M365 Purview Compliance Design Architect

M365 Purview Compliance Design Architect

Location: Sheffield / Hybrid

About the Client: Our client is a global IT, consulting, and business process services company
, delivering innovative solutions to enterprise customers worldwide. They are seeking two experienced M365 Purview Compliance Design Architects to lead enterprise‑scale compliance and data governance initiatives.

Role Overview: You will define target‑state architectures for Microsoft Purview, map regulatory obligations to enforceable policies, and deliver scalable, automated, enterprise‑wide retention and records management solutions
.

• Design and implement Purview retention, records management, and eDiscovery at enterprise scale.
• Map regulatory obligations (
  MiFID II, SEC/FINRA, GDPR, UK DPA
  ) to enforceable Purview policies.
• Build event‑based retention scenarios and integrate with data lifecycle and disposition workflows.
• Define Mailbox/Teams, SharePoint/One Drive retention strategies and litigation hold patterns.
• Develop retention labels, auto‑classification, trainable classifiers, adaptive scopes, and disposition reviews
  .
• Integrate with Microsoft eDiscovery Premium, Audit, DLP
  , aligning with Legal Hold and case management.
• Engineer tenant‑wide scaling, performance optimization
  , and differential targeting by region/legal entity.
• Automate via Power Shell/Microsoft Graph
  , and implement telemetry/alerting (Sentinel/KQL).
• Create runbooks, controls, reporting
  , and contribute to RACI and data classification schemas.

• 8–10+ years in Microsoft 365/Purview compliance at enterprise scale.
• Hands‑on experience with Purview Information Governance, Records Management, Retention Policies, eDiscovery Premium, Litigation Hold, and Audit
  .
• Strong knowledge of Exchange, SharePoint, One Drive, and Teams data architecture.
• Power Shell/Microsoft Graph scripting and CI/CD experience for policy artifacts.
• Regulatory knowledge:
  FCA/PRA, MiFID II, SEC/FINRA, GDPR/UK DPA
  .
• Experience scaling tenants with 100k+ users in regulated environments.
• Mandatory: Microsoft Exchange Server Administration

• Be part of a global IT and consulting leader
  , delivering large‑scale compliance and governance solutions.
• Work on cutting‑edge M365/Purview implementations for enterprise clients.
• Collaborate in a high‑performing, innovative team focused on automation, compliance, and regulatory excellence.

Apply Now to help shape enterprise data governance and compliance architecture for a global leader in IT and consulting services.

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