Purview Administrator

About the role

The role of Microsoft Purview Administrator supports a federal data governance, information protection, and compliance environment. Key responsibilities include:

• Deploy, configure, administer, and maintain Microsoft Purview and related Microsoft 365 services.
• Design, implement, test, and optimize data governance and compliance policies.
• Set up and maintain user accounts, role groups, custom roles, permissions, and administrative access within Microsoft Purview and related Microsoft 365 applications.
• Support system enhancements, updates, integrations, and ongoing improvements across the Microsoft 365 compliance environment.
• Implement and administer information protection, insider risk management, and data lifecycle management solutions.
• Protect sensitive organizational data from internal and external threats.
• Monitor data protection controls and respond to security, compliance, and data protection incidents.
• Participate in security investigations, risk assessments, audits, and remediation activities.
• Manage and support eDiscovery workflows.
• Collaborate with data architects, analysts, IT teams, security teams, and business application owners to implement governance solutions and enforce best practices.
• Develop, document, and maintain security, compliance, and data governance policies and procedures.
• Provide technical support, training, and guidance to users regarding data protection tools, policies, and compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 8 years of progressive IT experience; Associate’s degree and at least 10 years of progressive IT experience; or at least 12 years of equivalent IT experience.
• Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Purview in an enterprise environment.
• Experience supporting and maintaining Microsoft 365 environments and related services, including Microsoft Entra ID.
• Strong understanding of data governance, information protection, data security, privacy, and regulatory compliance principles.
• Experience implementing and managing data loss prevention policies, data classification, and sensitivity labels.
• Experience administering role-based access, permissions, user accounts, and security groups.
• Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining security and compliance policies.
• Experience supporting risk assessments, compliance reviews, or security audits.