Microsoft Purview Consultant

Job Description

Pay Range: $60hr - $65hr

• We are seeking an experienced Microsoft Purview Consultant to lead enterprise data governance initiatives and technical enablement.
• The ideal candidate will drive Purview implementation, metadata management, lineage integration, and governance framework operationalization while collaborating with business and technology stakeholders across the organization.

• Lead setup, configuration, and operations of Microsoft Purview including Data Map, Catalog, Scanning, Lineage, Classification, and Glossary.
• Implement metadata harvesting from diverse sources such as SQL, Oracle, Data Lake, S3, Lakehouse, BI tools, and Fabric pipelines.
• Develop API‑based automation for metadata ingestion, lineage enrichment, and stewardship workflows.
• Maintain Purview policies, sensitivity labels, roles, permissions, and governance rules.
• Design and operationalize enterprise‑wide governance frameworks including ownership models, stewardship processes, metadata standards, certification workflows, and RACI structures.
• Drive governance adoption across domains ensuring alignment with regulatory, compliance, and business reporting requirements.
• Establish KPIs to track catalog coverage, lineage completeness, classification accuracy, and data quality improvements.
• Support audits, controls, and compliance evidence creation using Purview lineage and metadata.
• Build end‑to‑end lineage across ingestion, transformation, and consumption layers.
• Integrate metadata with data quality tools to surface profiling, quality rules, and issue insights within Purview models.
• Work with engineering teams to embed metadata contracts and lineage practices.
• Engage with business owners, data stewards, portfolio managers, investment operations teams, and technology teams to drive governance initiatives.
• Facilitate workshops, governance forums, lineage walkthroughs, and metadata curation sessions.
• Translate complex technical concepts into business‑friendly narratives to support decision‑making.
• Act as a bridge between analytics, AI teams, data engineering, and business product owners.

• Strong hands‑on experience with Microsoft Purview including Data Map, Catalog, Scanning, Lineage, Classification, and Glossary.
• Background in data engineering, data architecture, or AI/ML data pipelines.
• Proven experience implementing data governance programs from planning to operational execution.
• Familiarity with Azure Fabric, data lake houses, SQL platforms, and BI ecosystems.
• Knowledge of data modeling, metadata standards, lineage frameworks, and data quality concepts.
• Exposure to investment management, asset management, or financial services domains.
• Ability to map governance requirements to regulatory expectations within the investment domain.

• 10–15+ years of data governance experience, preferably within a large enterprise environment.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to work with C‑suite leaders, business stakeholders, stewards, and engineers.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to formalize processes and drive organizational change.
• Ability to manage cross‑functional programs and influence without direct authority.

• Experience with complementary governance tools such as Solidatus, Collibra, Alation, Informatica, and Purview.
• Relevant certifications such as Azure, DAMA, DCAM, or Data Governance certifications.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.