Microsoft Security & Data Protection Architect — Manager

EY; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Manager in the Data Protection and Privacy team to serve as a Microsoft Security Architect, leading end-to-end solution architecture across Purview, Defender, Intune, and related platforms. You will guide multi-disciplinary delivery teams, manage budgets, and drive client value with a focus on governance, compliance, and cross‑platform design.

You will translate complex requirements into target-state architectures, establish security patterns, and mentor junior staff while

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Data Science, Privacy, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Approximately 6+ years of relevant cybersecurity, data protection, privacy, or related technology consulting experience, including leading teams or workstreams.
• Demonstrated experience architecting integrated Microsoft solutions across multiple security, compliance, identity, endpoint, cloud, data, or analytics capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead Microsoft security and data protection engagements from discovery and solution shaping through architecture, implementation oversight, testing, deployment, operational transition, and benefits realization.
• Own end-to-end solution architecture across Microsoft Purview, Defender, Intune, Sentinel, Entra, Azure security services, Microsoft 365, Fabric, and related cloud, data, endpoint, identity, analytics, and AI capabilities.
• Ensure Microsoft Purview is appropriately incorporated into broader security architectures, including Information Protection, sensitivity labeling, Data Loss Prevention, Data Lifecycle Management, Records Management, Insider Risk Management, eDiscovery, Audit, Data Map, Data Catalog, and Data Security Posture Management.
• Develop integrated security, data protection, identity, endpoint, cloud, data governance, privacy, and AI governance strategies aligned with business objectives and regulatory obligations.
• Lead enterprise security assessments, architecture reviews, maturity assessments, control gap analyses, roadmaps, target operating models, governance frameworks, and transformation programs.
• Facilitate executive and working-level workshops across security, privacy, legal, compliance, records, data governance, infrastructure, cloud, identity, endpoint, application, analytics, audit, and business stakeholders.
• Translate business and control requirements into target-state architectures, cross-platform design decisions, reference patterns, integration requirements, implementation plans, delivery backlogs, testing approaches, and measurable outcomes.
• Establish architecture principles, security patterns, configuration standards, decision records, integration requirements, and quality criteria for Microsoft-based enterprise solutions.
• Design and oversee integrations across Microsoft platforms and relevant third-party security, data governance, privacy, cloud, ticketing, and analytics technologies.
• Lead security architecture for Microsoft 365 Copilot, generative AI solutions, agents, Fabric and analytics platforms, and enterprise applications, including identity, data protection, access, monitoring, and governance considerations.
• Manage engagement scope, workplans, staffing, budgets, risks, dependencies, quality reviews, executive reporting, and coordination with client and firm leadership.
• Provide architecture direction and coaching to Senior and junior resources, review technical deliverables, resolve cross-platform design issues, and elevate material risks when appropriate.
• Build trusted client relationships, identify opportunities to extend value, support proposals and statements of work, contribute to solution pricing and estimation, and participate in account development.
• Develop reusable architecture methods, reference designs, accelerators, points of view, and thought leadership while maintaining awareness of Microsoft product developments and emerging security, privacy, data, and AI risks.

Skills

Executive communication

Architecture judgment

Purview knowledge

Cross-platform design

Stakeholder management

Business development

Leadership mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/related field

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Defender

Intune

Sentinel

Entra

Azure security services

Fabric

Microsoft 365

Copilot

Job description

EY is seeking a Manager in the Data Protection and Privacy team to serve as a Microsoft Security Architect, leading end-to-end solution architecture across Purview, Defender, Intune, and related platforms. You will guide multi-disciplinary delivery teams, manage budgets, and drive client value with a focus on governance, compliance, and cross‑platform design.

You will translate complex requirements into target-state architectures, establish security patterns, and mentor junior staff while