Microsoft Purview Engineer

Job Title: Microsoft Purview Engineer
Location:  Remote – Washington, DC
Duration: 12+ Months

Description:
A Microsoft Purview Engineer is responsible for protecting an organization's sensitive data, enforcing compliance requirements, managing information governance, and securing Microsoft 365 and AI-enabled environments through Microsoft Purview security and compliance technologies. The Microsoft Purview Engineer is a specialized cybersecurity and data governance professional responsible for protecting sensitive information, ensuring regulatory compliance, and managing data security across Microsoft 365, Azure, endpoints, and cloud environments. This role serves as the organization's technical expert for the Microsoft Purview platform and its data protection capabilities.
 

Primary Responsibilities:
Design, implement, and manage Microsoft Purview solutions.
Develop and maintain Data Loss Prevention (DLP) controls across Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and endpoints.
Configure and manage Sensitivity Labels, Information Protection, and data classification policies.
Lead Insider Risk Management, eDiscovery, Audit, Records Management, and Data Lifecycle Management initiatives.
Assess and improve the organization's Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) capabilities to identify and reduce data exposure risks.
Support compliance requirements such as GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOX, ISO 27001, and NIST.
Partner with Security, Legal, Privacy, Compliance, and business teams to implement enterprise-wide data protection strategies.

Key Skills Required:
Microsoft Purview administration and engineering.
DLP, Sensitivity Labels, Exact Data Match (EDM), Sensitive Information Types (SITs), and Trainable Classifiers.
Insider Risk Management, eDiscovery, Audit, and Compliance Manager.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Intune, and PowerShell automation.
Data governance, compliance, and regulatory framework experience.

 
Ideal candidates typically come from backgrounds in:
Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance
Data Protection Engineering
Information Governance
Cybersecurity Engineering
Compliance Engineering
Data Governance Programs

Microsoft Purview has become a critical platform for:
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Information Protection and Sensitivity Labels
Data Lifecycle and Records Management
Insider Risk Management
eDiscovery and Legal Hold
Data Classification and Discovery
Compliance Monitoring and Reporting
Data Governance and Cataloging

 



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