Solution Architect - Microsoft Purview (Data Catalog & Governance)

Title -: Solution Architect - Microsoft Purview (Data Catalog & Governance) Duration -: 10+ Months Location : RemoteOverview An experienced Solution Architect to lead the enterprise rollout of Microsoft Purview across a complex global, multi cloud environment. The consultant will define architecture, implement domain?based governance, and drive adoption of Purview capabilities including cataloging, lineage, classification, access governance, and compliance controls.Key Responsibilities* Architecture & Implementation * Define target?state architecture for Microsoft Purview across Azure, AWS, M365, on prem, and third party platforms. * Develop and drive the implementation roadmap across U.S. Businesses, PGIM, Corporate Technology, and international units. * Establish Purview reference architecture, integration patterns, and guardrails. * Domain Based Governance * Design collections, hierarchies, and RBAC aligned to domain structures and legal entity boundaries. * Enable domain owned stewardship while enforcing enterprise taxonomies and governance standards. * Platform Configuration * Configure Data Map, Catalog, Scans, Classifications, Sensitivity Labels, and Lineage. * Optimize scan strategy (frequency, cost, performance) and extend classifiers and metadata models. * Security & Compliance * Integrate Purview with M365 Information Protection, Entra ID, and security baselines. * Support PII/PCI/PHI detection, access governance, and regulatory compliance (SOX, GLBA, NYDFS, GDPR). * Engineering & Integration * Integrate with Synapse, Fabric, Databricks (including Unity Catalog), Snowflake, SQL Server, AWS sources, and SAP/Oracle. * Implement IaC (Bicep/Terraform), CI/CD for Purview artifacts, and automation via APIs. * Adoption & Stakeholder Management * Deliver training, onboarding playbooks, and steward enablement. * Lead workshops for new data domains and products. * Provide executive level reporting on progress, risks, and KPIs.Required Qualifications* 10+ years in data architecture/governance; 2+ years hands on Purview experience at enterprise scale. * Strong expertise in metadata management, lineage, classification, scan optimization, glossary management and domain based operating models. * Solid Azure ecosystem knowledge (Storage, Key Vault, Synapse, Fabric, Databricks), M365 Information Protection, and Entra ID. * Experience with IaC (Bicep/Terraform), APIs/Atlas, and scripting (PowerShell/Python). * Financial services or regulated industry exposure. * Excellent communication, stakeholder leadership, and cross domain facilitation skills.