Microsoft Purview SME

What you will do:

• Lead end-to-end Microsoft Purview implementation activities aligned to Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention, Insider Risk Management, Communication Compliance, Data Lifecycle Management, Records Management, eDiscovery, and Audit.

• Implement sensitivity labels, label publishing, auto-labelling, DLP policies, Endpoint DLP controls, insider-risk policies, communication-compliance policies, retention controls, records-management policies, eDiscovery cases, and audit requirements.

• Translate approved Purview architecture and detailed designs into configuration workbooks, implementation plans, build procedures, test cases, deployment activities, and technical documentation.

• Configure and validate Purview controls across Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 applications, and supported endpoints.

• Lead configuration walkthroughs, technical testing, policy validation, defect resolution, implementation-evidence review, and deployment-readiness activities.

• Coordinate with Compliance, Legal, Risk, Privacy, Identity, Endpoint, Messaging, SOC, IT Security, and client technology teams to manage prerequisites, dependencies, access, and implementation decisions.

• Maintain configuration records, test evidence, implementation trackers, RAID updates, policy inventories, technical runbooks, and knowledge-transfer materials

Required technical skills:

• Strong hands-on experience implementing Microsoft Purview in enterprise security, compliance, data-protection, or information-governance environments.

• Hands-on knowledge of Purview Information Protection, sensitivity labels, auto-labelling, Data Loss Prevention, Endpoint DLP, Insider Risk Management, Communication Compliance, Data Lifecycle Management, Records Management, eDiscovery, and Audit.

• Ability to implement approved Purview designs across Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 applications, and supported endpoints.

• Familiarity with built-in and custom Sensitive Information Types, Exact Data Match, trainable classifiers, retention controls, Purview role groups, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Intune, and Microsoft Defender XDR integration points.

• Strong understanding of Purview configuration, testing, policy simulation, phased enforcement, implementation evidence, technical documentation, and end-to-end delivery.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field is preferred.

• Desirable Microsoft certifications include: SC-401, SC-200, SC-100, SC-300, AZ-500.

Preferred experience:

• Experience leading end-to-end Microsoft Purview implementations in large enterprise or regulated environments.

• Exposure to Purview design handover, configuration, unit testing, integration testing, user acceptance testing, pilot deployment, phased enforcement, and production rollout activities.

• Experience implementing Information Protection, DLP, Endpoint DLP, Insider Risk Management, Communication Compliance, Data Lifecycle Management, Records Management, eDiscovery, and Audit capabilities.