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Microsoft Purview IRM Architect
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MS Purview IRM Architect
We are seeking an experienced MS Purview IRM Architect to join a major cyber security and data protection transformation programme, working with a leading international investment bank in London.
This is a specialist architecture role focused on the design and implementation of Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Information Rights Management (IRM) capabilities, helping strengthen enterprise data protection, information governance, and regulatory compliance.
You will work closely with Security, Compliance, Architecture, Infrastructure, Data Governance, and Business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and effective information protection solutions across a highly regulated environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Information Rights Management capabilities.
- Define and configure sensitivity labels, encryption policies, data classification rules, and access control models.
- Design enterprise label taxonomies, auto-labelling policies, protection templates, and data handling controls.
- Assess existing information protection capabilities and define target-state architectures, implementation roadmaps, and migration strategies.
- Provide subject matter expertise across IRM, DLP, data classification, sensitive information types, and data lifecycle governance.
- Work closely with Security, Compliance, Legal, Data Governance, Infrastructure, and Architecture teams.
- Support pilot deployments, phased rollouts, testing, troubleshooting, user adoption, and operational handover.
- Produce architecture documentation, implementation runbooks, test plans, and migration strategies.
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Key Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview Information Protection / Information Rights Management.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 security and compliance technologies, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, and Endpoint DLP.
- Experience designing sensitivity label taxonomies, classification frameworks, auto-labelling, and protection policies.
- Strong understanding of Data Loss Prevention (DLP), data discovery, sensitive information types, and data lifecycle management.
- Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, RBAC, and Privileged Access Management.
- Proven experience producing HLD/LLD documentation, implementation runbooks, test plans, and migration strategies.
- Experience supporting pilots, phased rollouts, user adoption, troubleshooting, and policy optimisation.
- Ability to translate regulatory, privacy, and business requirements into practical technical information protection solutions.
- Experience within banking, financial services, or another highly regulated environment would be highly desirable.
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What's on Offer
- Salary of up to £100,000 + Benefits.
- Hybrid working in London, with 2 days per week in the office.
- Opportunity to work on a major Microsoft Purview and enterprise data protection transformation.
- Exposure to complex cyber security, information governance, and data protection challenges within a global investment banking environment.
- Opportunity to help shape enterprise information protection and IRM capabilities across a highly regulated organisation.
- Work alongside senior Cyber Security, Architecture, Compliance, and Data Governance stakeholders.
If interested, please apply for immediate consideration.
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