DevOps Engineer

Must have          

• Terraform Modules
• Data Recovery
• Python
• Ansible

•            7-10 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, IT operations, or a security-adjacent technical role.

•            Experience at a financial institution (bank, broker-dealer, asset manager, insurance firm, or equivalent regulated entity), OR in a similarly regulated environment (healthcare, utilities, government).

•            Exposure to disaster recovery or backup operations — including participating in DR tests, managing backup jobs, or executing restore procedures.

•            Familiarity with at least one enterprise backup or replication platform: Cohesity, Rubrik, Veeam, Zerto, Commvault, or NetBackup.

•            Basic scripting ability in Python, Bash, or PowerShell; comfort running and modifying existing scripts.

•            Understanding of core networking concepts (VLANs, firewall rules, DNS, routing) relevant to isolated environment configuration.

•            Strong documentation habits; ability to write clear, accurate technical procedures and test records.

•            Awareness of regulatory frameworks such as FFIEC, NIST CSF, or NYDFS as they apply to technology and resilience.

Good to have/ desired skills

•            Direct participation in an IRE or clean room recovery exercise, even in a supporting capacity.

•            Exposure to regulatory examinations or audit walkthroughs in a technology or cybersecurity context.

•            Familiarity with IaC tooling: Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent configuration management platforms.

•            Coursework or self-study in cybersecurity, resilience engineering, or cloud infrastructure.

•            Certifications (in progress or completed): CompTIA Security+, CySA+, AWS/Azure fundamentals, or vendor backup platform training.

•            Experience with ticketing, change management, and ITSM workflows (ServiceNow or equivalent).

•            Exposure to ransomware response or cyber incident response tabletop exercises.

What will be the roles and responsibilities of this candidate who will be hired for this position?            

Isolated & Clean Room Recovery Support

- Assist in maintaining and operating the Isolated Recovery Environment (IRE) and clean room infrastructure under senior engineer guidance.

- Execute assigned steps in recovery runbooks during tabletop exercises, simulation drills, and full recovery tests.

- Document recovery test procedures, results, and deviations; flag anomalies to senior team members for triage.

- Support forensic validation tasks within the IRE, including integrity checks and configuration comparisons prior to production re-entry.

- Learn and apply clean room protocols, including network isolation verification and identity access controls during recovery scenarios.

Backup Platform Operations

- Perform day-to-day operational tasks across enterprise backup and replication platforms (e.g., Cohesity, Rubrik, Veeam, Zerto, or equivalent).

- Monitor backup job health, investigate failures, and escalate persistent issues with documented findings.

- Assist in configuring and validating backup policies, retention schedules, and replication targets for critical systems.

- Support testing of restore procedures for servers, databases, and applications; record RTO/RPO outcomes against targets.

Regulatory Documentation & Audit Support

- Assist in preparing evidence packages, control narratives, and test result documentation for regulatory examinations and internal audits.

- Maintain organized records of recovery test logs, exercise outcomes, and remediation tracking in line with regulatory standards (FFIEC, NIST CSF, NYDFS).

- Participate in walkthroughs and working sessions with regulators or internal audit teams alongside senior engineers; develop familiarity with examination processes.

- Support mapping of regulatory guidance to recovery engineering controls under direction of senior staff.

Recovery Engineering & Automation

- Execute scripted recovery automation tasks (Python, Bash, PowerShell) and assist in maintaining IaC-driven recovery environment configurations (Terraform, Ansible).

- Contribute to runbook updates and playbook maintenance as procedures evolve.

- Participate in post-exercise after action reviews (AARs); contribute observations and help track findings to closure.

- Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and database teams to understand system dependencies relevant to recovery sequencing.