
Network Security Architect - Senior Consultant
Deloitte
San Diego, CA
Information Technology
Are you interested in improving the cyber and organizational risk profiles of leading companies? Do you want to be involved in delivering Cyber services including identifying unauthorized activities and intrusions in client networks in real time? Are you excited about rapidly changing operational environments, learning what you need to get the job done, and producing accurate and timely results?
If yes, then Deloitte's Cyber team could be the place for you! Transparency, innovation, collaboration, sustainability: these are the hallmark issues shaping cyber initiatives today. Deloitte's Cyber business is passionate about making an impact with lasting change. Delivering our industry leading services requires fresh thinking and a creative approach. We collaborate with teams from across our organization in order to bring the full breadth of Deloitte, its commercial and public sector expertise, to best support our clients.
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.
Recruiting for this role will end on 5/21/2026
Work you'll do
As a Senior Consultant, you will work with our diverse teams of passionate professionals to help solve for some of today's toughest cybersecurity challenges to enable or clients to achieve business growth and manage risk.
The Team
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.
Required Qualifications
- BA/BS degree in a technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Cyber Security)
- 4+ years of progressively responsible experience in cloud, network, or identity security domains, demonstrating increasing levels of responsibility, technical depth, and leadership over time
- 3+ years of experience with CNAAP, SASE, or enterprise firewall solutions (e.g., Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Wiz, Snyk, SentinelOne, or similar cloud security platforms)
- 3+ years of experience with container security and workload protection (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- 3+ years of experience with one or more cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and native security tools
- 3+ years of experience working with cloud security guardrails for major CSPs (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- 4+ years of experience in the design and architecture of enterprise-level technical stacks, including VPNs, CDN solutions, Load Balancers, Subnetting, Next-Generation firewall design, and highly scalable security solutions like Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) technologies
- 4+ years of experience in large, complex, or enterprise environments using CSP platforms and security toolsets
- 3+ years of experience with governance, risk, or compliance initiatives involving common frameworks
- 2+ years leading client workshop demonstrating and influencing decisions in tool selection, architecture design, and education enablement
- 2+ years serving in a leadership capacity over the implementation of Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike or similar security solutions in large, complex environments with multiple stakeholders
- 1+ years managing teams in a technical capacity
- Technical certification (eg CISSP) or vendor supplied certification specific to security/cyber and/or equivalents
- Ability to travel up to 50%, on average, based on the work you perform and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
- Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.
- US based within reasonable to commute to Deloitte office with Consulting Services
- Experience with Palo Alto Networks and/or Crowdstrike's platform of solutions
- Strong understanding of vendor competitive analysis (e.g., Wiz vs Snyk)
- Ability to communicate and advise on solution design based on client use-cases, requirements, or other success criteria
- Previous consulting or "Big 4" experience
- Previous experience managing project budgets, resource models, P&L management
- Relevant advanced cybersecurity or related certifications (e.g., PCNSE, CCIE, CISSP)
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The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $118,700 to $218,600
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
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