Purview Administrator
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Job overview
An employer in the Orange County area seeks a Microsoft Purview Administrator to support and optimize an upcoming Purview implementation alongside a Senior Engineer. The role focuses on day-to-day administration of data labeling and classification, DLP, and Insider Risk Management. The administrator will work with security, privacy, compliance, and data teams. The contract is initially six months, with possible conversion and occasional onsite attendance after conversion.
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Job Description
An employer in the Orange County area is seeking a Microsoft Purview Administrator. This is a 6-month contract to hire, candidate needs to reside in California. Contractor will likely not go on site, but if converted is expected to come onsite around twice a year. This individual will work alongside a Senior Engineer to help manage, support, and optimize an upcoming Microsoft Purview implementation. This individual will be responsible for the day to day administration of Purview, with a focus on data labeling and classification, DLP, and Insider Risk Management. They will configure and adjust sensitivity labels, classification rules, and DLP policies; monitor logs, alerts, and policy activity; investigate and respond to insider risk alerts; and make ongoing adjustments to improve effectiveness and reduce false positives. They will also support the deployment and day-to-day administration of Purview, working with security, privacy, compliance, and data teams as needed.
Skills and Requirements
3+ years of hands-on Microsoft Purview experience in an administrator, analyst, or specialist position (70% of role needs to be focused on Purview)
Ability to manage and support an active Purview implementation, including configuration changes and ongoing optimization
Experience configuring and managing Sensitivity Labels / Data Labels and Data Classification
Hands-on experience with Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies, including monitoring and tuning policies based on alerts and results
Experience with Insider Risk Management, including reviewing, investigating, and responding to alerts
Experience reviewing logs, alerts, policy matches, and incidents and making adjustments as needed
Strong understanding of data governance, data protection, and privacy concepts Experience with Microsoft Fabric
Data privacy or compliance training/background
Microsoft certifications related to Purview, Security, Compliance, or Microsoft 365
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 891 open Data Governance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$155–266K/yr71 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 82 open Data Governance jobs in California and 891 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — less than three in four Data Governance postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 785 postings).
- Education
- 408 of the 891 open Data Governance jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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