Application Resiliency Architect

This role goes beyond infrastructure or VM-level resiliency and focuses on defining end-to-end recovery models for critical Tier-1 applications.

Responsibilities

• Map and assess application dependencies across complex IT environments.
• Identify and challenge dependencies between applications, APIs, middleware, databases, messaging platforms, shared services, and legacy integrations, including environments with limited documentation.
• Analyze application flows, business transaction flows, and integration architectures.
• Define recovery groups, dependency domains, restoration sequencing, validation checkpoints, and recovery criteria for critical applications.
• Validate that applications are fully operational after recovery through business transaction validation, API testing, synthetic checks, and data consistency checks.
• Support resiliency initiatives across hybrid environments, including both on-premises and Azure-based application landscapes.
• Provide structure and leadership during discovery activities and guide the overall recovery approach.
• Support and guide teams responsible for detailed implementation activities.

Required Expertise

• Strong background in application architecture and recovery processes.
• Experience with:
  • API gateways
  • MQ
  • ESB
  • Mainframe integrations
  • Hybrid application environments
• Solid understanding of user journeys, business transaction flows, and hybrid application traffic patterns.
• Understanding of dependencies related to connectivity, identity, middleware, and shared platform services.
• Senior-level capability to challenge assumptions and provide architectural leadership on resiliency and recovery approaches.

Important

This is not a standard infrastructure resiliency role. The focus is on bringing an application architecture perspective to resiliency and helping define a practical recovery model for the NDC environment.