Job Title: Microsoft Purview Engineer
Location: Remote – Washington, DC
Duration: 12+ Months
Description:
A Microsoft Purview Engineer is responsible for protecting an organization's sensitive data, enforcing compliance requirements, managing information governance, and securing Microsoft 365 and AI-enabled environments through Microsoft Purview security and compliance technologies. The Microsoft Purview Engineer is a specialized cybersecurity and data governance professional responsible for protecting sensitive information, ensuring regulatory compliance, and managing data security across Microsoft 365, Azure, endpoints, and cloud environments. This role serves as the organization's technical expert for the Microsoft Purview platform and its data protection capabilities.
Primary Responsibilities:
Design, implement, and manage Microsoft Purview solutions.
Develop and maintain Data Loss Prevention (DLP) controls across Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and endpoints.
Configure and manage Sensitivity Labels, Information Protection, and data classification policies.
Lead Insider Risk Management, eDiscovery, Audit, Records Management, and Data Lifecycle Management initiatives.
Assess and improve the organization's Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) capabilities to identify and reduce data exposure risks.
Support compliance requirements such as GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOX, ISO 27001, and NIST.
Partner with Security, Legal, Privacy, Compliance, and business teams to implement enterprise-wide data protection strategies.
Key Skills Required:
Microsoft Purview administration and engineering.
DLP, Sensitivity Labels, Exact Data Match (EDM), Sensitive Information Types (SITs), and Trainable Classifiers.
Insider Risk Management, eDiscovery, Audit, and Compliance Manager.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Intune, and PowerShell automation.
Data governance, compliance, and regulatory framework experience.
Ideal candidates typically come from backgrounds in:
Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance
Data Protection Engineering
Information Governance
Cybersecurity Engineering
Compliance Engineering
Data Governance Programs
Microsoft Purview has become a critical platform for:
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Information Protection and Sensitivity Labels
Data Lifecycle and Records Management
Insider Risk Management
eDiscovery and Legal Hold
Data Classification and Discovery
Compliance Monitoring and Reporting
Data Governance and Cataloging
About IDEXCEL, INC
Idexcel is an IT services organization, with a mission to bring great people and great organizations together. Our diverse client base represents a wide range of industries, including technology, telecom, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, banking & financial services, food & commodities trading and federal organizations. Our teams of experienced recruiters directly work with client companies seeking exceptional people to help with their business initiatives. Idexcel, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, military status, national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law.
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