Cyber - Data Protection Microsoft Architect - Senior - Consulting

EY; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EY in the United States is seeking a Senior within the Data Protection and Privacy team to lead Microsoft Purview workstreams and design governance solutions for enterprise data. You will partner with clients across industries to translate business needs into practical architecture, governance, and implementation approaches.

This role requires guiding implementation teams, mentoring junior staff, and coordinating with security, privacy, legal, and records teams to protect sensitive data and

Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise-scale Purview design or implementation.
• Ability to translate business needs into governance architecture.
• Strong grasp of data protection, privacy and compliance concepts.
• Experience leading discovery sessions and workshops.

Responsibilities

• Lead Purview workstreams from discovery through deployment planning.
• Design and support Purview capabilities across information protection and data governance.
• Develop data classification and governance strategies aligned to legal and regulatory needs.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder interviews with security, privacy, legal, and business teams.
• Translate requirements into architectures, backlogs, and measurable outcomes.
• Create architecture diagrams, reference patterns, and implementation guidance.
• Mentor junior team members and support proposal development.

Skills

Data protection

Privacy

Microsoft Purview

Information governance

Security concepts

Job description

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The Opportunity

In a rapidly changing technology, data, privacy, and cybersecurity landscape, clients across industries look to us for trusted guidance on protecting information, enabling responsible data use, and managing risk. As a Senior within the Data Protection and Privacy team, you will serve as a junior Microsoft architect with primary expertise in Microsoft Purview and broader working knowledge across the Microsoft Security stack. You will help clients translate business, legal, privacy, regulatory, and security requirements into practical architecture, governance, and implementation approaches. This role is designed for a senior-level consulting professional who can lead defined workstreams, facilitate client discussions, produce high‑quality solution designs, and guide implementation teams while continuing to develop toward a lead architect role. You will work across data protection, privacy, security, identity, endpoint, cloud, analytics, and AI governance stakeholders in complex enterprise environments.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead defined Microsoft Purview workstreams, including discovery, requirements gathering, design, configuration guidance, testing, deployment planning, and operational transition.
• Design and support Microsoft Purview capabilities such as Information Protection, sensitivity labeling, Data Loss Prevention, Data Lifecycle Management, Records Management, Insider Risk Management, Communication Compliance, eDiscovery, Audit, Data Map, Data Catalog, and Data Security Posture Management.
• Develop data classification, information protection, retention, DLP, insider risk, and data governance strategies that align to business objectives and legal, privacy, regulatory, and security requirements.
• Support security and privacy assessments, architecture reviews, maturity assessments, control gap analyses, roadmaps, operating models, and governance frameworks.
• Facilitate client workshops and stakeholder interviews across security, privacy, legal, compliance, records, data governance, technology, and business teams.
• Translate business and control requirements into solution architectures, design decisions, implementation backlogs, user stories, test scenarios, and measurable outcomes.
• Create clear architecture diagrams, reference patterns, configuration standards, decision papers, executive presentations, and technical implementation guidance.
• Support integration of Microsoft Purview with Microsoft Defender, Intune, Sentinel, Entra, Azure, Fabric, Microsoft 365, and related data and security services.
• Contribute to data security and AI governance initiatives, including protection of sensitive data used by Microsoft 365 Copilot, generative AI solutions, analytics platforms, and enterprise applications.
• Provide technical direction to implementation resources, review deliverables for quality, identify risks and dependencies, and elevate design decisions when appropriate.
• Mentor junior team members, contribute reusable assets and delivery methods, and support proposal development and solution shaping for Data Protection and Privacy opportunities.
• Maintain awareness of Microsoft product developments, industry standards, privacy requirements, and emerging data security and AI risks.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Strong knowledge of data protection, information governance, privacy, compliance, and security concepts.
• Practical experience designing or implementing Microsoft Purview capabilities in an enterprise environment.
• Ability to connect technical platform features to business, legal, privacy, regulatory, and operational outcomes.
• Ability to lead discovery sessions, workshops, design discussions, demonstrations, and working sessions with technical and non