M365 Purview Compliance Design Architect
Posted Today by CBS Butler
£558 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK
Summary: We are seeking a Senior Microsoft Purview Compliance Architect to design and implement enterprise-scale retention, records management, and eDiscovery solutions in regulated environments. This role involves defining information governance architecture and translating regulatory obligations into Microsoft Purview policies across various platforms. The position requires extensive experience in compliance and governance within Microsoft 365. The successful candidate will lead the development of retention strategies and policies to ensure compliance with legal requirements.
Key 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.
Key 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.
Salary (Rate): £558 per day
City: Sheffield
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Job Title: M365 Purview Compliance Design Architect
Location: Sheffield/hybrid (3 days per week on site)
Contract: 12 months
Rate: £558 per day inside ir35
Role summary:
We are seeking a Senior Microsoft Purview Compliance Architect to design and deliver enterprise-scale retention, records management, and eDiscovery solutions in highly regulated environments. This role will lead the definition of target-state information governance architecture, translating complex regulatory obligations into enforceable Microsoft Purview policies across Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams.
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.
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
If you are interested in this role or wish to apply, please feel free to submit your CV.