Salary: £114,240 - 114,240 per year Requirements: 8-10 years in Microsoft 365/Purview compliance Proven delivery of retention and records management at enterprise scale Deep hands-on expertise in Purview Information Governance Experience with Records Management, Retention Labels/Policies, Event-based retention, Disposition reviews, eDiscovery (Premium), Litigation Hold, Audit Strong knowledge of Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams data architecture and workloads 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 retention strategies and litigation hold patterns with minimal impact 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 Technologies: Architect Microsoft 365 SharePoint Office 365 Windows More: We are seeking a Senior Microsoft Purview Compliance Architect to design and deliver enterprise-scale retention, records management, and eDiscovery solutions in highly regulated environments in Sheffield with a hybrid work model (3 days per week on site). This role offers a contract for 12 months at a competitive rate of £558 per day inside IR35. We provide an opportunity to work with a dynamic team dedicated to translating complex regulatory obligations into enforceable Microsoft Purview policies. last updated 4 week of 2026