JetBlue Airways

Principal Architect Product Security

JetBlue Airways • $118K — $177K *
Long Island City, NY 11101In-Person
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Five years of experience in cybersecurity and product security roles.
  • Five years of experience in designing or securing modern applications and cloud-native services.
  • Proven leadership in making security architecture decisions across multiple teams.
  • Strong knowledge of secure software development life cycle (SDLC) and DevSecOps practices.
  • Experience with developing secure design standards and architecture patterns.
  • Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced, multi-team environment.

Responsibilities

  • Lead product security architecture for diverse product portfolios.
  • Define and maintain secure design patterns and technical guardrails.
  • Review high-risk designs across platforms and integrations.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering to integrate security through all phases.
  • Translate cybersecurity policies into tangible product security requirements.
  • Guide secure implementation of modern architectural frameworks.
  • Conduct threat modeling for complex and high-risk products.

Benefits

  • Access to healthcare benefits and a 401(k) plan.
  • Company match for retirement savings.
  • Free space-available travel on JetBlue.
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage and life insurance.
  • Opportunity to participate in a crewmember stock purchase plan.
Full Job Description
Position Summary:

The Principal Architect, Product Security is a senior product security architecture leader responsible for advancing secure-by-design practices across multiple product portfolios, platforms, and business capabilities.

This role partners with product, engineering, platform, cloud, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, privacy, and risk teams to ensure product designs include appropriate security guardrails from concept through delivery and operation. The Principal Architect translates enterprise cybersecurity strategy into reusable product security patterns, practical engineering requirements, and consistent architecture guidance.

Essential Responsibilities:
  • Lead product security architecture across multiple product portfolios or major business capabilities.
  • Define and maintain reusable secure design patterns, reference architectures, and technical guardrails.
  • Review high-risk product, platform, API, cloud, and integration designs.
  • Partner with product and engineering leaders to embed security into planning, design, development, testing, deployment, and operations.
  • Translate cybersecurity policies, standards, and risk expectations into practical product security requirements.
  • Guide teams on secure implementation of modern application, API, cloud-native, and distributed architectures.
  • Establish and lead threat modeling for complex or high-risk products and platforms.
  • Identify architecture-level security gaps and recommend pragmatic remediation plans.
  • Escalate material risks and provide clear risk narratives to technology and cybersecurity leadership.
  • Define expectations for security controls in CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows.
  • Guide adoption of SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanning, IaC scanning, secrets detection, and related tooling.
  • Partner with engineering teams to improve security testing quality, reduce noise, and increase actionable remediation.
  • Contribute to metrics that measure product security maturity, control adoption, and vulnerability reduction.
  • Define product security guidance for authentication, authorization, federation, API security, encryption, secrets management, and secure data handling.
  • Advise on Zero Trust, least privilege, service-to-service security, and secure integration patterns.
  • Partner with cloud and platform teams to embed security into shared engineering services and platform capabilities.
  • Serve as a senior product security advisor to product, engineering, cybersecurity, architecture, privacy, compliance, and risk teams.
  • Mentor Product Security Architects, engineers, and technical leads.
  • Participate in architecture review boards, design forums, and governance processes.
  • Contribute to product security standards, maturity models, dashboards, and continuous improvement efforts.

Minimum Experience and Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field; OR demonstrated capability to perform job responsibilities with a combination of a High School Diploma/GED and at least four (4) years of previous related work experience.
  • Five (5) years of experience in cybersecurity, application security, product security, security architecture, software engineering, cloud security, or related technology roles.
  • Five (5) years of experience designing or securing modern applications, APIs, cloud-native services, distributed systems, or digital platforms.
  • Experience leading security architecture decisions across multiple product teams or technology portfolios.
  • Strong knowledge of secure SDLC, DevSecOps, threat modeling, vulnerability management, application security testing, API security, identity, data protection, and cloud security.
  • Experience developing secure design standards, reusable architecture patterns, technical guardrails, or engineering guidance.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, multi-team environment.
  • Must pass a pre-employment drug test.
  • Available for occasional overnight travel (10%)
  • Must be legally eligible to work in the country in which the position is located.
  • Authorization to work in the US is required. This position is not eligible for a visa sponsorship.

Preferred Experience and Qualifications:
  • Experience supporting large-scale customer-facing applications, digital platforms, mobile applications, ecommerce, loyalty, APIs, or cloud-native services.
  • Experience in aviation, transportation, financial services, healthcare, retail, or another regulated or operationally complex environment.
  • Experience building or scaling Product Security, Application Security, or DevSecOps practices.
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, containers, serverless platforms, API gateways, WAF technologies, secrets management, CI/CD, and policy-as-code.
  • Knowledge of OWASP Top 10, OWASP API Security Top 10, OWASP ASVS, and Zero Trust principles.
  • Experience influencing enterprise architecture boards, technology governance forums, or risk committees.
  • CISSP, CSSLP, CCSP, SABSA, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, or equivalent certification preferred.

