Purview Data Consultant

Microsoft Purview Data Consultant

2 Months Contract

Part-Time (1-2 Days per week)

Fully Remote

(Outside IR35)

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Information Protection Consultant with deep expertise in Microsoft Purview, Unstructured Data, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and Insider Risk Management to join our client on a Part-Time consulting contract.

The successful candidate will support two projects, advisory and delivery-focused aimed at strengthening their data governance and security posture through Microsoft technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic guidance and best practice support across:
• Auto-labelling within Microsoft Purview and its practical implementation
• Review and development of DLP use cases, including sanity-checking pre-existing ones
• Best practices for verifying labelled data against defined use cases
• Advisory support on Insider Risk Management, tailoring it to the client’s context
• Lead a comprehensive Discovery engagement to assess and plan for a Microsoft Purview pilot implementation. Activities include:
• Facilitate workshops to gather requirements and define project objectives around labelling and DLP
• Identify pilot users and relevant device types (incl. OS variations)
• Map out current file repositories and sensitive information sources
• Define manual and automatic labelling strategies and DLP settings
• Establish Insider Risk Management objectives and criteria
• Document gaps and improvement areas within the current environment
• Provide informal knowledge transfer on labelling approaches and user adoption strategies

Required Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience delivering Microsoft Purview, Unstructured Data, Information Protection, or Compliance solutions
• Strong knowledge of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Auto-labelling
• Hands-on experience with Insider Risk Management within Microsoft 365
• Ability to facilitate workshops, capture requirements, and translate them into actionable plans
• Excellent client-facing and communication skills
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to business and technical stakeholders

Desirable:

• Microsoft Certifications in Security, Compliance, and Identity
• Experience working in consultancy or partner environments
• Familiarity with user adoption and change management best practices