact.
• Plan, conduct and report comprehensive disaster‑recovery exercises, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
• Document all strategies, test results and compliance evidence for audit purposes.

Required profile

• Proven experience delivering high‑quality DR/BC solutions in a regulated environment.
• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to solve complex problems collaboratively.
• Strong communication skills, able to build trust quickly with clients and multidisciplinary teams.
• Pragmatic, outcome‑focused mindset with a commitment to continuous learning.

Required skills

• Disaster Recovery planning and testing
• Business Continuity design
• Rollback strategy development
• Runbook creation and execution

What we offer

• 12‑month fixed‑term contract with competitive remuneration.
• Opportunity to work on a high‑impact migration project for a financial‑services client.
• Collaborative, low‑ego team environment.