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About the Role

Accenture Middle East is seeking a skilled Microsoft Purview Engineer to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role is integral to designing, implementing, and managing enterprise data protection solutions, ensuring the security and compliance of sensitive information across the organization. The Microsoft Purview Engineer will play a key role in safeguarding data by leveraging the full capabilities of Microsoft Purview. This position requires a proactive approach to security, a deep understanding of Microsoft 365 services, and a commitment to supporting audit and compliance initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement auto-labeling policies within Microsoft Purview to automatically classify sensitive data based on content and context.
• Develop and fine-tune trainable classifiers to improve the detection of business-specific sensitive information.
• Implement endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies to prevent data exfiltration from user devices, including restrictions on USB usage and printing.
• Configure policy tips and user notifications to enhance user awareness and reduce accidental data sharing.
• Conduct comprehensive data discovery and classification scans across structured and unstructured data repositories.
• Optimize DLP rule conditions and thresholds to effectively balance security enforcement with business usability.
• Define and enforce usage rights, including view, edit, print, and copy/forward restrictions, through Microsoft Purview Digital Rights Management (DRM).
• Perform root cause analysis for recurring DLP incidents and implement preventive controls to mitigate future occurrences.
• Integrate Microsoft Purview with existing security tools and workflows to establish centralized data protection management.
• Support audit and compliance activities by providing detailed reports, evidence, and classification insights.
• Manage the sensitivity label lifecycle, encompassing 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 the 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 comprehensive documentation, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and a knowledge base for data protection processes.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Must be a Saudi National.

Required Skills

• Extensive experience with Microsoft Purview.
• Proficiency in data classification and sensitivity labeling.
• Strong understanding of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) principles and implementation.
• Experience with Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions.
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 services.
• Expertise in configuring endpoint DLP policies, policy tips, and user notifications.
• Skilled in data discovery and classification scans.
• Ability to optimize DLP rule conditions and thresholds.
• Experience in defining and enforcing usage rights.
• Proficiency in performing root cause analysis for security incidents.
• Experience integrating security tools.
• Ability to support audit and compliance activities.
• Experience in managing sensitivity label lifecycle.
• Knowledge of label-based encryption and access controls.
• Skills in automating report generation and alert monitoring.
• Experience in conducting user training and awareness programs.
• Proficiency in implementing role-based access controls (RBAC).
• Ability to monitor and improve data classification coverage.
• Experience in evaluating and testing new features.
• Strong documentation, SOP, and knowledge base maintenance skills.

Work Environment and Details

This is a full-time position for a Microsoft Purview Engineer based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role requires 2-5 years of relevant experience.