• Need strong development experience, software security experience, enterprise architecture experience, someone strong in authentication and customer-facing SSO solutions.

• This is your chance to be a part of an in-house Technology team that’s creating consumer-facing, cutting-edge technologies revolutionizing the hospitality industry around the world! As a Senior Lead Security Architect (Contract), you will bring your technical skills to a hospitality company with an award-winning culture. On the Customer Platform Security team reporting to the Senior Director, Cyber Security Architecture, you will support global Enterprise customer-facing projects.

• Your role is important, and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique.

• As a Senior Lead Security Architect, you will lead the security efforts for flagship initiatives, such as web, mobile, API, hospitality, and payments platforms, while impacting millions of global customers and thousands of partners.
• Having a strong background in software engineering and application security, you will integrate with delivery teams as a Product and Software Security SME, providing detailed consultation and collaboration to ensure software solutions are secure, resilient, and adhere to security and industry standards. Your recommendations on security requirements, architecture, patterns, and controls will play an important role in safeguarding customer-facing deliverables.
• You will review product solution architectures and solutions, ensuring they are secure, scalable, resilient, and seamlessly integrate with overarching architecture models.
• You will play a key role in the continuous development, review, and adoption of security standards and best practices, ensuring they evolve to meet emerging threats and industry advancements.
• You will actively engage in the governance processes related to platform and application security, ensuring compliance with technology standards and regulatory requirements.
• You will develop, document, and maintain security reference architectures and standards.
• This role requires a solid understanding and demonstrated experience delivering security architecture solutions and the ability to partner with business and technology-facing stakeholders.

• Engage with Multiple Project Teams: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, development, and operations, to ensure security is integrated into all phases of the system lifecycle.
• What deliverables will you take ownership of:
• You will lead security aspects of product delivery, ensuring minimal security vulnerabilities in the released product to protect customers and partners.
• You will take contribute to the continuous development, review, and adoption of security standards and best practices.
• You will contribute to designing and implementing advanced security architectures that are secure, scalable, and resilient, and fit seamlessly into overall architecture models.

• You have these minimum qualifications:
• 9 years of professional work experience in Technology or a related field.
• 5 years of software development or enterprise architecture experience
• 7 years of combined work experience in Product Security, Enterprise Architecture, Customer Identity & Access Management (IAM), Cloud Security, Cryptography, AI Security, and/or Payments Security.
• You understand Customer Identity and Authentication technologies, such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, API Security, and AWS security. You have strong cryptography fundamentals, understand payment security patterns, and solutions for preventing customer fraud.
• You should have familiarity with various industry regulations, such as PCI DSS, various data protection and privacy laws and regulations, such as GDPR, CCPA, NIST 800-53, SOC2, ISO 27001, PSD2/SCA, etc.
• This is a hybrid role and would require being near one of our three US office locations (McLean, Dallas, Memphis).

• Bachelor’s Degree, or associate’s degree plus 7+ years of Technology-related experience, or High School Degree/GED plus 7+ years of Technology-related experience.
• 2 years as a senior security architect and + 5 years of professional work experience in the Technology or security field.
• One or more of the cyber industry certifications, such as CISSP, AWS Solution Architect (Associate level or Professional level), or AWS Security Specialty certification
• Preferably 2 to 3 years of strong software engineering and/or software development experience
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in the hospitality industry.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually – as applicable.