Negotiable
Inside
Undetermined
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK
Summary: M365 Purview Compliance Design Architect is needed for a contract role with a leading brand in Sheffield, focusing on designing enterprise-scale compliance solutions within Microsoft 365. The position involves translating regulatory requirements into enforceable policies and ensuring solutions are scalable and automated. This role is classified as inside IR35 and offers flexible working arrangements. Candidates from the Midlands are encouraged to apply, particularly those located in Sheffield and surrounding areas.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and deliver enterprise-scale Purview solutions for retention, records management, and eDiscovery, translating regulatory requirements (MiFID II, SEC/FINRA, GDPR, UK DPA) into enforceable policies across M365 workloads.
- Define and implement event-based and immutable retention, life cycle and disposition workflows, retention labels/policies, auto-classification, and integrations with eDiscovery (Premium), Audit, DLP, and Legal Hold.
- Ensure solutions are scalable, automated, monitored, and audit-ready using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, and Sentinel/KQL, supported by runbooks and governance artefacts.
Key Skills:
- Experience delivering Microsoft 365/Purview compliance solutions at enterprise scale (>100k users).
- Deep hands-on expertise in Purview Information Governance, Records Management, Retention (including event-based), Disposition, eDiscovery (Premium), Litigation Hold, and Audit.
- Strong knowledge of Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams, with automation via PowerShell and Microsoft Graph and strong regulatory knowledge (FCA/PRA, MiFID II, SEC/FINRA, GDPR, UK DPA).
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Sheffield
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
M365 Purview Compliance Design Architect required to join a leading brand in Sheffield on a contract basis.
Long term engagement, Inside IR35 rates & flexible working.
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver enterprise-scale Purview solutions for retention, records management, and eDiscovery, translating regulatory requirements (MiFID II, SEC/FINRA, GDPR, UK DPA) into enforceable policies across M365 workloads.
- Define and implement event-based and immutable retention, life cycle and disposition workflows, retention labels/policies, auto-classification, and integrations with eDiscovery (Premium), Audit, DLP, and Legal Hold.
- Ensure solutions are scalable, automated, monitored, and audit-ready using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, and Sentinel/KQL, supported by runbooks and governance artefacts.
Required Skills
- Experience delivering Microsoft 365/Purview compliance solutions at enterprise scale (>100k users).
- Deep hands-on expertise in Purview Information Governance, Records Management, Retention (including event-based), Disposition, eDiscovery (Premium), Litigation Hold, and Audit.
- Strong knowledge of Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams, with automation via PowerShell and Microsoft Graph and strong regulatory knowledge (FCA/PRA, MiFID II, SEC/FINRA, GDPR, UK DPA)
Open to candidates in the Midlands - ideally located in Sheffield, Doncaster, Barnsley, Mansfield, Rotherham, Nottingham, Stockport, Manchester and any local cities/towns.