Enterprise Architect Specialist - Cybersecurity & Infrastructure
Hybrid in Austin, TX, US • Posted 3 days ago • Updated 7 hours agoContract W2
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Skills
- Decision-making
- Cascading
- Incident Management
- Recovery
- Management
- Leadership
- Procurement
- Evaluation
- Risk Assessment
- Sustainability
- Enterprise Architecture
- IT Infrastructure
- Cyber Security
- Technical Drafting
- Documentation
- Technical Communication
- SIEM
- Cloud Computing
- Virtualization
- Network
- Risk Management
- DICE
- Internal Communications
- IC
- Integrated Circuit
Summary
City : Austin
State : Texas
Neos is Seeking an Enterprise Architect - Cybersecurity & Infrastructure for a contract role with our client in Austin, TX.
***HYBRID - ONLY CANDIDATES CURRENTLY RESIDING IN THE AUSTIN & SAN ANTONIO AREA WILL BE CONSIDERED***
This role is HYBRID - Onsite presence may be required in Austin or San Antonio based on mission needs.
No calls, no emails, please respond directly to the "apply" link with your resume and contact details.
Job Description
The Enterprise Architect engaged under this request will operate in an environment characterized by:
Statewide mission impact and executive visibility
Integration across heterogeneous IT, OT, and security environments
Time-critical decision-making with limited tolerance for architectural error
Direct influence on cybersecurity posture, resilience, and operational readiness
Scope Exceeding Standard Enterprise Architect Roles
The requested role goes beyond typical enterprise architecture functions in several material ways:
Statewide, Multi-Domain Architecture Responsibility
The role spans cybersecurity platforms, security telemetry, network visibility and detection, hybrid infrastructure, integration patterns, and resilience architecture across multiple participating entities. Decisions have cascading impacts across agencies, critical infrastructure, and incident response operations.
High-Consequence Decision Authority
The architect is expected to make and document architecture decisions that affect detection coverage, evidentiary integrity, operational continuity, and recovery capabilities. Errors or delays have direct operational and public-interest consequences.
Advanced Architecture Governance Leadership
The role includes establishing and operating architecture governance mechanisms that balance speed and rigor. This includes resolving cross-organizational conflicts, adjudicating risk tradeoffs, and preventing architectural debt in a rapidly evolving environment.
Deep Technical Breadth with Hands-On Expectations
The work requires expert-level understanding across security telemetry pipelines, SIEM platforms, network detection architectures, cloud and virtualization platforms, and automation and integration tooling. The architect must be capable of both strategic design and practical validation with engineering teams.
Procurement and Vendor Evaluation Influence
The role directly supports high-value procurements and vendor evaluations, including requirements shaping, technical evaluation input, and architectural risk assessment. These activities materially affect long-term cost, interoperability, and sustainability.
CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Requirements
15 years Enterprise Architecture (large, complex environments)
12 years IT Infrastructure Architecture (on-prem and hybrid)
10 years Cybersecurity Architecture (defensive, enterprise)
10 years Technical Design Documentation and Decision Artifacts
8 years Architecture Governance / Review Boards
Preferred
10 years Executive technical communication and briefing
8 years Security telemetry and SIEM architecture
8 years Cloud and virtualization platforms (hybrid)
7 years Network visibility and detection architecture
7 years NIST-aligned risk management and security frameworks
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State : Texas
Neos is Seeking an Enterprise Architect - Cybersecurity & Infrastructure for a contract role with our client in Austin, TX.
***HYBRID - ONLY CANDIDATES CURRENTLY RESIDING IN THE AUSTIN & SAN ANTONIO AREA WILL BE CONSIDERED***
This role is HYBRID - Onsite presence may be required in Austin or San Antonio based on mission needs.
No calls, no emails, please respond directly to the "apply" link with your resume and contact details.
Job Description
The Enterprise Architect engaged under this request will operate in an environment characterized by:
Statewide mission impact and executive visibility
Integration across heterogeneous IT, OT, and security environments
Time-critical decision-making with limited tolerance for architectural error
Direct influence on cybersecurity posture, resilience, and operational readiness
Scope Exceeding Standard Enterprise Architect Roles
The requested role goes beyond typical enterprise architecture functions in several material ways:
Statewide, Multi-Domain Architecture Responsibility
The role spans cybersecurity platforms, security telemetry, network visibility and detection, hybrid infrastructure, integration patterns, and resilience architecture across multiple participating entities. Decisions have cascading impacts across agencies, critical infrastructure, and incident response operations.
High-Consequence Decision Authority
The architect is expected to make and document architecture decisions that affect detection coverage, evidentiary integrity, operational continuity, and recovery capabilities. Errors or delays have direct operational and public-interest consequences.
Advanced Architecture Governance Leadership
The role includes establishing and operating architecture governance mechanisms that balance speed and rigor. This includes resolving cross-organizational conflicts, adjudicating risk tradeoffs, and preventing architectural debt in a rapidly evolving environment.
Deep Technical Breadth with Hands-On Expectations
The work requires expert-level understanding across security telemetry pipelines, SIEM platforms, network detection architectures, cloud and virtualization platforms, and automation and integration tooling. The architect must be capable of both strategic design and practical validation with engineering teams.
Procurement and Vendor Evaluation Influence
The role directly supports high-value procurements and vendor evaluations, including requirements shaping, technical evaluation input, and architectural risk assessment. These activities materially affect long-term cost, interoperability, and sustainability.
CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Requirements
15 years Enterprise Architecture (large, complex environments)
12 years IT Infrastructure Architecture (on-prem and hybrid)
10 years Cybersecurity Architecture (defensive, enterprise)
10 years Technical Design Documentation and Decision Artifacts
8 years Architecture Governance / Review Boards
Preferred
10 years Executive technical communication and briefing
8 years Security telemetry and SIEM architecture
8 years Cloud and virtualization platforms (hybrid)
7 years Network visibility and detection architecture
7 years NIST-aligned risk management and security frameworks
#DICE
#LI-IC
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- Dice Id: 10111245
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- Posted 3 days ago
Company Info
What makes Neos unique and different from other firms? We treat our consultants like valued customers. The owners of Neos are career onsite IT consultants. We understand the demands of being a consultant at a customer site – we lived it every day. We’ve built and run Neos to provide a first-class experience for our consultants. Neos has been twice recognized as a Best Places to Work by the Austin Business Journal. Founded in South Austin in 2003, Neos is an IT consulting and staffing firm specializing in state and local government, public agencies, K-12, and higher education customers. Neos is the #1 provider of IT Staff Augmentation services to Texas state and local governments via the Texas Department of Information Resources. We have been recognized twice by Inc. magazine as one the fastest-growing companies in America and twice by Austin Business Journal as a Fast 50 company in Central Texas.
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