Crewmember Expectations:
  • Regular attendance and punctuality.
  • Potential need to work flexible hours and be available to respond on short notice.
  • Able to maintain a professional appearance.
  • When working or traveling on JetBlue flights, and if time permits, all capable crewmembers are asked to assist with light cleaning of the aircraft.
  • Must be an appropriate organizational fit for JetBlue's culture and exhibit the JetBlue values of Safety, Caring, Integrity, Passion, and Fun.
  • Promote JetBlue's number one value of Safety as a Safety Ambassador, supporting JetBlue's Safety Management System components, Safety Policy, and behavioral standards.
  • Identify safety and/or security concerns, issues, incidents, or hazards that should be reported and report them whenever possible by any means necessary including JetBlue's confidential reporting systems (Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) or Safety Action Report (SAR)).
  • The use of ChatGPT or any other automated tool during the interview process will disqualify a candidate from being considered for the position.

Equipment:
  • Computer and other office equipment.

Work Environment:
  • Traditional office environment.

Physical Effort:
  • Generally not required, or up to 10 pounds occasionally, 0 pounds frequently. (Sedentary)

Compensation:
  • The base pay range for this position is between $118,800.00 and $177,100.00 per year. Base pay is one component of JetBlue's total compensation package, which may also include performance bonuses, restricted stock units, as well as access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan and company match, crewmember stock purchase plan, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, free space available travel on JetBlue, and more.

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About JetBlue Airways

JetBlue is a customer service channel for Major United States Airline based in Queens, New York. It is a passenger airline that operates primarily on point-to-point routes with its fleet of 120 Airbus A320 aircraft and 49 EMBRAER 190 aircraft. As of December 31, 2011, it served 70 destinations in 22 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico and 12 countries in the Caribbean and Latin America. Most of JetBlue flights have as an origin or destination New York or one of its other focus cities: Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Orlando or San Juan, Puerto Rico. As of December 31, 2011, the Company operated an average of 700 daily flights. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company acquired eight take-off and landing slots at each of New York’s LaGuardia Airport and Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport. The Company’s operations primarily consist of transporting passengers on its aircraft with domestic United States operations, including Puerto Rico, which accounted for 85% of its capacity in 2011.

JetBlue Airways Careers

There has never been a more exciting time to explore job opportunities at JetBlue Airways, a leading company in the aviation industry known for its innovation, strong culture, and commitment to diversity and leadership development. Work You’ll Do Join JetBlue Airways' dynamic team to help redefine the future of air travel with a focus on customer service excellence and operational efficiency. At JetBlue, you will be part of a culture that values diversity, leadership, and professional growth. Transform your career and the airline industry with JetBlue’s commitment to innovation and excellence. Lead from a unique position in the marketplace, where your skills in technology, customer service, and team collaboration are highly valued. Work with a dedicated team of professionals who are passionate about creating an outstanding travel experience. Collaborate with industry leaders and benefit from a culture that supports career advancement and professional development. Introducing the JetBlue Professional Growth and Development Initiative We are building a market-leading team to master the challenges of the modern aviation industry. At JetBlue, you will find a supportive environment where career growth and learning are encouraged through comprehensive training and leadership development programs. Do Innovative Work Join a team that is at the forefront of the aviation industry, where you can apply your skills in a variety of roles, from pilot and cabin crew positions to engineering and customer support. JetBlue offers a wide range of job opportunities that allow you to innovate and excel. Be Part of a Great Team Work on a wide range of projects and utilize the latest technology in aviation. Harness the unparalleled capabilities of a team that values integrity, teamwork, and mutual respect. Future-Proof Your Career Advance your career with JetBlue Airways, where your ambition can take you to new heights. Enjoy near-limitless opportunities to grow professionally, supported by unmatched training, development, and certification support. Explore JetBlue’s internship programs offer a unique insight into the workings of one of the most innovative airlines in the industry. These programs provide hands-on experience and are a stepping stone to full-time employment. The JetBlue Experience Our combined service capabilities, commitment to innovation, and a diverse and inclusive workplace help employees thrive and lead in their careers. At JetBlue, we are dedicated to nurturing a professional environment where every team member can succeed. Stay Connected Join Our Team Search open positions that match your skills and interests. We look for passionate, curious, creative, and solution-driven team players. Explore the various employment paths JetBlue Airways offers, from customer service to pilot positions. SEARCH JETBLUE JOBS Keep Up to Date Stay ahead with career tips, insider perspectives, and industry-leading insights you can put to use today—all from the people who work here. READ CAREERS BLOG Job Alert Emails Personalize your subscription to receive job alerts, latest news, and insider tips tailored to your preferences. Discover the exciting and rewarding career opportunities that await at JetBlue Airways.
Learn more about JetBlue Airways
Size
19,304 employees
Market Cap
$2 billion
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Net Income
-$1.3 billion
Founded
1999
5 Year Trend
-1.7%
Revenue
$2.9 billion
NASDAQ
JBLU
* Ladders Estimates

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