Purview Administrator
27 days ago
New York
Job Description Role Overview: • The person will be part of the CDO for a major Insurance client. He/ She will work as an administrator to operate and support the enterprise implementation of Microsoft Purview Data Catalog across a complex, multi-platform data environment., • The administrator will be responsible for the day-to-day configuration, monitoring and maintenance of Purview capabilities, ensuring reliable metadata ingestion, catalog quality, lineage visibility, and compliance alignment across governed data domains., • The role focuses on platform operations and governance execution, working within establish architecture and enterprise governance standards, • Common Skillsets:, • Superior analytical and problem solving skills, • Should be able to work on a problem independently and prepare client ready deliverable with minimal or no supervision, • Administer and operate Microsoft Purview Data Map and Data Catalog environments, • Monitor platform health, scan execution, metadata ingestion, and lineage availability., • Troubleshoot and resolved catalog, scan, and connectivity issues., • Perform routine maintenance, configuration updates, and service optimizations., • Register, configure, and maintain data sources across Azure, M365, on-prem, and approved third-party platforms., • Configure and schedule metadata scans for supported sources., • Manage authentication for scans using managed identities, service principals and Key Vault secrets., • Monitor scan performance, failures, and coverage; take corrective action as needed., • Maintain and enforce enterprise metadata standards within the Purview Catalog., • Manage business metadata, classifications, glossary terms, and custom attributes., • Ensure metadata accuracy, completeness, and consistency across data assets., • Support curation activities including asset certification and publishing., • Enable and validate data lineage ingestion from supported data platforms., • Monitor lineage completeness and visibility for critical data assets., • Assist data consumers and stewards with lineage-based impact analysis., • Configure and manage purview role-based access control within collections, • Provision and maintain access for administrators, data curators, and data stewards., • Enforce domain-based access controls and separation of duties., • Integrate Purview access with Microsoft Entra ID., • Support automated discovery of sensitive data (PII, PCI, PHI), • Assist risk, audit, and compliance teams with catalog evidence and reporting., • Validate scan coverage for regulated data domains., • Provide operational support to data producers, consumers and data stewards., • Respond to access requests, catalog issues, and usage questions., • Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures., • Support onboarding of new data domains following established governance patterns., • Bachelors/Master's degree in computer science/engineering, operations research or related analytics areas welcome to apply, • 5+ years experience supporting enterprise data platforms or governance tools and 4+ years hands-on MS Purview experience at enterprise scale, • Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Purview Data Catalog, • Strong Understanding of metadata management, data classification, and lineage concepts., • Working knowledge of Azure data services and enterprise data ecosystems., • Experience managing access controls and identities using Microsoft Entra ID., • Familiarity with regulated data environments and compliance requirements., • Strong troubleshooting, operational support, and documentation skills., • Experience supporting Purview integrations with Synaps, Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake or SQL Server, • Exposure to financial services or other regulated industries., • Experience with financial services or other regulated industries., • Experience with PowerShell, REST APIs, or basic automation for operational tasks., • Prior experience supporting enterprise data governance or stewardship programs., • Superior analytical and problem solving skills, • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, • Able to work in fast pace continuously evolving environment and ready to take up uphill challenges, • Is able to understand cross cultural differences and can work with clients across the globe