Principal Security Architect at Hilton Global in McLean, Virginia

Job Description:

***This role is based at one of our corporate offices in Memphis, TN, McLean, VA, or Dallas, TX***

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 Principal Security Architect, 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 as an individual contributor.

HOW WE WILL SUPPORT YOU

Hilton is proud to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to programs and benefits such as:

• Go Hilton travel program: 110 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
• Hilton Shares: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
• Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
• Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Learn more about the rest of our benefits

At Hilton, we believe every Team Member is a leader. We are committed to offering leadership development opportunities and programs through every step of a Team Member's career journey and at every level, both in our hotels and across corporate.

**Available benefits may vary depending upon terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of the plans.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

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

What your day-to-day will be like:

• Spearhead the security efforts for Hilton's flagship initiatives, which impact millions of global customers and thousands of partners.
• Integrate with delivery teams as a Security SME, providing detailed consultation and collaboration to ensure solutions are secure, and adhere to Hilton security and industry standards. Your recommendations on security requirements, architecture, patterns, and controls will help safeguard Hilton's customer-facing deliverables.
• Design and implement platform security architectures and solutions that meet stakeholder requirements, ensuring they are secure, scalable, resilient, and seamlessly integrate with Hilton's overarching architecture models.
• Lead comprehensive evaluations of emerging technologies and software products such as Quantum computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Digital Identity, assessing their feasibility and potential integration into Hilton's product suite from a cybersecurity standpoint.
• Play a key role in the continuous development, review, and adoption of Hilton's security standards and best practices, ensuring they evolve to meet emerging threats and industry advancements.
• Actively engage in the governance processes related to platform and application security, ensuring compliance with technology standards and regulatory requirements.
• Develop, document and maintain security reference architectures and standards.

How you will collaborate with others:

• 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.
• Build strong strategic partnerships with various functional groups including product and software engineering within Hilton, and ensure alignment on security features and deliverables.
• Mentor junior security professionals and provide expert guidance.

What deliverables you will take ownership of:

• All security aspects of product delivery, ensuring minimal security vulnerabilities in the released product to protect Hilton's customers and partners.
• Continuous development, review, and adoption of Hilton's security standards and best practices.
• Design and implement advanced security architectures that are secure, scalable, and resilient, and fit seamlessly into Hilton's overall architecture models.

WHY YOU'LL BE A GREAT FIT

You have these minimum qualifications:

• Ten (10) years of professional work experience in Technology or related field.
• Nine (9) years of combined work experience in Application Security, Customer Identity & Access Management (IAM), Cloud Security, Cryptography, AI Security, and/or Payments Security.
• A deep understanding and demonstrated experience delivering security architecture solutions and the ability to partner with business, product, and technology facing stakeholders.
• Proven expertise in Customer Identity and Authentication technologies, such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, API Security, and AWS security.
• One or more cyber industry certifications such as CISSP, AWS Solution Architect (Associate level or Professional level) or AWS Security Specialty certification.
• Familiarity with different industry regulations such as PCI DSS, various data protection and privacy laws and regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, NIST 800-53, SOC2, ISO 27001, and/or PSD2/SCA.
• This is a hybrid role and would require to be near one of our three US office locations (McLean, Dallas, Memphis).
• Travel up to 25%

It would be useful if you have:

• Bachelor's Degree, or Associate's Degree plus 6+ years of Technology related experience, or High School Degree/GED plus 12+ years of Technology related experience
• Twelve (12) + years of professional work experience in Technology or related field
• Three (3) + years as a Senior Security Architect and seven (7) + years of professional work experience in Technology Security field
• Four (4) + years of strong software engineering and/or development experience
• Experience with DevSecOps practices, security tools in a CI/CD pipeline, and the ability to address vulnerabilities effectively.
• Strong cryptography fundamentals, understand payment security patterns, and solutions for preventing customer fraud.
• Experience in the hospitality industry

WHAT IT IS LIKE WORKING FOR HILTON

Hilton, the #1 World's Best Workplace, is a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands . Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more-than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture and we are consistently named among one of the World's Best Workplaces. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it's like to be on Team Hilton!

It is the policy of Hilton to employ qualified persons without regard to color, race, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medication conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service, status as a protected veteran, disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable law, genetic information, or any other protected group status as defined by and subject to applicable federal, state and local laws.

We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position and provide other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us if you require an accommodation during the application process.

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