Microsoft Purview & Data Governance Specialist

Simform - Product Engineering Company; Ahmedabad District; Hybrid; INR 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Simform - Product Engineering Company is seeking a senior data governance specialist to lead hands-on Microsoft Purview implementations for clients. You will own governance from assessment to adoption across Azure, Fabric, Power BI and multi-cloud sources.

You will run workshops, map controls to GDPR/DPDP/HIPAA, configure classifications and DLP, and define owners and stewards. The role is client-facing and requires deep experience implementing Purview in production environments.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Purview implementation on at least one production project.
• 8+ years in data engineering, BI or data management, with 3+ years in governance.
• Purview architecture: account and collection design, integration runtimes, networking.
• Catalog and lineage: source scanning, Unified Catalog, glossary and end-to-end lineage.
• Data domains: governance domains and data products.
• Governance roles: defining owners, stewards and custodians in Purview.
• Classification: built-in and custom classifications, labels and auto-labeling.
• Data quality: data quality rules, scorecards and health monitoring.
• Security: DLP, access policies, Entra ID and RBAC.
• Knowledge transfer: handing over setup to data engineers.
• Governance frameworks: DAMA-DMBOK/DCAM knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Purview implementations for clients.
• Configure classifications, sensitivity labels, auto-labeling and DLP across Azure, Fabric, Power BI and Microsoft 365.
• Define governance operating model with owners, stewards and data quality rules.
• Map governance controls to GDPR, DPDP Act, HIPAA or SOC 2 and report KPIs.
• Automate onboarding and metadata tasks using Purview APIs, Python or PowerShell.
• Support presales with solution design, estimates and demos; train client stewards.

Skills

Purview implementation

Data governance

Azure data platform

SQL

Python/PowerShell

Client-facing delivery

Governance frameworks

Regulatory mapping

Hybrid/multi-cloud

Tools

Purview

Collibra

Alation

Informatica

Databricks Unity Catalog

Job description

About the role** **

You will lead hands-on Microsoft Purview implementations for our clients, making their data across Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft 365 and multi-cloud sources discoverable, classified, protected and compliant. This is a client-facing role that owns the governance workstream from assessment to adoption.

Key responsibilities** **

• Implement Microsoft Purview end to end: Data Map, source scanning, collections/domains, Unified Catalog, glossary and lineage.

• Configure classifications, sensitivity labels, auto-labeling and DLP across Azure, Fabric, Power BI and Microsoft 365.

• Define the governance operating model: owners, stewards, policies and data quality rules.

• Map controls to regulations (GDPR, DPDP Act, HIPAA, SOC 2) and report governance KPIs.

• Automate onboarding and metadata tasks using Purview APIs, Python or PowerShell.

• Support presales with solution design, estimates and demos; train client stewards.

Must-have skills and experience** **

• Non-negotiable: hands-on Microsoft Purview implementation on at least one production project. Candidates without this will not be considered.

• 8+ years in data engineering, BI or data management, with 3+ years in data governance.

• Proven hands-on experience in each of the following:

• Purview architecture: account and collection design, integration runtimes, networking and private endpoints.

• Catalog and lineage: source scanning, Unified Catalog, glossary and end-to-end lineage.

• Data domains: setting up governance domains and data products.

• Governance roles: defining and assigning owners, stewards and custodians in Purview.

• Classification: built-in and custom classifications, sensitivity labels and auto-labeling.

• Data quality and observability setup: data quality rules, scorecards and health monitoring.

• Security controls: DLP, access policies, Entra ID and RBAC.

• Knowledge transfer: handing over the setup, runbooks and practices to data engineers.

• Working knowledge of governance frameworks (DAMA-DMBOK or DCAM) and metadata management practices.

• Experience mapping governance controls to regulations such as GDPR, DPDP Act, HIPAA or SOC 2.

• Experience governing hybrid and multi-cloud sources (on-prem SQL, AWS S3, Snowflake, Databricks).

• Strong Azure data platform knowledge (ADLS Gen2, Azure SQL, Synapse, Data Factory) plus Fabric and Power BI governance.

• Strong SQL; Python or PowerShell scripting.

• Client-facing delivery: running stakeholder workshops, writing governance policies, managing scope and timelines.

Good-to-have skills and certifications** **

• Certifications: SC-401, DP-600/DP-700, CDMP or DCAM.

• Exposure to Collibra, Alation, Informatica or Databricks Unity Catalog.

• Purview for AI / DSPM for AI (governing Copilot and AI app data).

• BFSI, healthcare or retail domain experience.