Director - Backup & Recovery - Infrastructure Services

Northern Trust
Pune, Bengaluru
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 18+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Stakeholder management","Communication","Strategic thinking","Process-driven approach"]

Lead the engineering function for backup, recovery, and cyber resilience across hybrid enterprise environments. Own the strategy, architecture, and execution of backup and disaster recovery capabilities spanning Azure, AWS, and private cloud, including cyber vaults, immutable backups, and clean-room recovery. Establish recovery SLAs and resilience testing, modernize backup workflows through automation and orchestration, and ensure alignment with regulatory and industry frameworks across regions.

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Northern Trust
Northern Trust
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Director - Backup & Recovery - Infrastructure Services

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Job Summary

Lead the engineering function for backup, recovery, and cyber resilience across hybrid enterprise environments. Own the strategy, architecture, and execution of backup and disaster recovery capabilities spanning Azure, AWS, and private cloud, including cyber vaults, immutable backups, and clean-room recovery. Establish recovery SLAs and resilience testing, modernize backup workflows through automation and orchestration, and ensure alignment with regulatory and industry frameworks across regions.
Location: Pune, Bengaluru
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Provide visionary leadership for enterprise backup and recovery engineering teams.
  • •Define and execute long-term strategies for backup, disaster recovery, point-in-time recovery, and cyber vault recovery across hybrid cloud platforms.
  • •Architect, engineer, and optimize enterprise backup solutions using Cohesity, Rubrik, Azure, AWS, and private cloud platforms.
  • •Establish and enforce standards for data protection, recovery SLAs, and resilience testing across global infrastructure.
  • •Lead cyber recovery vaults, immutable backups, clean-room recovery environments, and modernization automation/orchestration of backup workflows.

Key Requirements

  • •18+ years of backup and recovery engineering experience in large enterprises, preferably financial organizations.
  • •Deep hands-on expertise with Cohesity, Rubrik, Azure, AWS, and private cloud backup platforms.
  • •Strong knowledge of backup architecture, disaster recovery, point-in-time recovery, cyber vault recovery, and clean room recovery.
  • •Experience with cloud/hybrid backup strategies, automation, and orchestration to improve recovery outcomes.
  • •Proven ability to lead large-scale engineering teams and influence senior stakeholders with clarity.
Experience:18+ yearsFinancial services
Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementCommunicationStrategic thinkingProcess-driven approach
Certifications:TOGAFITILCCSPAzure Solutions ArchitectAWS Solutions ArchitectCISSP
Tech Stack:AzureAWSCohesityRubrikTerraformPrivate cloud

Company Brief

Northern Trust
Global financial services firm providing wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking solutions to institutions, corporations, and affluent individuals, with a focus on custody, investment management, and technology-driven services.
Industry: Asset Management
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Chicago, United States
Founded: 1889
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