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Data Protection Analyst Microsoft Purview

Location
Remote
Work type
Full Time
Posted
2026-09-04

Job description

Administer and configure Microsoft Purview capabilities, including Data Loss Prevention, Information Protection, Insider Risk Management, and eDiscovery.
Develop and enforce enterprise data classification and labeling frameworks, including sensitivity labels, auto-labeling, and data retention policies.
Plan, design, simulate, and deploy DLP policies, utilizing Adaptive Protection for dynamic, risk-based data controls.
Create, manage, and enforce DLP policies across cloud applications, email, endpoints/devices, Microsoft Fabric, and AI workloads within the Microsoft Purview portal.
Own platform governance for core data protection capabilities, ensuring safe handling and storage of sensitive business information across cloud workloads.
Design, implement, and automate enterprise data-protection workflows to reduce manual triage overhead.
Monitor compliance alerts, investigate data security incidents, and tune policies continuously to optimize detection efficacy and minimize false positives.
Collaborate closely with Security Operations (SecOps), IT infrastructure, Legal, and Compliance teams to remediate data risks.
Good to Have

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong team collaboration and cross-functional leadership capabilities.
Commitment to documentation hygiene and team knowledge sharing.
Relevant industry or Microsoft certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate [SC-400], SC-900, or related).

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