Description
Responsibilities
Define target-state architecture for Purview retention, records management, and eDiscovery at enterprise scale. Map regulatory obligations (eg, MiFID II record-keeping, SEC/FINRA retention, GDPR lawful basis & deletion windows, UK DPA) to enforceable Purview policies. Design event based retention (eg, contract execution, trade events) and immutable record scenarios; integrate with data life cycle and disposition workflows. Mailbox/Teams retention, SharePoint/OneDrive retention strategies, and litigation hold patterns with minimal blast radius. Build and roll out retention labels/policies, auto classification, trainable classifiers, adaptive scopes, and disposition reviews. Integrate with Microsoft eDiscovery (Premium), Audit, and DLP; align with Legal Hold and case management processes. Engineer scale: policy distribution, performance, tenant wide scoping, differential targeting by region/legal entity. Automate via PowerShell/Graph, and instrument telemetry/alerting (eg, Sentinel/KQL, compliance portals). Define controls, evidence artefacts, and reporting for internal audit and regulatory assurance. Create runbooks for policy changes, exceptions, break glass procedures, and incident response around retention/records. Contribute to RACI, data classification schemas, and control testing.
Required Skills
8-10+ years in Microsoft 365/Purview compliance, with proven delivery of retention and records management at enterprise scale. Deep hands-on expertise in: Purview Information Governance, Records Management, Retention Labels/Policies, Event based retention, Disposition reviews, eDiscovery (Premium), Litigation Hold, Audit. Strong knowledge of Exchange/SharePoint/OneDrive/Teams data architecture and workloads. Scripting & automation: PowerShell, Microsoft Graph; CI/CD for policy artefacts. Regulatory knowledge: FCA/PRA, MiFID II, SEC/FINRA, GDPR/UK DPA. Performance/scaling in tenants >100k users in regulated environments.
Skills
- Service design
- Microsoft office
- purview
- ediscovery
- powershell
- automation
- kql
- sentinel
Job Title: M365 Purview Compliance Design Architect
Location: Sheffield, UK
Rate/Salary: 550.00 - 650.00 GBP
Job Type: Contract
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