Job Title:  T&T | Cyber: D&R | Associate Director | Security Architect | Gurgaon

The team

Deloitte helps organizations prevent cyberattacks and protect valuable assets. We believe in being secure, vigilant, and resilient not only by preventing attacks, but by enabling organizations to detect, respond, and recover effectively. We embed cyber risk, defense, and resilience at the core of enterprise strategy to help organizations operate confidently in an evolving threat landscape.

Your Work Profile

• As a Security Architect in our Cyber Defense and Resilience team, you will design and implement security architectures that go beyond prevention-focusing on detection, response, and enterprise resilience.
• You will work closely with business and technology stakeholders to: - Identify vulnerabilities and threat scenarios - Embed resilience-by-design principles into architecture - Enable organizations to withstand, respond to, and recover from cyber incidents
• You will play a key role in guiding clients through complex security challenges by delivering architectures that integrate security controls, detection capabilities, incident response readiness, and recovery strategies.
• Strong communication skills, strategic thinking, and a collaborative mindset are essential to design architectures that enhance both security posture and operational resilience.

Key Skills Required

• 6+ years in enterprise security architecture across network, IAM, data, cloud, and application security
• Hands-on exposure to SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence 
•  Strong understanding of incident response lifecycle and attack scenarios
• 2+ years cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience in threat modelling and secure design principles 
•  Knowledge of standards: PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC, GDPR, NIST 
•  Understanding of DevSecOps practices
• Provide strategic thought leadership and architecture expertise (NIST, Zero Trust, Cloud Security Architecture) and build roadmaps aligned to cyber defense and resilience objectives
• Develop Zero Trust-based architectural artefacts, including strategy documents and current state assessments with recommendations for defense-oriented architecture transformation 
• Define and document target reference security architecture across hybrid IT (multi-cloud, on-premises, industry environments), integrating threat detection, incident response, and resilience principles
•  Develop architecture patterns and blueprints aligned to defense-in-depth, detection engineering, and resilience strategies
• Develop and document technology security strategy and actionable roadmaps including SIEM, SOAR, XDR, and cyber recovery 
•  Establish technical security requirements and design enterprise-level architectures supporting secure and resilient operations
•  Perform architecture assessments and reviews (SABSA, TOGAF, COBIT, NIST, Zero Trust)
•  Drive governance, standards, and pattern management
•  Integrate architecture with SOC operations, detection engineering, and incident response playbooks
•  Design for ransomware, APT, and insider threat scenarios with focus on containment and recovery
•  Support cyber crisis readiness including tabletop exercises and war-gaming
• Education:Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
  
• Location: Gurugram