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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Solutions Architect - **Company:** Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. - **Location:** Little Rock, AR, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $215,000.0 - **Contract:** Franchise - **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Applications Architecture, HTML5, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Cloud Engineering, Code Review, Information Systems, Data Systems, JSON, Systems Development Life Cycle, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Software Requirements Analysis, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Event Driven Architecture, Information Technology, Api Design, Serverless Computing, Microservices - **Published:** September 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3379547846&tx=IT878TYI&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field * Master's degree preferred or equivalent practical experience * 15+ years of experience in information technology * 5+ years in a Solution Architect / 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) * Familiarity with counter, POS, or agent-assisted systems is highly desirable * 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 delivery teams ## Description You will work closely with business partners, product managers, engineering teams, operations leaders, and enterprise architects to transform how Hertz builds and modernizes counter, agent-assisted, and rental execution systems. This role is highly hands-on, with accountability for future-state architecture, solution design, and delivery alignment across complex global ecosystems., * 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 * 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 (strangler, abstraction, 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 ## Related Videos - [API Design - Getting Started](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/33-api-design-getting-started) - [Solution Architecture: A Startup Perspective](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/778-solution-architecture-a-startup-perspective) - [The Resilience of the World Wide Web](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1281-the-resilience-of-the-world-wide-web) - [Tips and Tricks for Working with JSON](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1229-tips-and-tricks-for-working-with-json) - [We (don't) need a software architect!?!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/663-we-don-t-need-a-software-architect) - [Rest API Antipatterns](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100208-rest-api-antipatterns) ## Related Articles - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Best Paying Jobs in Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/256-best-paying-jobs-in-technology) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries)