Manager, Data Governance– Microsoft Purview Operations Lead

Manager, Data Governance Microsoft Purview Operations Lead

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KPMG is currently seeking a Manager, Microsoft Purview Ops Lead to join our Digital Nexus organization. This is a hybrid work opportunity.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the operational health of the Microsoft Purview platform ensuring the platform is running effectively and efficiently to provide data governance, protection, and compliance services.
• Manage the support of Purview services including design, develop, and deploy solutions using Microsoft Purview for data governance, cataloging, and compliance.
• Integrate Microsoft Purview with various data sources and platforms to establish seamless data lineage, metadata management, and governance workflows.
• Configure and customize data classification, labeling, and sensitivity policies to ensure compliance with business standards and regulatory frameworks.
• Document technical specifications, best practices, and governance workflows, providing training and guidance to data stewards and business users.
• Ensure the platform is used effectively to manage data risk, discover and classify sensitive data, and prevent data breaches; monitor and troubleshoot Purview services, ensuring optimal performance and integration with Azure and other data platforms.
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment.

Qualifications:

• Minimum five years of recent experience in Enterprise Data Governance with at least two years of experience on Setting and managing Purview Environment (Modules – Data Map, Data Security, Data Compliance, Data Governance).
• Minimum two years of recent experience in creating Unified data catalog, Data Governance domain and setting up roles to Purview Catalogs/Data domain, set up all modules in Purview.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science and information technology from an accredited university is preferred; minimum of a high school diploma or GED is required.
• Knowledgeable to enable Unified data catalog from Databricks Unity catalog to Enterprise users, Automate scanning metadata from Databricks Unity catalog to Unified data catalog.
• Strong understanding of data governance principles, including metadata management, data cataloging, lineage tracking, and compliance frameworks; knowledge of security and compliance standards, ensuring data governance solutions meet industry regulations.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to work in a cross-functional team environment.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, enabling collaboration with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).

Salary and Benefits:

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KPMG recruits on a rolling basis. Candidates are considered as they apply, until the opportunity is filled. Candidates are encouraged to apply expeditiously to any role(s) for which they are qualified that is also of interest to them.

Los Angeles County applicants: Material job duties for this position are listed above. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, and safeguard business operations and company reputation. Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Key skills/competency

• Data Governance
• Microsoft Purview
• Data Cataloging
• Metadata Management
• Compliance Frameworks
• Data Security
• Data Lineage
• Policy Configuration
• Azure
• Problem-Solving