GPS - Technical Architect - Supervising Associate

EY•Alpharetta, DC

11d•$85,200 - $159,300

About The Position

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. From strategy to execution, the Government & Public Sector (GPS) practice of Ernst & Young LLP provides a full range of consulting and audit services to help our Federal, State, Local and Education clients implement new ideas to help achieve their mission outcomes. We deliver real change and measurable results through our diverse, high-performing teams, quality work at the highest professional standards, operational know-how from across our global organization, and creative and bold ideas that drive innovation. We enable our government clients to achieve their mission of protecting the nation and serving the people; increasing public safety; improving healthcare for our military, veterans and citizens; delivering essential public services; and helping those in need. EY is ready to help our government build a better working world.  Our GPS Technology Organization is a structure within the US GPS practice that implements and maintains a new operate and technology model designed specifically to support U.S. defense and Government engagements.  The opportunity We are looking for a Technical Architect within the US Government and Public Sector Technology Hub. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering solution designs and architectures for key initiatives hosted in primarily in a cloud hosted government platform, and considering re-use, scalability, and reliability in alignment with EY’s mission and strategy. You will develop relationships across the business and EY Technology to understand requirements, apply technical knowledge of solution and technical architecture to solve business problems and work closely with other architecture and development teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions. In this role you will create reliable solution plans that include cost estimates and optimized delivery approaches by working with the business, multi-disciplinary teams including our peers in Technical Solution Management and Product Costing. As a Technical Architect, your key responsibilities are:

Requirements

Thorough understanding of Azure/Azure Gov (Gateways, Firewalls, Containers, ADO, etc.) architecture.
Experience in architecting and designing technical solutions for Microsoft-centric solutions based on industry standards using (Azure) IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS capabilities.
Experience with any claims-based authentication (SAML/OAuth/OIDC), MFA, JIT, and/or RBAC / Ping etc.
Experience in data movement and transformation technologies
Knowledge of cloud security controls including tenant isolation, encryption at rest, encryption in transit, key management, vulnerability assessments, application firewalls, SIEM, etc.
Ability to adopt and relate new technologies to the set of problems we face at EY while adhering to security and other EY standards
Good understanding of latest cloud computing and data technologies, business drivers, emerging computing trends, and deployment options
Highly skilled in defining, designing, and developing distributed and scalable products and services, including reusable domain-specific microservices on multi-platform /hybrid clouds (such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, etc.)
Ability to navigate the EY organization to facilitate work beyond the immediate technical team
Experience with Agile & DevSecOps methodologies
Excellent technical, collaboration, interpersonal and communication skills
Strong collaboration abilities – willingness to share ideas, documentation, and leading practices
Conceptual and analytical skills – ability to extract, analyze, and document complex business and technical requirements/strategies
Experience with Application Development knowledge and have supported software development in the past
Hands‑on development experience and directly supported the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Bacehlor’s Degree or relevant work experience
Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret Security clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience with Microsoft Visio or similar design tools.
Experience with PowerShell in order to manage and administer Azure resources and DevOps deployment pipelines
Knowledge of US Government & Public Sector federal standards, including DFARS, NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, CMMC L3, Cloud Computing SRG, etc.
Experience with mission critical technology components with DR capabilities.
Experience supporting peer teams and their responsibilities, such as infrastructure, operations, engineering, info-security
Cloud experience especially US Gov Cloud platforms, in particular Microsoft AzureGov .
Experience with Software development full lifecycle methodologies, patterns, frameworks, libraries, and tools
Knowledge of one or more programming and scripting languages such as JavaScript, , Bash, SQL, .NET, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, PERL, C++, etc.
Experience with relational, graph and/or unstructured data technologies such as SQL Server, Azure SQL, Cosmos, Azure Data Lake, etc.
Working knowledge of visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau and understanding of analytics tools including Azure Stream Analytics, SQL Analytics, Data Lake Analytics.
Delivered projects or initiatives using common methodologies especially SAFe Agile but also Waterfall, Iterative etc.
Achieved one or more of the typical Technical Architecture certifications e.g. Microsoft, MS Azure Certification, TOGAF, AWS Cloud Certified, Pivotal, CISSIP, Zachman, ITIL, Cisco, (ISC)2, CEH, SAFe, PMI, and SAP etc.
Demonstrated experience designing, architecting, and implementing cloud‑native applications on Azure/Azure Gov using modern architecture patterns such as microservices, event‑driven design, containerized workloads, and serverless computing.
Hands‑on expertise with Azure App Services, Azure Functions, API Management, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Logic Apps, and related integration services to build scalable, secure, and resilient applications.
Ability to translate business and functional requirements into end‑to‑end application architectures, including user experience flows, API design, data models, integration patterns, and operational considerations.
Strong understanding of performance optimization, resiliency, disaster recovery strategies, and application lifecycle management within Azure environments.• Experience implementing secure application designs aligned with Zero Trust principles, including identity integration (AAD/Azure AD B2C), managed identities, RBAC, Key Vault usage, secret management, and compliance with US Gov Cloud security frameworks.
Proven ability to partner with engineering teams to guide application development, enforce architectural standards, and ensure adoption of DevSecOps practices in CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub, etc.).
Familiarity with modern development frameworks and languages commonly used in Azure‑based application development (e.g., .NET, Java, Python, Node.js).

Responsibilities

Providing Technical guidance & support to client engagements focusing on complex & innovative products and reusable assets within the context of Azure/Azure Gov Platform services
Creating detailed Infrastructure and Engineering designs that account for the end-to-end technical solution of a system, in line with the business strategy and objectives and within the context of EY’s technology environment and Azure/Azure Gov Platform services
Ability to work across multiple projects with varied stakeholders. Setting architectural direction, you’ll build consensus, mediate conflicts providing technical leadership and advisory services to the business. Anticipating needs and potential objections and helping to create an environment which solicits positive contributions from all participants: Solution and Technical Architects, engineering teams, product manager, project managers, product analysts, test and project teams, Information Security and Operations
Demonstrating excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills that are required to operate as a leading member of global, distributed teams that deliver quality services and solutions
Monitoring the progress and the quality of the project and reviews and develops due diligence to confirm the developed solution complies with architectural design

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business.
The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $85,200 to $159,300.
The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $102,200 to $181,000.
Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography.
In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances.
You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

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