Data Resilience / Data Specialist

I am currently working with a European leader in cloud implementation, with a proven track record helping organisations leverage the public cloud in a way that balances quick wins, immediate savings and sustainable value. My client has 10 European hubs, over 800 employees and has delivered over 1,000 successful cloud projects for companies ranging from mid-size to large organisations. The end client for this role is a large insurance company, which is seeking a Data Resilience contractor to come on board for a 12-month project.

This is an extremely exciting project, where you will be at the forefront of some brand-new projects, so please get in touch if you want to discuss more.

Role- Data Resilience / Data Specialist (Insurance)

Rate - £550-£700 - Inside IR35

Contract Length - 6-12 months initial, with the view to extend

Location - Remote until September, then 2 days a week in the London Office (City)

Start Date - ASAP



Where does the role sit?

This role sits with the Chief Data & Analytics Office (CDAO) within my client.

The Group Chief Data and Analytics Office's mission is to promote, embed and commercialise Data and Analytics practice and culture across the organisation

The Data Resilience team is a new chapter within the Chief Data and Analytics Office. It has the responsibility to define and embed new Strategies, Operating Models and Control Frameworks to protect the Banks critical data services that our customers, colleagues and the market rely upon.

What exactly would you focus on?

You'll be one of five new managers in the Data Resilience team reporting to a Senior Data Resilience Manager, who in turn reports directly to our Head of Data Resilience.

The aim of the team is to protect our customers, colleagues & markets by ensuring we comply with the spirit of the regulatory requirements for operational resilience established by the Bank of England, FCA and PRA.

Specifically, activities & responsibilities will include;

* Pushing the data resiliency agenda across the organisation.
* You'll look at how data flows from source to destination across the technology landscape and what can be done to ensure there is no data loss, data corruption, ransomware/malware attacks and the data can be recovered within the impact tolerance of Important Business Services.
* You'll support the establishment of controls and assessment frameworks that identify data vulnerabilities across a complex data and technical landscape (e.g. premise, 3rd party, middleware, databases, 3rd party applications, messaging queues, data feeds, data connections, APIs, batches and cloud environments.
* You'll support the embedding of data assessments engaging a large and diverse stakeholder group including target operating model design, data resilience MI design, data resilience RCSA design, changes to operational resilience, data security, technology and data policies to embed the standards governing data resilience
* You'll analyse outcomes of data resilience annual assessments and identify vulnerabilities from a data perspective across the availability, integrity and security of data.
* You'll support the creation of data lineage using Ins-Pi and ServiceNow outlining the applications required for each step of the journey, upstream and downstream applications, how data moves in transit or is held at rest across the technology landscape
* You'll present findings at senior Governance forums and help drive/shape the execution plan to remediate vulnerabilities next year



What do we need to see from your application?

We're keen to see diverse and varied applications, however as this is a critical role for us we need to see the following experience within your CV's to consider you for an interview;

* Experience working within a similar role focused on improving the resilience of Data across the banking or insurance sector.
* Experience in understanding payments, cards, pensions, insurance, markets, trade & settlement, logon customer journeys
* Technical knowledge of FCA, PRA, and EBA guidelines on operational resilience
* Strong enterprise technical architecture background to identify data resiliency issues on middleware components e.g. how can we make batches more resilient, improve security when data is transferred from messaging queues, improve quality of data flowing in and out of LBG, how can data in the cloud be made resilient
* Strong experience in Disaster Recovery, backup and restore, cyber threats and monitoring, and data encryption domains will be desirable
* This is not a Data Governance or data quality management chapter within CDAO- we need resources having relevant experience in improving data and technology resilience
* Experience in managing data in clouds and thought leadership on forward-looking technologies like data vaulting, data twins, and data operability across AWS/GCP will be desirable
* Experience in managing risks and controls will be essential.



Kind Regards

Oliver