Capco

Principal Consultant, Disaster Recovery

Capco$153K — $197K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in Disaster Recovery or Technology Resilience within financial services or highly regulated sectors.
  • Proficient in disaster recovery planning and operational resilience concepts including RTO/RPO and dependency mapping.
  • Collaboration skills with experience working alongside application owners, infrastructure teams, and senior stakeholders.
  • Strong analytical and communication abilities for effective reporting to leadership
  • Proven capability to manage multiple projects while ensuring high-quality outputs.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute disaster recovery plans for critical technology systems across complex environments.
  • Coordinate planning and testing for disaster recovery, including defining recovery objectives and test execution.
  • Support recovery operations for various technology services, collaborating across teams.
  • Track and manage disaster recovery test outcomes and risk remediation until resolved.
  • Create governance documentation and executive reports to meet audit and operational resilience needs.

Benefits

  • 100% company-paid health, life, and disability insurance from Day 1.
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with employer matching contributions.
  • Access to virtual health care and an Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP).
  • Enhanced parental leave and wellness reimbursements available.
  • Professional business coaching from the start and a robust learning and development program.
Full Job Description
Capco is seeking a Disaster Recovery Consultant to join our Banking & Payments practice in Toronto. In this role, you will help clients strengthen their technology resilience by developing, maintaining, and validating disaster recovery capabilities across business-critical applications, infrastructure, and technology services. You will work closely with technology, cyber, infrastructure, operational resilience, and business stakeholders to ensure recovery strategies are robust, well-tested, and aligned with regulatory expectations.
What You'll Do
  • Develop, maintain, and execute disaster recovery plans for critical applications, infrastructure, systems, data, and technology services, ensuring recovery readiness across complex environments.
  • Coordinate disaster recovery planning and testing activities, defining recovery objectives, technical dependencies, recovery sequencing, test scope, execution readiness, and evidence collection.
  • Support recovery activities across technology services, including application, infrastructure, data centre, and cyber recovery scenarios while collaborating with cross-functional technology and business teams.
  • Track disaster recovery test outcomes, risks, issues, remediation activities, and unresolved gaps through to resolution or formal risk acceptance.
  • Produce disaster recovery governance documentation, executive reporting, recovery dashboards, playbooks, and evidence to support assurance, audit, and operational resilience requirements.
What We're Looking For
  • Experience delivering Disaster Recovery or Technology Resilience programmes within financial services, banking, or highly regulated environments.
  • Strong understanding of disaster recovery planning, recovery objectives (RTO/RPO), dependency mapping, recovery testing, governance, and operational resilience principles.
  • Experience collaborating with application owners, infrastructure teams, cyber security, technology risk, business continuity, and senior stakeholders.
  • Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to present recovery readiness and risk reporting to leadership audiences.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities while delivering high-quality documentation, reporting, and recovery coordination activities.
Bonus Points For
  • Experience supporting cyber recovery exercises or data centre recovery programmes.
  • Knowledge of financial services regulatory expectations relating to operational resilience and disaster recovery.
  • Experience with enterprise governance, risk, or resilience tooling.
  • Industry certifications relating to Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, IT Service Management, or Cloud technologies.
  • Previous consulting experience delivering technology resilience engagements for Tier 1 financial institutions.


Benefits
  • Comprehensive Benefits Coverage - 100% company-paid health, life, and disability insurance effective from Day 1 of employment.
  • Retirement Savings Program - Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with the option of receiving a matching employer contribution.
  • Virtual Health Care and Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP) available for employees and eligible dependents.
  • Enhanced parental leave, wellness reimbursement, and a company-sponsored new parent gift.
  • Business Coach from Day 1 to support your career growth, alongside a comprehensive learning and development programme.


Why This Role Is Open

We are currently hiring for this role due to an existing vacancy within our organization. This position is open as part of our ongoing business needs, and we are actively reviewing applications to fill this role with a qualified candidate who can make an immediate impact.

About Capco

Capco is a global management and technology consultancy dedicated to the financial services industry. Founded in 1998, Capco has grown into a global organization with more than 5,000 employees serving clients in the financial services industry across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Capco provides a range of services to its clients, including strategy, digital, technology, and risk and compliance. The company is headquartered in New York City and has offices in major financial centers around the world. For more information, please visit their website at www.capco.com.
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5,000 employees
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Founded
1998

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