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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Microsoft Purview and Data Protection Engineer - **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. - **Location:** Washington, DC, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $86,800.0 - $198,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Audit Trail, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Collaborative Software, Data Governance, Data Security, Windows PowerShell, Role-Based Access Control, Multi-Cloud - **Published:** July 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9033076/microsoft-purview-and-data-protection-engineer ## About the Role * 10+ years of experience in enterprise information protection, data governance, or cloud security with Micro sof t 365 or Purview * 10+ years of experience with the DoD, including the U.S. Navy * Experience designing and deploying sensitivity labels, SITs or EDM, and DLP across M365 workloads and endpoints * Experience with retention or records, eDiscovery, audit, and i nsider risk in regulated environments * Knowledge of Micro sof t Entra ID, RBAC, and Conditional Access * Knowledge of eDiscovery, legal holds, advanced search, and audit log investigations * Top Secret clearance * Bachelor's degree * Security+ DoD 8570-compliant Certification * Experience with PowerShell for configuration, reporting, and automation beyond GUI capabilities * Experience building or managing the Micro sof t Purview Data Map and scanning multi-cloud or on-prem sources * Experience governing generative AI with Purview controls, including restricted access, label-driven policies , and data boundary * Micro sof t Certification s such as SC-400, SC-200, SC-100, MS-101, and AZ-50 Certification s ## Description Everyone is trying to "harness the cloud", but not everyone knows how to secure it. As a Microsoft Purview Data Protection Engineer, you know how to design, implement, and automate enterprise data-protection capabilities that safely govern sensitive information across Micro sof t 365 IL5 and IL6 Flank Speed environments. What if you could use your advanced Purview, Entra ID, and DLP engineering skills to improve secure data-handling and information protection? As a Microsoft Purview Data Protection Engineer on our team, you'll design, implement, and optimize enterprise information-protection, DLP, insider risk, and lifecycle-governance controls across Micro sof t 365. You'll partner with Navy mission stakeholders, cybersecurity teams, records managers, and cloud engineering teams to translate policy into technical enforcement mechanisms. You'll recommend tools, automations, and governance approaches based on your deep experience with Micro sof t Purview, Entra ID, and IL5 or IL6 GovCloud requirements. Your expertise will be vital as you build custom Sensitive Information Types ( SITs ) , engineer retention and records-management policies , create insider-risk detection controls, design label-driven encryption, and implement DLP safeguards across endpoints and collaboration platforms. You'll strengthen your skills in automation, Purview compliance engineering, advanced audit or eDiscovery, and Micro sof t Entra Conditional Access and identity governance, while mentoring tomorrow's cloud-security experts. Help us transform and secure our nation's warfighters with cloud technology and advanced Zero T rus t capabilities. ## Related Videos - [Hacking MSSQL on Cloud. All of them. 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