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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Consultant Resilience Cybersecurity Architect - DRP

System AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeToulouse, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A master's-level degree (bac+5) in computer science, information systems, or an equivalent field.
  • Approximately eight years of experience with IT infrastructure.
  • Comfort working with systems, virtualization, storage, backup, and command-line tools.
  • Knowledge of hardware and firmware for servers, storage arrays, and network equipment, including the implications of updates.
  • Prior participation in a disaster recovery plan (DRP) or a real-world restoration.
  • Ability to explain technical subjects to non-technical stakeholders and build alignment around a cross-functional topic.
  • Daily working proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

  • Design or revise recovery architectures for vital and critical applications, including replication, backup, site failover, and bare-metal restoration, in line with target recovery time and recovery point objectives.
  • Review existing DRP procedures, identify improvements, and arbitrate technical choices involving storage, virtualization, networking, and backup.
  • Manage the hardware chain, including server and storage firmware levels, SAN and LAN switches, vendor compatibility matrices, patching strategy, and recovery impacts.
  • Organize and lead transformation work for the DRP strategy.
  • Run workshops with application owners to co-author DRP procedures down to executable commands, and provide a common procedure template.
  • Automate and improve the reliability of recovery sequences using scripting and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Ensure DRPs for vital and critical applications are documented, executable, and maintained.
  • Develop test scenarios and verify the practical executability of documented DRPs.
  • Plan, schedule, and track DRP test campaigns across all applications with a DRP.
  • Supervise tests, qualify and report anomalies, and lead remediation plans.
  • Ensure documentation and test reports are updated and archived in the internal Enterprise Content Management system.
  • Work with local management, IT teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to align business recovery priorities.
  • Contribute to IT resilience awareness campaigns.
  • Co-facilitate meetings with national DRP representatives and participate in the global DRP community to share lessons learned and best practices.
  • Contribute to the crisis cell when a DRP is activated.

About the Company

Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Thales designs and delivers critical technology for aerospace, defense, and digital security. Its products include electronics, software, and data-security systems that power air travel, payments, and modern military platforms, by integrating hardware and software to build systems such as avionics, radar, cybersecurity, and secure communications that collect sensor data and protect networks. It stands out through deep industrial experience, end-to-end solutions across defense, aerospace, and cybersecurity, and a focus on AI and quantum tech, aided by strategic acquisitions and partial state ownership. Its goal is to provide reliable, secure, and connected technologies that support national security, public safety, and everyday life by solving complex security and connectivity challenges.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Meudon, France
Founded
1893

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