Principal Architect - AI, Data Platforms & Security

TalentOla; Princeton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

TalentOla in Princeton, NJ / NYC, NY is seeking a Senior Principal Technical Architect to lead architecture for enterprise data platforms, AI systems, and cybersecurity. The role combines hands-on design with executive leadership to scale GenAI solutions and ensure robust security controls.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of experience in software, data platforms, and security architecture, with a track record of large-scale enterprise transformations across cloud ecosystems.

Qualifications

• Over 15 years of experience in software engineering, enterprise data platforms, AI systems, and security architecture.
• Proven track record of architecting scalable solutions adopted across large organizations with strong data protection and zero-trust security.
• Experience leading enterprise-wide technology adoption programs, platform migrations, and security governance frameworks.
• Strong collaboration and leadership skills across cross-functional and executive teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect Multi‑Agent AI Pipelines: design end-to-end, LLM-powered multi-agent frameworks using contracts and provider-agnostic models.
• AI Tooling & Scaffolding: build graph-based execution builders, dynamic YAML rules engines, capability registry patterns.
• Human-in-the-Loop Integration: implement validation and curation layers for DAG editing, schema validation, and error repair.
• LLM Threat Modeling & Abuse Prevention: lead abuse-case modeling, prompt injection defense, jailbreak mitigation, and red-teaming strategies for LLM agents and RAG architectures.
• Output Guardrails & Data Protection: implement payload masking, SQL validation layers, row-count caps, and automated PII/PCI detection to prevent data exfiltration via AI interfaces.
• Identity & Access Governance: architect hybrid identity flows (OAuth 2.0, Okta/Entra ID), service principal access patterns, and token lifecycle/rotation management.
• Databricks Estate Architecture: lead large-scale data platform migrations, estate auto-discovery, and governance automation across Databricks workspaces.
• Data Governance & Zero‑Trust Access: enforce fine-grained authorization models including Row-Level Security, dynamic masking, and data classification in Unity Catalog.
• Data Quality & Observability Frameworks: design automated, multi-tiered data quality verification platforms with real-time incident detection and continuous file freshness tracking.
• Platform Governance & FinOps: oversee multi-cloud cost governance, resource optimization, and infrastructure governance to maximize ROI while maintaining compliance.
• Org‑Wide Transformation: define adoption strategies for developer AI tooling and establish measurement frameworks for code quality, productivity gains, and ROI.
• Enablement & Standards: conduct workshops, build best-practices documentation, create reusable architectural patterns, and mentor engineering teams.

Skills

Python

Databricks

LLM architectures

Threat modeling

Zero-trust security

Security governance

Cloud architecture

Leadership

Tools

OpenAI SDK

Delta Sharing

Unity Catalog

Okta/Entra ID

Job description

TalentOla in Princeton, NJ / NYC, NY is seeking a Senior Principal Technical Architect to lead architecture for enterprise data platforms, AI systems, and cybersecurity. The role combines hands-on design with executive leadership to scale GenAI solutions and ensure robust security controls.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of experience in software, data platforms, and security architecture, with a track record of large-scale enterprise transformations across cloud ecosystems.