Contract Purview Data Governance Analyst

Salary: £40,000 - 50,000 per year

Requirements:

• Demonstrable hands-on experience implementing Microsoft Purview in an enterprise environment, including scanning, classification, sensitivity labelling, lineage, and catalogue management.
• Practical understanding of data classification, sensitivity labelling (MIP), and DLP concepts, and how they apply to critical and personal data.
• Experience designing or enabling role-based access control (RBAC) over data, Entra ID, and access governance principles.
• Strong working knowledge of the Azure data ecosystem, ideally including Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.
• Experience partnering effectively with Information Security and translating policy into working configuration.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Exposure to data quality frameworks and metadata-driven governance is desirable.
• Relevant certifications such as Microsoft DP-700, SC-400, SC-300, or equivalent governance/security credentials are desirable.
• Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
• We are unable to provide visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the practical implementation of data lineage, classification, and sensitivity tagging across our critical datasets.
• Partner closely with our Information Security team to enable a robust RBAC model.
• Configure and operate Microsoft Purview scanning and lineage capture across priority source systems, the Fabric medallion estate, and the Power BI reporting layer.
• Establish end-to-end lineage from source through transformation to consumption for critical datasets, including Azure Data Factory, Fabric pipelines/notebooks, and custom ingestion sources such as CDC.
• Define and apply data classification and Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) sensitivity labels to critical datasets.
• Work with Information Security to design and enable role-based access control over governed data assets, mapping data sensitivity classifications to access entitlements.
• Support the definition of access roles, entitlement reviews, and least-privilege access across the Gold layer, leveraging Purview data-use governance and Entra ID where appropriate.
• Populate and curate the data catalogue and business glossary, linking approved business terms to technical assets in partnership with domain data stewards.
• Support reporting on catalogue coverage, classification status, and lineage completeness.
• Contribute to governance standards and enablement materials so capability is transferred before the engagement ends.

Technologies:

• Azure
• Fabric
• Support
• Power BI
• RBAC
• Security
• Cloud

More:

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Purview Data Governance Analyst for a delivery-focused contract role. This is not an advisory position; we want someone who will spend their time in Purview and work alongside engineering and security teams to turn governance policy into working configuration. The role focuses on Microsoft Purview, the Azure data ecosystem, Microsoft Fabric, and Power BI, with close partnership with our Information Security team. This opportunity is with Connells Group UK, an equal opportunities employer that welcomes applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

last updated 30 week of 2026