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Lead Security Administrator (MS Purview DLP)
Role: Lead Security Administrator (MS Purview DLP) Duration: 12 Months Location: Hybrid (4 days onsite, 1 day remote), candidates must be local to the Austin area
Overview
The client has issued a request for a Lead Security Administrator to drive the enterprise rollout and ongoing operation of MS Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies and Varonis-based access risk remediation, focusing on both hands-on engineering and program leadership.
Responsibilities
Lead enterprise-wide deployment of Microsoft Purview DLP (Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Endpoint). Manage creation, publishing, and auto-labeling of sensitivity labels and information protection policies. Operate and tune Varonis for sensitive data discovery and least-privilege remediation. Coordinate with a multi-divisional program team to ensure the comprehensive rollout of DLP policies in Microsoft Purview and operate the Varonis toolset to reduce data exposure risk across M365 collaboration and unstructured data stores. Lead the Microsoft Purview DLP program for unstructured data, including end-to-end design, implementation, and tuning of Purview DLP and sensitivity labels. Establish and mature classification, labeling, and lifecycle policies; drive data lineage and catalog coverage. Define monitoring, metrics, and reporting for DLP efficacy, coverage, and policy adherence; optimize Purview health and performance. Operate and tune Varonis to identify sensitive data, expose risky permissions, and drive least-privilege access remediation with data owners. Develop operational playbooks for alert triage, incident routing, and remediation workflows; integrate signals with incident and risk processes. Co-author and enforce data governance best practices with Legal & Compliance, Records Information Management, Information Technology, and Information Security. Facilitate workshops with data owners/stewards; raise data literacy and promote consistent classification behaviors across divisions. Conduct risk and privacy impact assessments; align controls with NIST and ISO 27001 frameworks and applicable regulations (GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA). Partner with Information Security staff to monitor and respond to data-related security incidents, insider risk, and compliance alerts; deliver post-incident improvements. Leverage Purview Compliance Manager, Insider Risk Management, Records Management, Audit, and eDiscovery to streamline investigations and evidentiary requirements.
Required Skills
6+ years of experience in data governance, information protection, or security engineering 4+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview (implementation, policy design, integration) Proven program leadership across multiple divisions; able to independently execute complex roadmaps. Expertise in classification/labeling/DLP, metadata/catalog/lineage; working knowledge of Azure services (ADF, Synapse, SQL, Blob). Hands-on experience operating Varonis (or equivalent) for sensitive-data discovery, permission analysis, and remediation. Working knowledge of GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, and security frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001). Excellent facilitation and communication skills with business, IT, and Compliance stakeholders. Bachelor s in information security, data/library & information science, or data science (or equivalent experience).
Preferred Skills
Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator Associate; Azure Security Engineer Associate; CIPP/CISM/CISSP/CISA/CDMP. Experience with SIEM/DSPM integrations and enterprise change-management/training.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
Software Development
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Role: Lead Security Administrator (MS Purview DLP) Duration: 12 Months Location: Hybrid (4 days onsite, 1 day remote), candidates must be local to the Austin area
Overview
The client has issued a request for a Lead Security Administrator to drive the enterprise rollout and ongoing operation of MS Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies and Varonis-based access risk remediation, focusing on both hands-on engineering and program leadership.
Responsibilities
Lead enterprise-wide deployment of Microsoft Purview DLP (Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Endpoint). Manage creation, publishing, and auto-labeling of sensitivity labels and information protection policies. Operate and tune Varonis for sensitive data discovery and least-privilege remediation. Coordinate with a multi-divisional program team to ensure the comprehensive rollout of DLP policies in Microsoft Purview and operate the Varonis toolset to reduce data exposure risk across M365 collaboration and unstructured data stores. Lead the Microsoft Purview DLP program for unstructured data, including end-to-end design, implementation, and tuning of Purview DLP and sensitivity labels. Establish and mature classification, labeling, and lifecycle policies; drive data lineage and catalog coverage. Define monitoring, metrics, and reporting for DLP efficacy, coverage, and policy adherence; optimize Purview health and performance. Operate and tune Varonis to identify sensitive data, expose risky permissions, and drive least-privilege access remediation with data owners. Develop operational playbooks for alert triage, incident routing, and remediation workflows; integrate signals with incident and risk processes. Co-author and enforce data governance best practices with Legal & Compliance, Records Information Management, Information Technology, and Information Security. Facilitate workshops with data owners/stewards; raise data literacy and promote consistent classification behaviors across divisions. Conduct risk and privacy impact assessments; align controls with NIST and ISO 27001 frameworks and applicable regulations (GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA). Partner with Information Security staff to monitor and respond to data-related security incidents, insider risk, and compliance alerts; deliver post-incident improvements. Leverage Purview Compliance Manager, Insider Risk Management, Records Management, Audit, and eDiscovery to streamline investigations and evidentiary requirements.
Required Skills
6+ years of experience in data governance, information protection, or security engineering 4+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview (implementation, policy design, integration) Proven program leadership across multiple divisions; able to independently execute complex roadmaps. Expertise in classification/labeling/DLP, metadata/catalog/lineage; working knowledge of Azure services (ADF, Synapse, SQL, Blob). Hands-on experience operating Varonis (or equivalent) for sensitive-data discovery, permission analysis, and remediation. Working knowledge of GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, and security frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001). Excellent facilitation and communication skills with business, IT, and Compliance stakeholders. Bachelor s in information security, data/library & information science, or data science (or equivalent experience).
Preferred Skills
Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator Associate; Azure Security Engineer Associate; CIPP/CISM/CISSP/CISA/CDMP. Experience with SIEM/DSPM integrations and enterprise change-management/training.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
Software Development
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Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
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