Principal Architect - Application Cybersecurity at United Airlines

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Job overview and responsibilities

The Principal Architect - Application Cybersecurity validates that our services, applications, and websites are designed and implemented in accordance with United’s secure development standards. The Principal Architect is a senior level position that works closely with development teams, product teams, and other teams across the organization to integrate security into the product lifecycle from design through deployment.
The Principal Architect is a recognized subject matter expert in defining security requirements, performing application security assessments, and providing developers with remediation guidance and advice. On any given day, the Principal Application Security Architect can be pulled in to evaluate a new system, review a proposed application change, or provide guidance on application security/coding best practices. 

• Sought out as a trusted advisor/consultant and assists in the creation of security designs, requirements, risk monitoring and mitigation guidance in alignment with industry best practices and regulatory requirements
• Leads architecture design evaluations and threat modelling of our products (cloud and on-prem)
• Recommends and implements products/services that support operational needs and security requirements
• Assist in leading the design, definition and implementation of security best practices and standards and ensure product development teams understand them
• Promotes and contributes to the continuous improvement of our security strategy and supports risk prioritization
• Helps train and support team members
• Leads the improvement of the accessibility of security through automation, continuous integration pipelines, and other means
• Perform code analysis of applications, manually and using SAST, DAST, and SCA scanning solutions as well as conducting manual vulnerability analysis
• Technical point of contact for product teams as it relates to automation, CI/CD, and remediation guidance

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

Required 

• Bachelor's degree in STEM, Computer Science
• Minimum of 9 years of experience in related field
• Deep understanding of OWASP Top 10 and CWE 25; ability to implement and integrate remediation strategies
• Ability to collaborate with development teams to build secure solutions, communicating risks and bringing consensus to diverse priorities 
• Knowledge of common vulnerabilities and attack vectors, ubiquitous encryption technologies and common authentication protocols
• Skilled in application risk assessment, risk categorization, and application security testing tools
• Knowledge of current industry standards, best practices, and reference architectures
• Solid understanding of secure network and system design in both cloud and conventional environments, as well as of network and web related protocols 
• Excellent understanding of web applications, web servers, layer 7 application technologies, frameworks and protocols with respect to application development and deployment
• Ability to work independently and self-motivate
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, interpersonal, collaboration, written and verbal communication skills
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

Preferred

• Master's degree
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
• GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• Comp TIA Security +
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
• CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+)
• Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
• Minimum of 12 years of experience in related field, including any combination of the following
• Threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security, cloud computing
• Application penetration testing to demonstrate and test exploitability of vulnerabilities
• Familiar with waterfall and agile development processes and ability to integrate secure development practices into both models
• Experience with multiple programming 
• Success in implementing effective Secure SDLC frameworks across a large corporation