Enterprise Architect

The role

The Enterprise Architect is a senior technical leader who defines and governs the firm's target-state technology architecture. This role covers on-premises, cloud, data, and AI-enabled environments to modernize the Microsoft estate and mature Azure and AWS footprints.

What you will do

• Coordinate enterprise architecture reference models, principles, and technology standards through the ARB governance process.
• Modernize the legacy Microsoft estate and drive migration toward Microsoft 365 and cloud-native services.
• Design and govern Azure and AWS landing zones, subscription structures, and identity federation.
• Define reference designs for hybrid networking, segmentation, and firewall architecture.
• Establish and maintain data governance and information-protection architecture.
• Embed security-by-design across the estate using Zero Trust principles.
• Produce and maintain architecture artifacts, decision records, and roadmaps.
• Advise on and help govern the responsible adoption of AI tooling and platforms.
• Define architecture patterns and guardrails for AI solutions.
• Partner with infrastructure, applications, security, and practice-technology teams.

Required qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and build consensus.
• Confidence presenting and defending architectural recommendations to IT leadership.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience as an enterprise, solutions, or infrastructure architect within a governance framework.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Expertise across legacy Microsoft environments including Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS/DHCP, Windows Server, file services, and on-premises Exchange.
• Strong architecture experience with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Demonstrated experience designing enterprise networking and firewall architectures.
• Demonstrated experience with data governance and information protection including Microsoft Purview Information Protection, Microsoft 365, and Entra Suite.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with legal-industry platforms such as iManage
• Knowledge of search-and-document-intelligence capabilities
• Familiarity with virtual desktop (AVD) and endpoint-management (Intune, Jamf) technologies

Benefits

• health care
• retirement benefits
• paid days off, including sick time, and vacation time
• parental leave
• basic life insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• discretionary, performance-based bonuses

Before you apply

• Gibson Dunn will consider for employment qualified Applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of local law.

About the company

Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm, advising clients on significant transactions and disputes.