Microsoft Purview Consultant

About The Role

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Microsoft Purview Consultant, specialising in unstructured data governance, to work for our client within the Lloyd's Market and marine insurance sector. This is initially a 12-week contract with very good prospects to extend and will be a hybrid role based in London, with attendance at the client site as required.

Our client is seeking an experienced consultant to deliver the discovery, classification and governance of unstructured information across its Microsoft 365 and on-premises data estate. You will configure Microsoft Purview Information Protection capabilities, develop a sector-appropriate sensitivity-label taxonomy and introduce automated classification and data loss prevention controls. Working with IT, compliance and legal stakeholders, you will translate technical findings into practical governance recommendations and contribute to the documentation required for testing, deployment and ongoing operation.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct discovery and content scanning across SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online and on-premises Windows file shares.
• Configure and operate the Microsoft Purview on-premises scanner, including its Azure SQL results store and Windows Server scanner nodes.
• Design a sensitivity-label taxonomy and develop custom Sensitive Information Types using keyword dictionaries, regular expressions and confidence-weighted rules.
• Implement and tune auto-labelling and staged data loss prevention policies across Microsoft 365 workloads and Microsoft Office applications.
• Review access permissions and produce governance findings, recommendations and delivery artefacts aligned with least-privilege principles

About You

• Demonstrable hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview Information Protection for unstructured data, rather than Azure Purview Data Governance.
• Proven experience configuring sensitivity labels, label policies, auto-labelling and custom Sensitive Information Types across Microsoft 365 workloads.
• Practical experience deploying the Microsoft Purview on-premises scanner, including Azure SQL results-store and Windows Server scanner-node configuration.
• Hands-on experience designing DLP policies across at least three Microsoft 365 workloads and conducting RBAC or access-governance reviews.
• Experience working with Microsoft 365 E5 in a regulated financial-services, insurance or Lloyd's Market environment, with the ability to communicate technical findings to non-technical stakeholders

About Us

FDM is an award-winning global leader in tech and business talent solutions, backed by more than 35 years of industry experience. We have centres across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer, currently listed on the FTSE4Good Index and as a 2026 Financial Times UK 'Best Employer'.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave and work-place pension