Senior Microsoft Purview Architect – Data Governance Lead

PLATO; Canada; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

PLATO is Canada’s largest Indigenous‑owned software testing and technology services company seeking a Microsoft Purview Architect. You will design and implement enterprise data governance, privacy, and compliance solutions across the organization, collaborating with security, data architecture, and cloud teams to establish governance frameworks and protect information throughout its lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has at least 5 years in data governance and enterprise data management, with

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in data governance, enterprise data management, information protection, compliance, or related disciplines.
• Experience implementing and managing Purview Data Map and Data Catalog to support enterprise data discovery, classification, and metadata management.
• Experience designing and maintaining data lineage solutions to provide visibility, traceability, and impact analysis across enterprise data assets.
• Knowledge of data quality frameworks, processes, and controls used to ensure trusted and reliable data for business and analytics use cases.
• Hands-on experience implementing Information Protection capabilities, including Sensitivity Labels, to classify and safeguard sensitive information.
• Experience designing and administering Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies and controls to protect organizational data and support compliance requirements.
• Experience using Compliance Manager to assess compliance posture, manage controls, and support regulatory and governance obligations.
• Knowledge of Data Estate Insights and governance reporting to measure adoption, data maturity, and governance effectiveness.
• Experience integrating Purview with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Lake, and Azure Synapse Analytics to support enterprise-wide governance and data management.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft 365 Compliance and Governance capabilities, including privacy, retention, information protection, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Experience collaborating with business stakeholders, security teams, data architects, and cloud platform teams to deliver enterprise governance solutions.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate governance and compliance requirements into practical technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support enterprise data governance, compliance, and information protection solutions using Microsoft Purview.
• Lead the development and implementation of data governance frameworks that promote trusted, secure, and well-managed data across the organization.
• Configure and manage Microsoft Purview Data Map and Data Catalog capabilities to support data discovery, metadata management, and improved visibility of enterprise data assets.
• Implement data lineage capabilities to provide end-to-end visibility into data movement, transformations, and dependencies across the data ecosystem.
• Establish and support data quality processes and controls to improve the accuracy, consistency, and reliability of enterprise data assets.
• Design and implement Information Protection capabilities, including Sensitivity Labels, to classify and protect sensitive information throughout its lifecycle.
• Collaborate with business, security, and technology teams to ensure data governance, privacy, compliance, and information protection requirements are effectively implemented.
• Provide architectural leadership and guidance on governance, compliance, metadata management, and enterprise data management best practices.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Tools

Microsoft Purview Data Map

Data Catalog

Data lineage

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Compliance Manager

Data Estate Insights

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Data Lake

Azure Synapse Analytics

Microsoft 365 Compliance

Job description

PLATO is Canada’s largest Indigenous‑owned software testing and technology services company seeking a Microsoft Purview Architect. You will design and implement enterprise data governance, privacy, and compliance solutions across the organization, collaborating with security, data architecture, and cloud teams to establish governance frameworks and protect information throughout its lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has at least 5 years in data governance and enterprise data management, with