Principal Solutions Architect III

Peak Performers has partnered with a national utilities company to assist in their search for a hybrid Principal Solutions Architect III (no C2C) . In this position, you will be responsible for defining and implementing robust data protection frameworks across the company digital estate. Bridges traditional Microsoft Information Protection and compliance tools with modern AI-centric data security practices, including encryption for LLM pipelines, secure vector stores, and legacy data remediation.

Major duties

• Define and own the data protection strategy across structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. Align with regulatory, legal, and business mandates (e.g., NERC, SOX, CCPA, GDPR).
• Architect and deploy Azure Purview for data classification, and insider risk management policies.
• Lead secure implementation of AI Data Pipelines (RAG, Vector DBs), TDE for SQL workloads, and explore applicability of Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) and Differential Privacy (DP) for AI/LLM pipelines.
• Develop strategies for legacy data de-duplication, archiving, and migration. Evaluate long-term retention risk and optimize lifecycle policies.
• Implement and manage DLP rules across email, endpoints, cloud storage, and collaboration platforms (e.g., Microsoft 365, SharePoint).
• Provide architectural guidance to product teams and AI/ML engineers. Author security patterns, threat models, and playbooks.
• Evaluate and integrate third-party tools for data discovery, monitoring, and tokenization. Drive automation around classification and response.
• Define DSPM Strategy and Architecture.
• Define Data Incident Protocol and Playbook.
  
  

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, and/or a related field or an equivalent level of experience on a year on year basis.
• 10 years in information security or data architecture roles.
• Previous experience with utilities or highly regulated industries preferred.
• Working knowledge of structured data protection in data lakes or Azure Synapse.
• Experience contributing to LLM security or responsible AI design patterns.
• SANS/GIAC, CISSP, or Azure Security certification.
• Experience with legacy data cleanup initiatives, e.g., tape archive migration.
• Experience with DSPM platform.
• Strong understanding of cryptographic primitives and modern data security standards (AES, SHA, TLS, etc.) as well as an understanding of proposed quantum ready cryptography standards.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical and executive stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to assess risk trade-offs between security, usability, and operational efficiency.
• Deep interest in AI safety, responsible data stewardship, and future-proofing sensitive workloads.
  
  

Exciting Opportunity Details

• Rate: $135.17/hour
• W2 Contract
• Worksite Location: Either of the following: Allentown, PA, Louisville, KY, or Cumberland RI
• Hybrid (3 days in office)
• 1 years contract
  
  

The Peak Performers difference

• Excellent medical health, dental & vision insurance at 60 days
• Our employees may choose to participate in a 403(b) retirement plan
• Qualified applicants with chronic medical conditions and/or disabilities receive priority placement
• We pay weekly through direct deposit
• In business since 1994 and thousands of job placements
  
  

All employment offers are contingent on the successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check, in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws.

Applicants for employment with Peak Performers must possess work authorization that does not require sponsorship for a visa now or in the future.

Peak Performers is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applicants without regard to race, marital status, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Peak Performers does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies or fee-based recruitment services.