Purview & Security Architect – Contract

Spyglass MTG, LLC.

. Lead discovery, stakeholder interviews, assessments, design workshops, whiteboarding, and implementation workstreams .

Posted 10/2/2026contractRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in Microsoft Purview, data governance, and security compliance, with a strong ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple client projects effectively. Proficient in designing and implementing governance strategies, optimizing data protection, and delivering comprehensive documentation and training.

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Microsoft Purview ExpertiseData Governance Operating ModelsEntra ID and Identity GovernanceCustomer-Facing Consulting ExperienceProject Management Skills

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Hard Skills

Microsoft PurviewData Loss Prevention (DLP)Records ManagementInformation ProtectionEDiscoveryRetention StrategiesZero Trust DesignConfiguration and TroubleshootingGovernance ModelsAI Solutions Governance

Soft Skills

Stakeholder CollaborationRisk ManagementCommunication SkillsWorkshop FacilitationPrioritization

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft 365DefenderSentinelIntuneMicrosoft GraphPowerShellKQLConditional AccessMulti-Factor Authentication (MFA)Governance Centers of Excellence

Certifications & Qualifications

SC-401SC-300SC-200SC-100MS-102

Industry Keywords

Data GovernanceSecurity ComplianceIdentity ManagementEnterprise AIIncident Response

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead discovery, stakeholder interviews, assessments, design workshops, whiteboarding, and implementation workstreams
Collaborate with executive, security, compliance, data governance, IT, and business teams
Design, configure, test, and optimize Microsoft Purview across Microsoft 365, endpoints, cloud, and structured data
Develop classification, labeling, retention, protection, and governance strategies
Establish testing, investigations, audit evidence, incident workflows, documentation, and ongoing tuning
Assess Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, enterprise AI applications, and custom or third-party agents
Define governance for AI prompts, outputs, grounding data, access, retention, monitoring, auditability, approvals, exceptions, escalation, change control, incident response, and retirement
Build enterprise data-governance operating models, including policies, standards, decision rights, roadmaps, stewardship, councils, glossaries, data domains, metadata, lineage, quality, procedures, training, and knowledge transfer
Design Zero Trust and access-governance recommendations using Entra ID and related identity controls
Align identity, device, application, endpoint, network, and data controls
Integrate Purview with Defender, Sentinel, and Intune where in scope
Produce customer-ready architectures, findings, roadmaps, configuration guides, governance models, runbooks, test plans, training, and executive presentations
Lead pilots, MVPs, production deployments, validation, tuning, handoff, status reporting, risk management, and escalation

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of Microsoft security, compliance, identity, or data-governance experience
Substantial customer-facing consulting and independent professional-services delivery experience
Hands-on Microsoft Purview expertise across structured data, Information Protection, DLP, Records Management, Insider Risk, eDiscovery, Retention, and DSPM
Experience with data-governance operating models
Experience with Entra ID, Conditional Access, MFA, Identity Governance, Access Reviews, PIM, external identities, service principals, and managed identities
Experience governing Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio agents, enterprise AI, or custom AI solutions
Demonstrated ability to manage three or more concurrent client projects
Ability to balance competing priorities and deadlines and communicate risks early
Ability to lead executive and technical workshops
Ability to configure and troubleshoot solutions
Ability to deliver clear customer documentation in a remote, project-based environment
Preferred certifications include SC-401, SC-300, SC-200, SC-100, and/or MS-102
Additional value includes Defender XDR, Defender for Cloud Apps or Endpoint, Sentinel, Intune, Microsoft Graph, PowerShell, KQL, governance Centers of Excellence, Responsible AI, secure development lifecycle and CI/CD governance, agent identities, MCP servers, APIs, models, tools, and AI supply-chain controls

Benefits

Comp & perks

Potential contract extension after the initial 3-month term
Flexible engagement of 0–40 hours per week
Fully remote work
Opportunity to work across multiple client projects
Professional-services delivery experience
Training and knowledge-transfer opportunities