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Senior Architect - Application Cybersecurity

United Airlines
United Airlines Salary
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 8/13/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/12/2026
Description

United's Digital Technology team is comprised of many talented individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. Our team designs, develops and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

Job Overview and Responsibilities

The Senior Architect - Application Cybersecurity helps validate that our services, applications, and websites are designed and implemented in accordance with United's secure development standards. The Senior Architect 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 Senior Architect is responsible for defining security requirements, performing application security assessments, and providing developers with remediation guidance and advice. On any given day the Senior Architect can be pulled in to evaluate a new system, review a proposed application change, or provide guidance on application security/coding best practices.

  • Perform security architecture design reviews and threat modelling of our products (cloud and on-prem)
  • Help research, define and communicate security best practices and standards and ensure products development teams understand them
  • Learning & Continuous Improvement
  • Improve 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

Qualifications

What's needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

  • Bachelor's degree
  • STEM, Computer Science
  • Minimum of 4 years of experience with any combination of the following: threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security, cloud computing
  • 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
  • Familiar with application risk assessment, risk categorization, and application security testing tools
  • Knowledge of current industry standards, best practices, and reference architectures
  • Understanding of secure network and system design in both cloud and conventional environments, as well as of network and web related protocols
  • 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

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

  • 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 6 years of experience with any combination of the following: threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security, cloud computing

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