Cyber Recovery Engineer

Cyber Recovery Engineer Chicago IL (Hybrid)

STAFFXPERT LLC is seeking a Cyber Recovery Engineer on behalf of our client in Chicago IL. This opportunity is ideal for an experienced infrastructure professional with expertise in cyber recovery disaster recovery enterprise backup platforms and operational resilience within highly regulated environments.

The selected candidate will support the design testing and operational readiness of cyber recovery capabilities while collaborating closely with infrastructure cybersecurity networking and application teams to strengthen enterprise resilience and recovery operations.

• Support operations of isolated recovery environments (IRE) and clean room infrastructure
• Execute disaster recovery simulations and full-scale recovery testing activities
• Monitor and manage enterprise backup and recovery platforms including Cohesity Rubrik Veeam and Zerto
• Perform backup validation restore testing and track RTO/RPO metrics
• Maintain technical documentation including runbooks test results remediation actions and recovery procedures
• Assist with audit readiness evidence collection and compliance reporting aligned with regulatory frameworks
• Contribute to automation and scripting initiatives using Python Bash or PowerShell
• Collaborate cross-functionally to improve recovery readiness resilience and operational continuity

• 7 10 years of experience in infrastructure engineering IT operations or related technical environments
• Experience working in regulated industries such as financial services healthcare utilities or government
• Hands-on experience with disaster recovery backup operations or cyber recovery initiatives
• Experience with enterprise backup or replication platforms
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals including DNS VLANs routing and firewalls
• Basic scripting knowledge using Python Bash or PowerShell
• Strong technical documentation and communication skills
• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance frameworks such as NIST CSF FFIEC and NYDFS

• Experience supporting clean room or isolated recovery environments
• Exposure to regulatory audits and examinations
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Ansible
• Background in cybersecurity resilience engineering or cloud infrastructure
• Certifications such as Security CySA AWS Fundamentals or Azure Fundamentals
• Experience with ITSM platforms like ServiceNow
• Exposure to ransomware recovery exercises or incident response operations

• Hybrid schedule with onsite presence required three days per week in Chicago IL