Microsoft Purview Engineer

the Client•Reston, VA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Microsoft Purview Engineer designs, implements, configures, and operates enterprise data security, information protection, compliance, and data governance solutions using Microsoft Purview. The engineer translates enterprise requirements into scalable technical solutions across Microsoft Fabric, Azure, cloud, endpoint, and enterprise data environments. The role works with cybersecurity, data, cloud, Fabric, Microsoft 365, architecture, legal and compliance, application, and business teams to protect sensitive information while enabling secure data use, analytics, Microsoft Fabric, and enterprise AI adoption. This is a 12-month contract role based onsite in Reston, Virginia. Applicants must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer; visa sponsorship is unavailable. The posting specifies U.S. citizens or Green Card holders only. The stated pay rate is $59.35–$77.03 per hour. The engineer will design and support Purview capabilities for information protection, sensitivity labeling, data loss prevention, classification, data security posture management, governance, discovery, compliance, and information lifecycle management. The role also supports secure enterprise AI and Copilot adoption through data-security controls, exposure analysis, and reusable protection patterns.

Requirements

At least 6 years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft 365 security and compliance technologies, data governance, or enterprise data security.
Advanced hands-on expertise implementing Microsoft Purview solutions in large enterprise environments.
Demonstrated Azure Purview and Fabric/OneLake experience.
Ability to independently design complex Purview solutions and translate security, governance, and compliance requirements into technical architectures.
Experience with Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL, and related enterprise data platforms.
Experience implementing or supporting Information Protection, sensitivity labels, DLP, data classification, retention, or related capabilities.
Strong understanding of Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, and Microsoft 365.
Ability to lead technical initiatives, solution designs, implementation patterns, and production deployments.
Ability to mentor engineers and establish engineering standards and implementation practices.
Experience troubleshooting complex enterprise security or data-governance configurations.
Understanding of data governance, privacy, security, and information lifecycle concepts.
Strong analytical, documentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to lead complex technical workstreams and coordinate delivery with multiple application and platform teams.
Demonstrated technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Data Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience with 6 years of the described experience.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.; the posting requires U.S. citizenship or Green Card status and states that visa sponsorship is unavailable.

Nice To Haves

Microsoft Purview implementation experience in a large global enterprise.
Experience with Microsoft Entra ID and Azure security.
Experience with PowerShell, APIs, scripting, and configuration automation.
Experience with enterprise data catalogs, metadata management, lineage, and governance.
Experience with DLP, sensitivity labels, retention policies, eDiscovery, Insider Risk Management, and Data Security Posture Management.
Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and regulatory or compliance requirements relevant to large enterprises.
Experience securing data used by generative AI, Microsoft 365 Copilot, retrieval-augmented generation applications, or enterprise AI agents.
Relevant Microsoft security, compliance, Azure, or data certifications.
Preferred certifications: Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate; Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate; Microsoft Azure certification; CISSP, CCSP, or CISM.

Responsibilities

Design, configure, deploy, and support Microsoft Purview capabilities across enterprise environments.
Engineer information protection, sensitivity labeling, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), data classification, and data security posture management solutions.
Configure sensitive information types, classifiers, labels, and policies in Microsoft Fabric.
Develop and maintain enterprise standards, configurations, operating procedures, and support documentation.
Troubleshoot complex Purview configuration, policy, integration, and operational issues; automate repeatable administration and monitoring where appropriate.
Design and implement DLP policies for Microsoft Fabric and other supported enterprise environments.
Implement and maintain sensitivity labels and information-protection policies; support sensitive information discovery and classification.
Analyze policy matches, exceptions, false positives, and business impact, and tune controls for effectiveness.
Collaborate with applications, data owners, and data stewards to remediate data-protection risks.
Implement and support Microsoft Purview Data Map and Unified Catalog capabilities, including scanning and metadata discovery.
Support data cataloging, business metadata, classification, lineage, data domains, governance processes, data discoverability, ownership, and quality.
Implement role-based access aligned with least-privilege principles.
Engineer and support Purview capabilities for sensitive-data exposure and risk visibility; support Data Security Posture Management and remediation with security teams.
Support Insider Risk Management, Audit, and data-security investigations where applicable.
Develop monitoring and reporting for policy coverage, data exposure, control effectiveness, and remediation status; partner with cybersecurity teams on investigations involving sensitive information.
Configure and support eDiscovery, Audit, Data Lifecycle Management, Records Management, and Compliance Manager as required.
Work with Legal, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Records Management, and Compliance teams to translate requirements into technical configurations.
Support retention, records, and information lifecycle requirements, and produce technical documentation and evidence for governance, audit, and compliance.
Support secure adoption of enterprise AI applications and agents through Purview data-security controls.
Identify sensitive-data exposure and oversharing risks associated with enterprise AI use.
Work with AI, cybersecurity, identity, application, and data teams to establish reusable data-protection patterns for AI solutions.
Evaluate evolving Purview capabilities for AI data security and incorporate approved capabilities into enterprise architecture.
Lead technical initiatives, solution designs, implementation patterns, production deployments, and complex technical workstreams across application and platform teams.
Mentor engineers and establish engineering standards and implementation practices.
Evaluate emerging Purview capabilities and recommend enterprise adoption approaches.