What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Disaster Recovery Architect position at Slalom Marketing Consulting?
This is a project-based role that runs till end of 2025.
Accepting only US Citizens
Location: Boston, Austin, Washington DC, Raleigh, Charlotte, Denver, Chicago, St Louis, Philly, Ohio, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit or Florida.
About The Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Disaster Recovery or Resilience Specialist to lead critical infrastructure resilience and optimization efforts for a large enterprise. This strategic role requires a deep understanding of cloud architecture, disaster recovery principles, and AWS best practices.
Key Responsibilities
Slalom is a purpose-led, global business and technology consulting company. From strategy to implementation, our approach is fiercely human. In six countries and 49 markets, we deeply understand our customers-and their customers-to deliver practical, end-to-end solutions that drive meaningful impact. Backed by close partnerships with over 400 leading technology providers, our 12,000 strong team helps people and organizations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all. We're honored to be consistently recognized as a great place to work, including being one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For seven years running. Learn more at slalom.com.
Compensation And Benefits
Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays.
Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The hourly pay range is $65-$175/h subject to change and may be modified at any time.
EEO and Accommodations
Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.
Accepting only US Citizens
Location: Boston, Austin, Washington DC, Raleigh, Charlotte, Denver, Chicago, St Louis, Philly, Ohio, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit or Florida.
About The Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Disaster Recovery or Resilience Specialist to lead critical infrastructure resilience and optimization efforts for a large enterprise. This strategic role requires a deep understanding of cloud architecture, disaster recovery principles, and AWS best practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive architectural assessments of existing cloud environments, evaluating alignment with AWS Well-Architected Framework principles
- Perform in-depth analysis of system resiliency, reliability, and scalability
- Develop robust disaster recovery strategies and solutions
- Identify and recommend improvements in resource allocation, recovery automation, and monitoring systems
- Define precise Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs)
- Design and implement cloud operations and systems recovery architectures
- Create detailed documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures
- Facilitate cloud platform engineering and security workshops
- Develop and execute disaster recovery test plans
- Manage configuration management system updates
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
- Minimum 5-7 years of experience in cloud infrastructure and disaster recovery
- Expert-level certification in AWS Cloud Architecture (preferred)
- Proven experience with cloud platform engineering and security frameworks
- Strong understanding of disaster recovery best practices
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication abilities for stakeholder presentations and knowledge transfer sessions
- AWS Cloud infrastructure
- Disaster recovery planning and implementation
- Cloud operations architecture
- Configuration management
- Monitoring and alerting systems
- Automation and orchestration tools
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies
- Architectural assessment presentations
- Engineering and operational process documentation
- DR solution documentation
- Cloud operations recovery architectures
- Configuration management updates
- Product release plans
- Comprehensive training materials
- This role is ideal for a strategic technical leader who can transform complex cloud infrastructure into resilient, efficient, and secure systems.
Slalom is a purpose-led, global business and technology consulting company. From strategy to implementation, our approach is fiercely human. In six countries and 49 markets, we deeply understand our customers-and their customers-to deliver practical, end-to-end solutions that drive meaningful impact. Backed by close partnerships with over 400 leading technology providers, our 12,000 strong team helps people and organizations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all. We're honored to be consistently recognized as a great place to work, including being one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For seven years running. Learn more at slalom.com.
Compensation And Benefits
Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays.
Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The hourly pay range is $65-$175/h subject to change and may be modified at any time.
EEO and Accommodations
Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.
Salary : $65 - $175
