Cyber Recovery Engineer || Disaster Recovery || Restore & Backup || Chicago, IL - Hybrid

Cyber Recovery Engineer 2+ Years long term Contract 3 days a week in Chicago, IL Job description The Cyber Recovery Engineer is an entry-to-mid-level technical role supporting the design, operation, and testing of the organization’s cyber recovery program within a regulated financial services environment. You will work alongside senior engineers and program leads to build hands-on proficiency in isolated recovery environments (IRE), clean room operations, backup platform management, and regulatory documentation. This role is intentionally structured to develop the next generation of cyber recovery practitioners. You bring foundational infrastructure or security skills, exposure to a financial institution or highly regulated environment, and a genuine interest in the intersection of resilience engineering and regulatory compliance. You will be expected to grow into independent ownership of recovery workstreams within 12–18 months. Required Qualifications (Must Have): • 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.