Data Protection & Microsoft Purview Engineer

IRIS Consulting Corporation; Mendota Heights (MN); On-site; USD 124,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

IRIS Consulting Corporation is seeking an experienced Data Protection & Microsoft Purview Engineer (Contractor) to quickly stabilize and optimize our Purview data protection environment in Minnesota. You will assess current configuration, refine SITs and labeling strategies, and tune DLP rules to reduce noise and false positives.

You will also lead evaluations of alternative data governance tools, perform hands-on PoC testing, and deliver documentation plus training for internal teams during a

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in data protection or cloud security.
• Expertise with Microsoft Purview (Information Protection, DLP, SITs, eDiscovery, Insider Risk).
• Strong understanding of Microsoft E5 security and compliance.
• Experience evaluating or implementing data protection tools.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform a full assessment of the current Microsoft Purview configuration.
• Evaluate and refine sensitive information types (SITs); review labeling policies and auto-labeling rules.
• Tune DLP rules to reduce false positives and improve detection.
• Analyze the alert volume and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Lead comparison and proof-of-concept testing for additional data governance tools.
• Deliver documentation of current configuration and recommendations.
• Provide training, knowledge transfer and coaching for internal teams.

Skills

Data protection

Cloud security

Microsoft Purview

DLP

SITs

eDiscovery

Insider Risk

Communication

Purview

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Data Protection & Microsoft Purview Engineer (Contractor) to provide immediate hands-on support. This contractor will lead short-term stabilization and improvement of our Microsoft Purview data protection environment, refine our sensitive information types and labeling strategies, and help make sense of existing alerts, noise, and policy effectiveness. Additionally, this role will support evaluation and proof of concept testing for alternative or complementary data governance and protection platforms. This is a high-impact, execution-focused role designed to quickly advance data governance maturity during a critical transition period.

Key Responsibilities

Microsoft Purview Assessment & Optimization:

• Perform a full assessment of the current Microsoft Purview configuration.
• Evaluate and refine sensitive information types (SITs).
• Review and optimize labeling policies, auto-labeling rules, and inheritance.
• Tune DLP rules to reduce false positives and improve detection.
• Analyze the alert volume and provide recommendations for improvement.

Operational Support & Incident Review:

• Support interpretation of Purview alerts and escalations.
• Assist investigations of sensitive data mishandling incidents.

Tool Evaluation & Proof-of-Concept Testing:

• Lead comparison and validation of additional data governance tools.
• Conduct hands-on testing and results analysis.

Documentation & Knowledge Transfer:

• Deliver documentation of current configuration and recommendations.
• Provide Training, knowledge transfer and coaching for internal teams.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in data protection or cloud security.
• Expertise with Microsoft Purview (Information Protection, DLP, SITs, eDiscovery, Insider Risk).
• Strong understanding of Microsoft E5 security and compliance.
• Experience evaluating or implementing data protection tools.
• Strong communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with labeling taxonomy redesign.
• Experience supporting compliance-driven environments.

Equal opportunity employer including disability/veterans.