Hertz Project Unit is hiring a Principal Solutions Architect to define and drive the future-state architecture for our global counter and rental systems. You will be accountable for designing cloud-based, distributed, transaction-heavy architectures that support multi-brand, multi-country, and franchise operations. This highly hands-on role requires close partnership with business, product, engineering, operations, and enterprise architecture teams to transform how we build and modernize rental execution platforms.

What You'll Do

Design, modernize, and refactor global counter and rental systems using modular, cloud-native, API-driven architectures.
Own solution architecture across all domains including application, data, integration, networking, security, and resiliency.
Define and maintain solution blueprints, reference architectures, and standards for counter and rental platforms.
Establish a clear end-state architecture for areas of responsibility and drive stakeholder alignment and buy-in.
Ensure architectures can be delivered incrementally, on time and within budget, without compromising the long-term target state.
Lead architectural design and review for initiatives spanning counter and agent workflows, offline/degraded-mode operations, multi-brand and franchise configurations, and country-specific regulatory requirements.
Work hands-on with engineering teams across the full SDLC, including design sessions, code reviews, and technical decision-making.
Partner closely with Enterprise Architecture to align with broader platform and integration strategies.
Define API, integration, and event models connecting counter systems with reservations, fleet, payments, identity, pricing, and customer platforms.
Drive modernization using incremental transformation patterns like strangler, abstraction, and coexistence.
Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, performance, and availability standards.
Participate in the design and planning of enhancements to existing platforms and development of new capabilities.
Advise business and technology stakeholders on architectural tradeoffs and recommendations.
Interpret and refine business requirements using workshops, design sessions, prototyping, and modeling.
Understand and document system dependencies, integration points, and data flows across the rental ecosystem.
Create and maintain architecture documentation including solution designs, technical specifications, and release artifacts.
Collaborate with Operations leaders, Program Directors, and Vendors to solve complex cross-functional challenges.

What We're Looking For

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
15+ years of experience in information technology.
5+ years in a Solution Architect or Systems Architect role supporting large-scale enterprise platforms.
Proven experience across full project lifecycles including requirements definition, architecture and solution design, prototyping, implementation, and rollout.
Strong experience with cloud-native application architectures (microservices, event-driven systems, serverless).
Extensive experience designing and implementing API-based integrations using REST and SOAP, with JSON and XML.
Experience with transactional, high-availability systems (retail, travel, hospitality, or mobility preferred).
Experience designing for offline-first or degraded-mode scenarios.
Strong understanding of system integrations using APIs, messaging, batch, and streaming patterns.
Experience working in Agile / Scrum environments.
Hands-on familiarity with modern web and data technologies (SQL, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, JSON).
Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and influence stakeholders.