Operational Resilience Consultant

Job description

Operational Resilience Consultant
6-month contract
Market rate - Inside IR35
Hybrid - 2/3 days in Sheffield 

We are seeking an experienced Proactive Resilience & Innovation Consultant to support a large-scale Operational Resilience programme supporting a banking clinet in a complex enterprise technology environment.
The role will focus on analysing Important Business Services (IBS), mapping technology dependencies, and designing severe-but-plausible disruption scenarios to identify systemic resilience risks.
This is an execution-focused role supporting the operationalisation of resilience across engineering and technology teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Map technology dependencies supporting critical services
• Design and analyse severe-but-plausible disruption scenarios
• Identify systemic technology risks impacting impact tolerances
• Support resilience assessments and impact tolerance analysis
• Produce scenario analysis, service dependency, and risk insights
• Support prioritisation of remediation activities
• Work closely with engineering, infrastructure, and operational stakeholders

Key Skills & Experience

• Operational Resilience, Technology Resilience, or Business Continuity experience
• Experience with IBS, resilience assessments, or service dependency analysis
• Strong understanding of technology risk and operational failure scenarios
• Experience within large enterprise or regulated environments
• Strong stakeholder engagement and analytical skills
• Ability to challenge assumptions and drive practical outcomes

Desirable

• Financial services experience
• Knowledge of UK Operational Resilience and/or DORA
• Exposure to ServiceNow, CMDBs, or observability tooling
• Infrastructure, cloud, or enterprise architecture background

Candidate Profile We are looking for delivery-focused consultants who can combine operational resilience understanding with practical execution capability in complex technology environments.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

South Yorkshire

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

06-05-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English