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Data Advisory Consultant - Purview
York, Sheffield, Reading, London, Manchester, Liverpool, Lincoln, Leeds, Exeter, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Nottingham, Swansea
About Us
We’re an award-winning innovative tech consultancy - a team of creative problem solvers. Since 1993 we’ve been finding better, more sustainable ways to solve complex technology problems for some of the world’s leading organisations and delivered solutions that millions of people use every day.
In the last 30 years we won several awards, including a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for our Enterprise Agile delivery approach.
Operating from 26 locations across the world, we bring together teams of creative experts with diverse backgrounds and experiences, who enjoy working and learning in our collaborative and open culture and are committed to world-class delivery.
We want to continue to grow our team with people just like you!
About the Role
As a Data Advisory Consultant with Purview experience, you will play a crucial role in helping our clients establish and maintain effective data governance practices. You will leverage your expertise in data governance strategies and approaches and your hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview to design, implement, and optimise data governance and management solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assess clients' current data governance maturity and develop roadmaps for improvement
- Design and implement data governance frameworks and processes using Microsoft Purview
- Configure and customise Purview to meet specific client needs, including data discovery, classification, and lineage tracking
- Develop data catalogues and metadata management strategies
- Implement data quality rules and monitoring processes within Purview
- Create and maintain data governance policies, standards and procedures
- Conduct training sessions for clients on data governance best practices and Purview usage
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of data governance initiatives with business objectives
- Provide expert guidance on regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) as it relates to data governance
- Stay updated on the latest features and capabilities of Microsoft Purview and other relevant technologies
About You
This is a senior role within our Data Advisory team and would suit data professionals with wide and varied background. We think experience in the following areas will help you to be successful in this role:
- Extensive experience in data governance, data management or related roles
- Strong understanding of data governance principles, methodologies and best practices
- Proven experience implementing and managing Microsoft Purview in enterprise environments
- Familiarity with other data governance and metadata management tools
- Experience with data privacy regulations and compliance requirements
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Project management experience, preferably with Agile methodologies
Preferred Qualifications:
- Professional certifications such as CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional) or CGEIT (Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT)
- Experience with Azure data services (e.g., Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse Analytics)
- Knowledge of data modelling and database design principles
- Familiarity with data integration and ETL processes
Key Competencies:
- Strategic thinking and ability to align data governance initiatives with business goals
- Strong leadership and influencing skills to drive adoption of data governance practices
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment and collaborate across departments
- Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy and quality
- Adaptability and willingness to learn new technologies and methodologies
Some of the Perks
- Flexible benefits allowance – you choose how to spend your allowance (additional pension contributions, healthcare, dental and more)
- Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - we partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support, and other
- Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Hybrid working - Our roles are not fully remote as we take pride in the tight knit communities we have created at our local offices. But we offer plenty of flexibility and you can split your time between the office, client site and WFH
- Discounts – we have preferred rates from dozens of retail, lifestyle, and utility brands
- An industry-leading referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals
- Flexible holiday buy/sell option
- Electric vehicle scheme
- Training opportunities and incentives – we support professional certifications across engineering and non-engineering roles, including unlimited access to O’Reilly
- Giving back – the ability to get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from diverse backgrounds into tech
- You will become part of a squad with people from different areas within the business who will help you grow at BJSS
- We have a busy social calendar that you can choose to join– quarterly town halls/squad nights out/weekends away with families included/office get togethers
- GymFlex gym membership programme
What life at BJSS is like
Big rewards
At BJSS, the rewards aren’t based on your time served, they’re based on merit and the strength of your contributions. In exchange for bringing your best ideas to the most challenging problems, you’ll be compensated with a competitive salary and the knowledge that you’ll be rewarded and recognized for giving it your all.
Be outstanding
We pride ourselves on the high quality of the work we deliver. Our culture is all about valuing and rewarding excellence, whether it’s the technical aspects of the job or the way you interact with clients and colleagues. If you join BJSS, it’ll be because you share that passion to excel, to do the very best job you can, and to support others to deliver outstanding results.
Benefits that suit you
Aside from the standard annual leave allowance, life assurance and pension, our flexible benefits allowance lets you decide which benefits you want, with options across industry-leading health and wellbeing, buying and selling annual leave, electric vehicle scheme, GymFlex gym membership, as well as discounts across dozens of retail, lifestyle, and utility brands.
Bring your authentic self to work
We’ve built an environment where respect and inclusivity are paramount, where fantastic people of all kinds are free to be themselves and get on with doing a great job. And even though BJSS is a global business, each regional office is as distinct and idiosyncratic as the people in it – you can expect to be part of a unique, tight-knit community with a busy social calendar.
Make your mark
Clients trust us to get the hard things done. And if you join us, you’ll be faced with challenges only people like you have the drive to solve. You’ll be pushed out of your comfort zone, and you won’t be sitting on the sidelines, but you’ll also make a real difference on extraordinary projects.
Forge your own path
At BJSS, we don’t believe in job titles or hierarchies, so how you progress in the company is entirely down to you. You’ve got the flexibility and freedom to follow your interests and pursue your career goals - with full support, training opportunities and incentives from the business.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES & DIVERSITY STATEMENT
BJSS is committed to equal opportunities and diversity so we want to ensure that our recruitment and selection processes are fair to all who wish to apply.
We encourage you to feel confident to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made to the application or interview process to help support you. You can do this by speaking to your BJSS recruitment contact. Or, if you’re not yet in touch with anyone from our recruitment team.