M365 Purview Compliance Design Architect - Inside IR35

M365 Purview Compliance Design Architect required to join a leading brand in Sheffield on a contract basis.
Long term engagement, Inside IR35 rates & flexible working.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver enterprise-scale Purview solutions for retention, records management, and eDiscovery, translating regulatory requirements (MiFID II, SEC/FINRA, GDPR, UK DPA) into enforceable policies across M365 workloads.
• Define and implement event-based and immutable retention, life cycle and disposition workflows, retention labels/policies, auto-classification, and integrations with eDiscovery (Premium), Audit, DLP, and Legal Hold.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, automated, monitored, and audit-ready using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, and Sentinel/KQL, supported by runbooks and governance artefacts.

Required Skills

• Experience delivering Microsoft 365/Purview compliance solutions at enterprise scale (>100k users).
• Deep hands-on expertise in Purview Information Governance, Records Management, Retention (including event-based), Disposition, eDiscovery (Premium), Litigation Hold, and Audit.
• Strong knowledge of Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams, with automation via PowerShell and Microsoft Graph and strong regulatory knowledge (FCA/PRA, MiFID II, SEC/FINRA, GDPR, UK DPA)

Open to candidates in the Midlands - ideally located in Sheffield, Doncaster, Barnsley, Mansfield, Rotherham, Nottingham, Stockport, Manchester and any local cities/towns.