University of Notre Dame

IT Resilience Program Manager

Notre Dame, IN, United States

Work authorization required$34k-$800kDetected 7 days ago

Cloud PlatformsIncident ResponseResearchLeadershipCommunicationCISSP

About the role

For over 180 years, the University of Notre Dame has been a leading American research university, offering a distinct perspective in higher education.
This Catholic institution, based in Notre Dame, Indiana, is driven by a powerful blend of faith and intellectual curiosity, consistently pursuing excellence in education, groundbreaking research, and service to society.
For individuals passionate about innovation, ethical leadership, and leveraging world-class facilities and renowned academic programs, Notre Dame provides a dynamic and impactful career path.

Build and Lead the IT Resilience Program
Design, implement, and continuously improve the University's IT business continuity and disaster recovery program.
Maintain a consistent lifecycle for recovery plans, testing, remediation, and reporting.
Lead service owners to define business impact, recovery time and recovery point objectives, dependencies, and recovery strategies.
Identify material gaps and develop practical, risk-informed recommendations.
Validate Readiness
Design and lead tabletop, functional, technical, and scenario-based exercises with leaders and technical teams
Document findings, assign accountable owners, and track remediation through closure.
Coordinate with incident response, crisis management, emergency management, and business continuity partners during significant disruptions.
Build the reporting, guidance, and enablement needed to improve readiness, accountability, and sustained adoption across technical teams, service owners, and leaders.

Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field, OR equivalent professional experience.
Five or more years of relevant experience in IT resilience, disaster recovery, business continuity, cybersecurity, technology risk, or a related field.
Experience defining recovery objectives, dependencies, recovery strategies, and technical requirements.
Experience evaluating recovery capabilities across infrastructure, applications, cloud platforms, SaaS services, and third-party providers.
Experience designing and facilitating cross-functional exercises.
Ability to influence technical and business stakeholders without direct authority.
Ability to translate technical failure scenarios into business impact and actionable priorities.
Ability to work in the United States, now or in the future, without visa sponsorship

Experience with ransomware recovery, identity recovery, backup validation, cloud resilience, or cyber-recovery exercises.
Familiarity with NIST SP 800-34, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO 22301, ISO 27031, or comparable frameworks.
Experience with resilience or risk platforms such as Fusion, Archer, or ServiceNow.
Relevant certifications such as CBCP, MBCP, CRISC, CISM, CISSP, ITIL, or cloud architecture credentials.
Deadline to apply (subject to change): Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Moreover, Notre Dame prohibits discrimination against veterans or disabled qualified individuals, and complies with 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a).
We strongly encourage applications from candidates attracted to a university with a Catholic identity.

Ability to work in the United States, now or in the future, without visa sponsorship

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