Cboe Europe is seeking an experienced Senior Operational Resilience Engineer to support compliance with UK and EU operational resilience requirements and to take first-line ownership of how new and changing regulatory requirements are assessed, planned for, and embedded across the business, as part of a global Operational Resilience Engineering Team
Applying resilience and regulatory-implementation expertise, you will help strengthen our ability to prevent, respond to, and recover from disruptive events, particularly those involving technology and cyber security
Working with technology, operations, risk, legal, compliance, and audit teams, you will document and enhance the resilience of trading services used by hundreds of financial services firms across the UK and EU. The role takes an AI-first approach, automating evidence gathering, mapping updates, monitoring, and reporting
Maintaining a complete inventory of key attributes that support our trading services, including:
Business services and their impact tolerances
Supporting functions and their criticality
Processes, sub-processes, assets, and controls that support these services and functions
Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) for the above
Developing automated triage, enrichment, event correlation, and post-incident documentation capabilities
Helping functions complete business impact assessments and clearly define technology and operational risks
Helping functions document business continuity plans aligned with RTOs, RPOs, and our operational resilience strategy
Identifying vulnerabilities, single points of failure, and interdependencies within business services
Designing and delivering resilience testing, including severe but plausible desktop scenario exercises
Documenting test results and implementing recommendations for improvement
Designing, building, and maintaining automated solutions for BC/DR evidence collection, incident management, and change management, ensuring outputs are examination-ready and meet regulatory requirements
Leading first-line regulatory implementation by:
Leading assessment, business impact analysis, and implementation planning for new and incoming regulatory requirements (e.g. MiFID II/MiFIR, DORA, and EMIR), and translating them into operational processes, technology changes, and first-line business controls
Coordinating cross-functional implementation with Technology, Operations, Legal, and Product, embedding control testing as it matures, and acting as the first line’s interface with second-line Compliance
Supporting operational resilience governance, monitoring, and reporting by:
Preparing regulatory self-assessments for operational resilience and DORA
Maintaining a regulatory change and implementation register and reporting status to senior management, the Regulatory Decisions Committee (RDC), and internal and external audit
Preparing regular reports for senior management and board committees
Maintaining operational resilience management information
Supporting the analysis of test results and tracking and reporting remediation actions
Acting as a key risk partner to the Operations function
Experience using data analysis and reporting tools
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence effectively across a three-lines-of-defence control framework
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
At least five years’ experience in technology risk management, business continuity, or operational resilience
Ability to quickly learn our business services and systems, supported by a strong interest in technology
Hands-on experience using AI-driven automation for BC/DR evidence collection, test execution, and recovery workflows
Knowledge of PRA Policy Statement 21/3 on Building Operational Resilience, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), and European market structure regulation such as MiFID II/MiFIR and EMIR
Experience working in financial market infrastructure or trading environments
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