M365 Purview Compliance Design Architect

Job Title: M365 Purview Compliance Design Architect

Location: Sheffield/hybrid (3 days per week on site)

Contract: 12 months

Rate: £558 per day inside ir35

Role summary:

We are seeking a Senior Microsoft Purview Compliance Architect to design and deliver enterprise-scale retention, records management, and eDiscovery solutions in highly regulated environments. This role will lead the definition of target-state information governance architecture, translating complex regulatory obligations into enforceable Microsoft Purview policies across Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams.

Responsibilities:

• Define target-state architecture for Purview retention, records management, and eDiscovery at enterprise scale.
• Map regulatory obligations (eg, MiFID II record-keeping, SEC/FINRA retention, GDPR lawful basis & deletion windows, UK DPA) to enforceable Purview policies.
• Design event-based retention (eg, contract execution, trade events) and immutable record scenarios; integrate with data life cycle and disposition workflows.
• Mailbox/Teams retention, SharePoint/OneDrive retention strategies, and litigation hold patterns with minimal blast radius.
• Build and roll out retention labels/policies, auto-classification, trainable classifiers, adaptive scopes, and disposition reviews.
• Integrate with Microsoft eDiscovery (Premium), Audit, and DLP; align with Legal Hold and case management processes.

Required Skills:

• 8-10+ years in Microsoft 365/Purview compliance, with proven delivery of retention and records management at enterprise scale.
• Deep hands-on expertise in: Purview Information Governance, Records Management, Retention Labels/Policies, Event-based retention, Disposition reviews, eDiscovery (Premium), Litigation Hold, Audit.
• Strong knowledge of Exchange/SharePoint/OneDrive/Teams data architecture and workloads

If you are interested in this role or wish to apply, please feel free to submit your CV.