Erik G.

About Erik G.

I work as an enterprise cybersecurity architect, supporting defense, federal, commercial, and international programs across enterprise IT and mission systems.My background spans the full lifecycle of IT and mission environments—from operational support and service delivery, through systems and systems-of-systems engineering, to enterprise and solution architecture. That experience shapes how I approach cybersecurity: grounded in how systems are actually built, operated, sustained, and governed.Much of my work sits at the intersection of cybersecurity, enterprise IT, and mission assurance, where security decisions directly affect availability, safety, readiness, and regulatory outcomes, not just compliance artifacts.I support efforts across proposal and pre-award design, architecture and engineering, advisory and design reviews, and audit and assessment, translating regulatory and contractual requirements into security architectures that teams can implement and sustain over time.Governance is part of the job, not a separate activity. I serve as the cybersecurity representative to enterprise data governance and act as a consultant on regulatory cybersecurity requirements, helping align governance expectations with operational and mission realities.My approach emphasizes data- and operations-informed architectural leadership across enterprise IT and cybersecurity—using observability, service insight, and governance to support risk management, compliance, and executive decision-making.

Experience

1. Cyber Security Architect, Senior Staff

   Lockheed Martin

   Jul 2023 — Present

   The Cyber Architecture of Data plays a pivotal role in identifying and safeguarding an organization\'s valuable information. This crucial position involves creating innovative solutions for large-scale IT systems, encompassing business and financial management, engineering productivity, and manufacturing systems, both on-prem and multi-cloud environments. Furthermore, this role collaborates seamlessly with other architects and system owners to gain valuable insights into the ever-evolving data landscape in highly regulated environments.

Education

• Strayer University

  Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems

  2002 — 2006

• Western Governors University

  MSIS, Information Security and Assurance

  2010 — 2013