Salary: £40,000 - 70,000 per year Requirements: 8-10 years in Microsoft 365/Purview compliance, with proven delivery of retention and records management at enterprise scale. Deep hands-on expertise in: Purview Information Governance, Records Management, Retention Labels/Policies, Event based retention, Disposition reviews, eDiscovery (Premium), Litigation Hold, Audit. Strong knowledge of Exchange/SharePoint/OneDrive/Teams data architecture and workloads. Scripting & automation skills in PowerShell, Microsoft Graph; CI/CD for policy artifacts. Regulatory knowledge: FCA/PRA, MiFID II, SEC/FINRA, GDPR/UK DPA. Experience in performance/scaling in tenants >100k users in regulated environments. Responsibilities: Define target-state architecture for Purview retention, records management, and eDiscovery at enterprise scale. Map regulatory obligations to enforceable Purview policies. Design event-based retention and immutable record scenarios; integrate with data lifecycle and disposition workflows. Develop mailbox/Teams retention, SharePoint/OneDrive retention strategies, and litigation hold patterns with minimal blast radius. Build and roll out retention labels/policies, auto classification, trainable classifiers, adaptive scopes, and disposition reviews. Integrate with Microsoft eDiscovery (Premium), Audit, and DLP; align with Legal Hold and case management processes. Engineer scale for policy distribution, performance, tenant-wide scoping, and differential targeting by region/legal entity. Automate processes via PowerShell/Graph, and instrument telemetry/alerting with tools like Sentinel/KQL. Define controls, evidence artifacts, and reporting for internal audit and regulatory assurance. Create runbooks for policy changes, exceptions, break glass procedures, and incident response around retention/records. Contribute to RACI, data classification schemas, and control testing. Technologies: Architect CI/CD Microsoft 365 Network PowerShell SharePoint Office 365 Security Windows More: We are seeking an M365 Purview Compliance Design Architect to join our team in Sheffield, UK. In this role, you will be instrumental in shaping our compliance landscape and ensuring that we meet regulatory obligations effectively. We offer a competitive hourly rate ranging from £550.00 to £650.00. Our organization is part of a global network of companies under the Allegis Group, providing extensive resources and opportunities for career development. We value expertise, innovation, and collaboration, and we are committed to supporting our employees in achieving their professional goals. last updated 4 week of 2026