Purview Data Governance Consultant

Our Data & AI team is made up of curious, client-focused professionals who help organisations build trusted, governed, high-quality data solutions. We’re looking for a Purview Data Governance Consultant with strong data governance and data management experience (including data quality and MDM) and hands-on technical skills from a data analyst or data engineer background, with an appreciation of broader cloud architecture and networking.

If you’re passionate about helping organisations understand, trust, and govern their data—and you enjoy working at the intersection of governance, platforms, and delivery—we’d love to talk.

Come join us

As a member of Avanade’s Data & AI practice, you’ll work with clients to design, implement, and embed modern data governance capabilities across Microsoft Purview, cloud data platforms, and analytics ecosystems. You’ll play a hands-on role in helping organisations establish clear data ownership, classification, lineage, and policy enforcement — turning governance from theory into something that genuinely enables analytics and AI.

This role is ideal for consultants who are both governance-minded and technically capable, able to work credibly with data engineers, platform teams, and business stakeholders alike.

Together we do what matters.

What you’ll do

Design and implement data governance solutions using Microsoft Purview Data Governance, including cataloguing, classification, lineage, and domain-based governance models

Use governance to enable data value creation, discoverability, secure access, and responsible data use

Work with clients to define data ownership, stewardship, policies, and operating models aligned to business and regulatory needs

Configure and integrate Purview with Azure data platforms, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Databricks, other data sources, and MDM tools, ensuring governance is embedded within delivery pipelines

Support the implementation and governance of Databricks Unity Catalog, aligning technical controls with organisational data governance objectives

Analyse data platforms and pipelines to assess metadata coverage, lineage, data quality signals, and policy enforcement

Collaborate closely with business and technical stakeholders to ensure governance and data quality are practical, usable, and automated wherever possible

Translate governance concepts into clear, actionable guidance for both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Help clients move from ad hoc or tool-led governance to sustainable, product-oriented, domain-aligned models

Contribute to the development of Avanade accelerators, patterns, and thought leadership in data governance and trust

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Skills and experience

• Proven experience as a Data Governance Consultant, Data Analyst, Data Engineer, or similar role within data or analytics programmes
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview Data Governance, including cataloguing, classification, lineage, and policy concepts
• Experience working with or implementing Databricks Unity Catalog
• Strong understanding of modern data platforms and architectures, ideally within Microsoft and Databricks ecosystems
• Practical technical skills in SQL, Python, and data engineering / analytics tooling, enabling effective collaboration with delivery teams
• Experience in a consulting or client-facing environment, engaging stakeholders with differing priorities
• Ability to explain governance concepts clearly and pragmatically, focusing on enablement rather than control
• Experience with technologies such as Azure, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and data integration tools is advantageous

About you

Characteristics that set you up for success in this role include:

• Pragmatic and outcome-focused, with a desire to make data governance genuinely useful
• Comfortable working across governance, data engineering, and analytics communities
• Curious about how organisations use (and misuse) data, and how better governance can unlock value
• Confident working in uncertain or evolving data landscapes
• Collaborative, supportive, and able to influence without authority
• Keen to learn and stay current with emerging approaches to data trust, governance, and AI readiness

Enjoy your career

Some of the best things about working at Avanade:

• Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (20 times)
• A minimum of 80 hours per year dedicated to learning, certifications, and professional development
• Access to global Data & AI communities, accelerators, and subject-matter experts
• The chance to work on complex, high-impact initiatives across data governance, analytics, and AI
• Clear and supported career progression across Consultant and Senior Consultant levels

Find out more about some of our benefits here.

A great place to work

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and our communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look!

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our Inclusion & Diversity page

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