Finance | 03-9-2026

MS Purview IRM Architect

MS Purview IRM Architect

Location: London – Hybrid, 2 days per week in the office

Salary: Up to £100,000 + Benefits

Sector: Financial Services / Investment Banking

Employment Type: Permanent

Client: Global Investment Bank

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced MS Purview IRM Architect to join a major cyber security and data protection transformation programme, working with a leading international investment bank in London.

This is a specialist architecture role focused on the design and implementation of Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Information Rights Management (IRM) capabilities, helping strengthen enterprise data protection, information governance and regulatory compliance.

You will work closely with Security, Compliance, Architecture, Infrastructure, Data Governance and Business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure and effective information protection solutions across a highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design and implementation of Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Information Rights Management capabilities.
• Define and configure sensitivity labels, encryption policies, data classification rules and access control models.
• Design enterprise label taxonomies, auto-labelling policies, protection templates and data handling controls.
• Assess existing information protection capabilities and define target-state architectures, implementation roadmaps and migration strategies.
• Provide subject matter expertise across IRM, DLP, data classification, sensitive information types and data lifecycle governance.
• Work closely with Security, Compliance, Legal, Data Governance, Infrastructure and Architecture teams.
• Support pilot deployments, phased rollouts, testing, troubleshooting, user adoption and operational handover.
• Produce architecture documentation, implementation runbooks, test plans and migration strategies.
• Ensure solutions align with security standards, GDPR, privacy requirements and wider enterprise control frameworks.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout design, build, testing and deployment.

Key Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview Information Protection / Information Rights Management.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 security and compliance technologies, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams and Endpoint DLP.
• Experience designing sensitivity label taxonomies, classification frameworks, auto-labelling and protection policies.
• Strong understanding of Data Loss Prevention (DLP), data discovery, sensitive information types and data lifecycle management.
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, RBAC and Privileged Access Management.
• Proven experience producing HLD/LLD documentation, implementation runbooks, test plans and migration strategies.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience working across security, compliance, governance and business teams.
• Experience supporting pilots, phased rollouts, user adoption, troubleshooting and policy optimisation.
• Ability to translate regulatory, privacy and business requirements into practical technical information protection solutions.
• Experience within banking, financial services or another highly regulated environment would be highly desirable.

What's on Offer

• Salary of up to £100,000 + Benefits.
• Hybrid working in London, with 2 days per week in the office.
• Opportunity to work on a major Microsoft Purview and enterprise data protection transformation.
• Exposure to complex cyber security, information governance and data protection challenges within a global investment banking environment.
• Opportunity to help shape enterprise information protection and IRM capabilities across a highly regulated organisation.
• Work alongside senior Cyber Security, Architecture, Compliance and Data Governance stakeholders.

If interested please apply for immediate consideration