Microsoft Data Protection Associate Manager ( M365 Copilot Security)

Overview

At Avanade, cybersecurity consultants are innovators, risk-takers, and challengers of the status quo. If you’re an experienced Data Protection Consultant, who can help our clients solve complex Data Protection business challenges, this might be the perfect opportunity for you.

In a client-facing consulting role, you will work on exciting projects that transform our client’s Data Protection solutions through the design and implementation of predominantly Microsoft Data Protection technologies, with a focus on the Microsoft 365 security capabilities. As a member of our security practice, you will work for both Avanade and Accenture clients, ranging from medium to large global enterprise clients. Join a curious and diverse team that’s passionate about next-gen tech and establish yourself as a Leader in the Security space. Together, let’s transform cybersecurity.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• As a member of Avanade’s security practice, you will be in a unique position to work for both Avanade and Accenture clients, ranging in size from medium to large global enterprise clients.
• You will have the opportunity to contribute to the entire Avanade organization by being a collaborative and knowledge-sharing individual, with the real opportunity to help shape the global Avanade security offerings as well as demonstrating your thought-leadership by producing blogs and articles for your region and for Avanade.com.
• We actively encourage and provide opportunity to undertake innovation, training, and development to ensure you are always at the cutting-edge Microsoft Security technology and our vendor solutions.
• This is a fantastic opportunity to establish yourself as a leader in the Data Protection space. You will learn how to deliver and solution large and global Data Protections solutions, as well as gain the knowledge and experience of Microsoft’s broader Security, Compliance, and Identity (SCI) ecosystem, which is already recognized as a world-leading integrated security platform.
• You will work with Avanade customers to design and implement Zero Trust architectures using Microsoft security solutions, focusing on data protection.
• You will lead the deployment and configuration of Copilot-ready data protection foundations, ensuring only appropriate data is accessible to AI assistants.
• Conducting Copilot data access readiness assessments, analysing content permissions, overexposure, data leakage paths, and sensitivity label coverage.
• Configuring Microsoft Purview controls (Information Protection, DLP, Insider Risk, eDiscovery, Records Management) to meet Copilot-specific security and compliance requirements.
• Implementing Copilot safety and governance controls, including grounded responses, boundaries for generative AI, and tenant-level AI governance policies.
• Supporting secure integration with plugins and connectors while ensuring data minimisation and least privilege access.
• Advising on responsible AI frameworks, regulatory expectations (GDPR, AI Act readiness, industry standards), and organisational adoption guardrails.
• Working with clients to establish ongoing monitoring, governance committees, and operational models for secure Copilot lifecycle management.
• Conduct data protection risk assessments and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Support security workshops, discovery sessions, and technical governance activities.
• Provide guidance on compliance frameworks, data lifecycle management, and privacy controls.
• Provide technical guidance and training to internal teams on Microsoft security tools.
• Stay current with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and Microsoft product updates.
• Work independently, with occasional validation of work against strategic and operational objectives.