Microsoft Purview Engineer
Scope of Work
- Roll out Microsoft Purview structured data governance across Microsoft Fabric environments, covering Lakehouses, Warehouses and OneLake.
- Establish Purview Data Map scanning and registration for Fabric data assets, building and maintaining an accurate and well-governed asset inventory.
- Design and enforce data classification frameworks and sensitivity labels within Purview, applied to structured data assets sitting within Fabric.
- Develop and maintain business glossaries, data dictionaries and metadata standards within Purview at scale including bulk upload approaches for metadata population in line with client governance frameworks.
- Stand up Purview scanning and cataloguing of SaaS data sources feeding into Fabric, with Salesforce as the first priority source system.
- Enable data lineage tracking across Fabric pipelines and data flows, surfaced and managed through Purview.
- Define and configure Purview data domains, collections and access policies aligned to client organisational structures and stewardship models.
- Work directly with client stakeholders to gather requirements, lead working sessions and present governance outcomes.
- Operate as an Embedded member of the delivery team, producing governance artefacts and client documentation throughout the engagement.
Requirements
Essential
- 4+ years delivering structured data governance with Microsoft Purview as the primary governance tool
- Proven track record integrating Purview governance within Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Warehouse, OneLake)
- Practical experience across Purview Data Map, Data Catalog, data classification and sensitivity labels in a Fabric context
- Clear understanding of Fabric's data domain model and how it maps to Purview collections and governance structures
- Experience enabling data lineage tracking across Fabric data flows through Purview
- Strong grounding in core data governance principles including stewardship, metadata management, lineage and data quality
- Experience working within financial services or insurance
- Comfortable engaging and presenting to senior client stakeholders
- Experience handling metadata at scale within Purview, including bulk upload and population of data dictionaries and glossaries
Desirable
- Microsoft certifications relevant to Fabric and Purview (eg DP-600, SC-400)
- Experience setting up Purview scanning for Salesforce as a data source
- Exposure to broader Fabric capabilities including Data Factory pipelines and Real Time Intelligence
- Prior background in a consultancy or professional services environment