Enterprise Architect - Secret (on-site)

Enterprise Architect

Our Deloitte Cyber team understands the unique challenges and opportunities businesses face in cybersecurity. Join our team to deliver powerful solutions to help our clients navigate the ever-changing threat landscape. Through powerful solutions and managed services that simplify complexity, we enable our clients to operate with resilience, grow with confidence, and proactively manage to secure success.

Work You'll Do:

The Enterprise Architect, serving in an advisory capacity, provides strategic guidance and expert recommendations to align technology initiatives with business objectives. This role supports the Enterprise Technical Director and portfolio teams by advising on best practices, architectural standards, and technology trends, while ensuring that required architecture artifacts and documentation are developed in accordance with industry and organizational standards.

Advise on the alignment of technology strategy with business and mission objectives, supporting the Enterprise Technical Director and senior leadership.

Provide oversight and recommendations for architectural consistency, reuse, and interoperability across the enterprise portfolio.

Recommend and review architectural standards, principles, and guidelines; advise on the operation of architecture review boards.

Offer consultative support to solution architects and technical teams in designing scalable, secure, and robust solutions.

Advise on the evaluation and integration of new technologies, platforms, and vendors within the enterprise ecosystem.

Identify and communicate potential technology risks, including security, compliance, and technical debt; advise on business continuity and disaster recovery planning.

Facilitate communication of architectural decisions and rationale to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Serve as an advisor and liaison between business, IT, and operations teams, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Ensure the creation and maintenance of essential architecture artifacts (e.g., reference architectures, solution blueprints, standards documentation) as a best practice.

Support the development and delivery of training materials and briefings for system users and stakeholders.

Collaborate with government, industry, and interagency partners to share best practices and lessons learned.

Prepare briefings, reports, and documentation for senior leadership and stakeholders.

The Team

Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice our people, ideas, technology and outcomes is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Enterprise Security offering embeds security in all aspects of digital transformation by securing a client's technical backbone while enabling secure digital transformation. Includes security architecture, secure development and deployment, end-to-end cyber cloud capabilities, application security, and security for emerging technologies and connected products.

The Project Delivery Talent Model is designed for professionals with specialized skills that align to a current client need. Team members focus on delivering services to clients, without additional expectations related to business development or promotion. Their employment is tied to their role on a project, and they are eligible for a benefits package that is competitive for project delivery-focused professionals.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
• Active Secret security clearance required
• Must be able to work onsite 5 days a week in Arlington, VA.
• 5+ years of information technology experience with a wide range of technical applications
• 3+ years of experience working with government agencies
• 2+ years of experience in project management of technical applications
• CompTIA Security + Certification