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Scottsdale office **\nWho are we looking for?\nChoice Hotels, one of the world’s largest lodging franchisors, has an exciting new opportunity as our Staff Security Architect in our Information Security organization. Information Security is the team that protects the systems, data, and digital experiences behind our hotel brands - keeping our guests, franchisees, and associates safe from cyber threats. As a key member of our Information Security team, you will lead the security architecture for a critical technology domain, designing the standards and safeguards that let our engineering teams build and ship quickly without compromising on security.\nAre you a hands-on security architect who thrives on solving complex technical problems, influencing through expertise rather than authority, and turning risk into clear, practical design decisions? We invite you to apply today for our Staff Security Architect role today and #MakeItYourChoice.\nYour Responsibilities\nLead security architecture for an assigned domain, platform, or set of products, applying enterprise security standards, patterns, and guardrails to real-world solutions.\nPerform architecture reviews and threat modeling, translating security risks into actionable design requirements and control recommendations.\nPartner with engineering, product, and operations teams to embed security throughout design and delivery, championing secure-by-design and defense-in-depth practices.\nDevelop and maintain reference architectures, design patterns, and implementation guidance for your domain.\nLead cross-functional architecture initiatives spanning cloud, identity and access management (IAM), application security, DevSecOps, and data protection.\nIntegrate security controls into continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, infrastructure, and platform services to strengthen our security posture while enabling fast delivery.\nGuide security control selection based on risk, regulatory requirements, and operational constraints, providing clear, risk-informed recommendations.\nDocument architectural decisions and outcomes, and escalate architectural risks or exceptions that require broader impact assessment.\nMentor engineers and fellow architects, raising the bar on secure design practices and architectural consistency.\nCommunicate security concepts and tradeoffs effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.\nYour Experience, Skills & Competencies\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field required, or equivalent experience\n10-14 years’ experience in security architecture, including leading cross-functional programs and defining domain standards\nDemonstrated track record of delivering scalable security solutions and measurable risk reduction outcomes\nExperience producing security architecture artifacts such as threat models, reference designs, and architecture decision records\nCloud and identity expertise with technologies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Okta, CyberArk, CrowdStrike, Tenable, and Snyk\nStrong understanding of secure design principles and their integration into the software development lifecycle (SDLC)\nKnowledge of security, regulatory, compliance, and control frameworks as they relate to system design, including Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), OAuth, and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)\nProficient in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word\nAdvanced certifications preferred, such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CRISC, SABSA, Security+, or a relevant GIAC certification\nDemonstrates key competencies to include Technical Expertise, Influence & Collaboration, and Problem Solving & Decision Quality\nYour Team\nThis is an individual contributor role that will report to the Director, Security Engineering. You will have 9 peer teammates and collaborate with cross functional departments on a regular basis.\n**This role is not eligible for sponsorship**\nChoice prioritizes our associate wellbeing by offering a comprehensive benefits program that is both competitive and flexible to help you achieve your wellbeing goals - here are just a few:\nCompetitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage\nLeave and paid time-off for holidays, vacation, personal, family, volunteer, sick, jury duty, bereavement, military, and religious observance\nFinancial benefits for retirement and health savings\nEmployee recognition programs\nDiscounts at Choice hotels worldwide\nAbout Choice\nChoice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), is one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world. With 7,500 hotels in 45+ countries and territories, we offer a range of high-quality lodging options in the upper upscale, upper midscale, midscale, extended stay, and economy segments. We’re the hotel company for those who choose to bet on themselves - the striver, the dreamer, the entrepreneur - because that’s who we are, too.\nAt Choice, we are united by the simple belief that tomorrow will be even better than today - for associates, our company, and our franchisees. At our worldwide corporate headquarters in North Bethesda, Maryland, at our technology center in Scottsdale, Arizona, and through our associates around the globe, every voice is heard and every idea is listened to, no matter what area of the company they come from. We are united in supporting the entrepreneurial dreams of our thousands of franchise owners, which propels us forward - giving our work at Choice a purpose larger than our business.\nOur corporate office locations:\nNorth Bethesda, MD - Located at Pike & Rose, our worldwide headquarters is less than 15 miles from Washington, D.C., one block away from the North Bethesda Metro station, with easy access to I-495, complimentary parking, electronic charging stations, restaurants and retail.\nScottsdale, AZ - Located at the northwest corner of Loop 101, the Scottsdale office is home to our technology, eCommerce and customer service organizations, with easy access to complimentary parking, electronic charging stations, restaurants and retail.\nMinneapolis, MN - Select roles are based in our Minneapolis office on Highway 394, near the intersection with Highway 100, only five minutes from downtown.\nField/Remote - Select roles designated as field/remote will require associates to work from a home office, connecting virtually with Choice team members and leadership on Zoom, with possible required travel depending on the role.\nChoice’s Cultural Values\nWelcome and Respect Everyone | Be Bold | Be Quick | Listen | Be Curious | Show Integrity\nChoice’s Leadership Principles\nAct with Intention | Lead with Authenticity | Grow & Deliver","description_format":"text","description_chars":6925,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Home office"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-27T13:16:54Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 37 · green card filings: 10","filings_12m":37,"filings_prev_12m":28,"green_card_filings_12m":10,"median_offered_wage_usd":129947,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-03T21:08:04+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":3}],"liveness":{"score":31,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.678,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":54,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:5","velocity","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-13T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/choicehotels-staff-security-architect","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/choicehotels-staff-security-architect.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-14T04:31:57Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":6327,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1753535},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1753535"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fchoicehotels-staff-security-architect"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fchoicehotels-staff-security-architect"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fchoicehotels-staff-security-architect"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/choicehotels-staff-security-architect\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fchoicehotels-staff-security-architect"}]}