Data Protection and Compliance Consultant

Proofpoint•Arizona, ON

5d•$48,322 - $89,981

About The Position

Proofpoint is seeking a consultant with deep Microsoft Purview experience and a strong interest in information protection and compliance. The role partners with business leaders and technical teams at large enterprises to improve their data protection and compliance posture, leading Microsoft Purview implementations from discovery through knowledge transfer. The consultant learns customer objectives and workflows, maps business, security, and regulatory requirements to Purview capabilities, recommends policies and configurations, supports deployment and testing, monitors outcomes, and enables customer teams to manage the solution. Relevant capabilities include Data Loss Prevention, Information Protection and sensitivity labels, Insider Risk Management, Data Lifecycle Management, Records Management, eDiscovery, and Audit. The successful candidate is organized, communicative, proactive, and comfortable leading complex engagements, managing multiple customer projects, and remaining accountable for results in a fast-paced environment. The role also contributes to team capability through mentoring and the development of best practices, processes, templates, and reference architectures.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in professional services consulting or a similar role, preferably focused on data protection or compliance.
Strong knowledge of information protection, data loss prevention, and compliance practices.
Hands-on experience implementing or administering Microsoft Purview, including capabilities such as DLP, sensitivity labels, Insider Risk Management, Records Management, eDiscovery, or Audit.
Experience translating business and regulatory requirements into policies, controls, and technical configurations.
Familiarity with data classification methods, including sensitive information types, classifiers, dictionaries, and regular expressions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Confidence presenting technical concepts to senior business leaders and technical audiences.
Strong organizational, analytical, project management, and influencing skills.
Ability to work independently, adapt quickly, and manage multiple customer engagements in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Learn each customer’s organizational structure, data practices, and workflows to become a trusted advisor.
Lead complex Microsoft Purview implementations addressing information protection, data loss prevention, and compliance requirements.
Translate business, security, and regulatory requirements into Purview policies, labels, controls, and implementation plans.
Work with customer stakeholders and internal engineering, sales, and product management teams to clarify requirements and track decisions.
Coordinate across teams to resolve customer issues and deliver projects on time.
Mentor colleagues in Purview, project delivery, and customer management.
Develop and document best practices, processes, templates, and reference architectures for the managed services team.
Support implementation and testing, monitor outcomes, and enable customer teams to manage the solution.