Deloitte
Consultant / Senior Consultant – Cyber Defense & Technology Resilience
- Permanent
- Al Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 12/05/2026
Job overview
Date posted
28/03/2026
Location
Al Kuwait City, Kuwait
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
12/05/2026
Job description
We are seeking a Consultant or Senior Consultant to join our Cyber Defense & Technology Resilience team across Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The role focuses on strengthening enterprise IT resilience by evaluating critical infrastructure, conducting technology impact analyses, and developing recovery strategies. You will guide clients in implementing robust disaster recovery, backup, and failover frameworks, ensuring business continuity and regulatory compliance.
Required skills
Technology Resilience
IT Continuity Planning
Disaster Recovery (DR) Architecture
Backup & Failover Strategies
Technology Impact Analysis (TIA)
Runbook Development & Execution
Data Center & Cloud Infrastructure Evaluation
Application Resilience Assessment
Stakeholder Communication & Reporting
Regulatory Compliance (Financial Services, Energy, Government)
Cyber-Resilience Principles (Ransomware, Zero-Trust Recovery)
DR Drills, Tabletop Exercises, Technical Simulations
Cloud Resilience (AWS, Azure, GCP Multi-AZ/Multi-Region Failover)
Operational Resilience Frameworks (ISO 22301, DORA, NIST, COBIT)
Emerging Tech Risk Assessment (AI, Edge, OT/ICS)
Key responsibilities
- Conduct Technology Impact Analyses (TIA) to assess critical IT dependencies and operational risks.
- Develop, maintain, and execute runbooks for disaster recovery and operational resilience scenarios.
- Plan, lead, and participate in DR drills, tabletop exercises, and technical simulations.
- Assess data centers, hybrid, and cloud environments from a resilience perspective, recommending improvements.
- Translate technical risks into business impact language for stakeholders and executive management.
- Develop or support enterprise resilience strategies, roadmaps, and implementation plans.
- Ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and sector-specific expectations (financial services, energy, government).
- Advise on emerging resilience solutions, including immutable backups, cyber vaults, DRaaS, and cloud-native recovery approaches.
- Collaborate with internal teams and clients to strengthen operational, technology, and cyber resilience posture.
Experience & skills
- Proven experience in technology resilience, IT continuity, or disaster recovery roles.
- Hands-on experience conducting DR drills, TIA exercises, and resilience assessments.
- Ability to evaluate IT environments including data centers, hybrid-cloud, and enterprise applications.
- Strong communication skills to articulate risks and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements for resilience, especially in financial services, energy, and government sectors.
- Familiarity with cloud resilience architectures and modern DR solutions.
- Experience with cyber resilience principles including ransomware preparedness and secure-by-design architectures.
- Professional certifications such as ISO 22301 Lead Auditor/Implementer, CBCI, DORA/Operational Resilience, or AWS/Azure cloud certifications are highly desirable.