M365 Purview Compliance Design Architect

Whitehall Resources; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is looking for an M365 Purview Compliance Design Architect for a 9-month contract in Sheffield. The role involves defining architecture for Purview retention and records management at the enterprise scale. Candidates should have 8-10 years of expertise in Microsoft compliance, with strong knowledge of related regulatory frameworks. The position requires on-site presence three days a week and involves significant technical responsibilities.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years in Microsoft 365/Purview compliance experience.
• Proven delivery of retention and records management at enterprise scale.
• Deep hands-on expertise in Purview Information Governance and eDiscovery.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture for Purview retention and records management.
• Map regulatory obligations to Purview policies.
• Integrate with Microsoft eDiscovery and audit processes.

Skills

Microsoft 365 compliance expertise

Retention and records management

PowerShell scripting

Microsoft Graph

Knowledge of regulations (GDPR, MiFID II)

Job description

M365 Purview Compliance Design Architect

Whitehall Resources require an M365 Purview Compliance Design Architect to work with a key client on a 9 month initial contract. This role will require on site work in Sheffield 3 days per week. Inside IR35.

Responsibilities

• Define target-state architecture for Purview retention, records management, and eDiscovery at enterprise scale.
• Map regulatory obligations (e.g., MiFID II record-keeping, SEC/FINRA retention, GDPR lawful basis & deletion windows, UK DPA) to enforceable Purview policies.
• Design event-based retention (e.g., contract execution, trade events) and immutable record scenarios; integrate with data lifecycle and disposition workflows.
• Mailbox/Teams retention, SharePoint/OneDrive retention strategies, and litigation hold patterns with minimal blast radius.
• Build and roll out retention labels/policies, auto-classification, trainable classifiers, adaptive scopes, and disposition reviews.
• Integrate with Microsoft eDiscovery (Premium), Audit, and DLP; align with Legal Hold and case management processes.
• Engineer scale: policy distribution, performance, tenant-wide scoping, differential targeting by region/legal entity.
• Automate via PowerShell/Graph, and instrument telemetry/alerting (e.g., Sentinel/KQL, compliance portals).
• Define controls, evidence artefacts, and reporting for internal audit and regulatory assurance.
• Create runbooks for policy changes, exceptions, break‑glass procedures, and incident response around retention/records.
• Contribute to RACI, data classification schemas, and control testing.

Required Skills

• 8-10+ years in Microsoft 365/Purview compliance, with proven delivery of retention and records management at enterprise scale.
• Deep hands-on expertise in: Purview Information Governance, Records Management, Retention Labels/Policies, Event-based retention, Disposition reviews, eDiscovery (Premium), Litigation Hold, Audit.
• Strong knowledge of Exchange/SharePoint/OneDrive/Teams data architecture and workloads.
• Scripting & automation: PowerShell, Microsoft Graph; CI/CD for policy artefacts.
• Regulatory knowledge: FCA/PRA, MiFID II, SEC/FINRA, GDPR/UK DPA.
• Performance/scaling in tenants >100k users in regulated environments.

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Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.