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About the Role

Accenture Middle East is seeking a Microsoft Purview Engineer to join our team in Riyadh. This full-time role focuses on designing, implementing, and managing data protection and compliance solutions within the Microsoft Purview ecosystem.

Role Purpose and Context

The Microsoft Purview Engineer is responsible for safeguarding sensitive data, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and enhancing data governance across the organization. This involves leveraging Microsoft Purview capabilities to prevent data leakage, classify information accurately, and support audit requirements within a dynamic professional environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement auto-labeling policies in Microsoft Purview to automatically classify sensitive data based on content and context.
• Develop and fine-tune trainable classifiers to improve detection of business-specific sensitive information.
• Implement endpoint DLP policies to prevent data exfiltration from user devices, including USB and print restrictions.
• Configure policy tips and user notifications to enhance user awareness and reduce accidental data sharing.
• Conduct data discovery and classification scans across structured and unstructured data repositories.
• Optimize DLP rule conditions and thresholds to balance security enforcement with business usability.
• Define and enforce usage rights (view, edit, print, copy, forward restrictions) through Microsoft Purview DRM.
• Perform root cause analysis for recurring DLP incidents and implement preventive controls.
• Integrate Microsoft Purview with existing security tools and workflows for centralized data protection management.
• Support audit and compliance activities by providing detailed reports, evidence, and classification insights.
• Manage sensitivity label lifecycle, including creation, modification, publishing, and retirement.
• Configure label-based encryption and access controls to ensure persistent protection of sensitive files and emails.
• Automate report generation and alert monitoring using compliance center dashboards and logs.
• Conduct user training sessions and awareness programs to improve adoption of data protection policies.
• Implement role-based access controls (RBAC) for secure administration of compliance tools.
• Monitor and improve data classification coverage across cloud workloads.
• Evaluate and test new features and updates in Microsoft Purview before production rollout.
• Maintain documentation, SOPs, and knowledge base for data protection processes.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5 to 10 years of experience in a relevant field.
• Proven ability to reduce data leakage risks, improve classification accuracy, and support compliance initiatives through effective policy design and incident management.

Work Setting

This is a full-time position located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within the Accenture Middle East team. The role requires dedication to maintaining robust data protection standards.

Application Information

Candidates who meet the specified qualifications are invited to submit their application for this role.