Job Description
Senior Security Solutions Architect
hybrid in Dallas, TX , Mclean, VA, or Memphis, TN - only on w2
Must haves
- App Dev experience
- Security Experience
- Architecture Experience
- Hands ON!!!
Job Description:
High-Level Summary
- Senior Security Solutions Architect supporting Hilton’s customer-facing platforms (web, mobile, APIs, payments, property systems)
- Focus on embedding security into architecture design across the SDLC
- Heavy collaboration with engineering, product, architecture, and security teams
- Responsible for end-to-end secure designs, reference architectures, and governance reviews
- Highly strategic + hands-on architecture role (not pure security ops)
Key Responsibilities
- Lead secure solution design across APIs, cloud, identity, data flows, and integrations
- Translate business/product requirements → secure architecture patterns
- Develop security reference architectures + reusable patterns
- Conduct architecture reviews + risk identification + mitigation planning
- Create artifacts: diagrams, data flows, security controls, design documentation
- Partner cross-functionally to balance security, scalability, and delivery speed
Core Requirements
- 7+ years in tech (engineering, security, architecture)
- 5+ years hands-on engineering or app delivery experience
- 3+ years solution/enterprise architecture
- Strong experience in one or more:
- Application/Product Security
- API Security
- IAM / Customer Identity
- Cloud Security (AWS preferred)
- Cryptography / Data protection
- Deep understanding of:
- OAuth2, OpenID Connect, SAML
- Secure SDLC + CI/CD security
- Encryption, secrets management, logging/monitoring
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale, customer-facing platforms
Nice to Have
- Certifications (CISSP, CCSP, AWS, TOGAF, etc.)
- Experience in hospitality, ecommerce, payments, or travel
- Familiarity with frameworks (PCI, NIST, SOC2, ISO, GDPR)