Microsoft Purview Technical Lead

This role combines Microsoft Purview expertise, data and database knowledge, technical architecture, project delivery, and stakeholder management., * Lead the engagement and serve as the primary point of contact for technical teams, business stakeholders, data owners, and data stewards.

• Manage Agile delivery through Azure DevOps, including planning, weekly status reporting, risks, dependencies, and approvals.
• Coordinate technical review, security, Cloud Operations, and AI Governance activities.
• Design and configure the Microsoft Purview account, Data Map, collection hierarchy, domains, and governance structure.
• Register Azure, on-premises, database, storage, reporting, and other in-scope data sources in Microsoft Purview.
• Configure scan rulesets, full and incremental scan schedules, automated classifications, and sensitivity labels.
• Register and oversee the Self-Hosted Integration Runtime for on-premises and restricted data sources.
• Monitor scan health, troubleshoot connectivity and credential failures, and tune scans to minimize production impact.
• Secure service accounts and scanning credentials using Azure Key Vault.
• Coordinate with Cloud Operations on Microsoft Entra ID groups, managed identities, service principals, and access required for scanning.
• Build and maintain the Microsoft Purview data catalog, data dictionary, and business glossary.
• Document data usage, ownership, size, location, content, classifications, sensitivity, and access requirements.
• Configure and validate automated end-to-end data lineage and document manual lineage where automated capture is unavailable.
• Map business glossary terms, owners, stewards, and classifications to relevant Purview data assets.
• Implement Purview roles, collection-level permissions, RBAC, and persona-based access.
• Define processes for metadata enrichment, catalog validation, glossary approval, stewardship, and ongoing maintenance.
• Develop operational runbooks, scan execution playbooks, configuration documentation, and a scan failure matrix.
• Deliver Microsoft Purview training and knowledge transfer for administrators, data owners, and data stewards.

• Hands-on experience implementing and administering Microsoft Purview.
• Experience configuring Purview collections, Data Map, data sources, scans, classifications, glossary terms, and lineage.
• Strong knowledge of Azure, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Key Vault, managed identities, and RBAC.
• Experience working with databases, data platforms, metadata, data cataloging, and data governance.
• Experience configuring Self-Hosted Integration Runtime and troubleshooting data source scans.
• Strong technical architecture, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience managing Agile delivery using Azure DevOps.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Experience

• Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Purview, or data governance certifications.
• Experience working in government or regulated environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise data governance and metadata management frameworks.