Principal Functional Consultant

*What You'll Be Doing
As the
EncompaaS Functional Lead*
, you will be the primary functional authority guiding clients through the design, configuration, and adoption of the EncompaaS Intelligent Information Governance platform. You will work closely with business stakeholders, information managers, compliance teams, and technical specialists to shape governance frameworks, metadata models, policies, and classification structures that meet real-world information governance and risk requirements.

Your role is responsible for translating organisational governance needs into a well-designed and effectively configured EncompaaS solution. You will lead requirements workshops, design governance models, oversee configuration, validate functionality, and drive user understanding and adoption of the platform. You will also play a crucial role in shaping customers' information governance maturity through strategy, roadmap development, and best-practice leadership.

This role requires strong functional expertise across information management, classification, record-keeping, compliance, and governance, paired with a deep understanding of how the EncompaaS platform delivers automated policy management, classification intelligence, risk detection, and lifecycle management across Microsoft 365 and other enterprise repositories.

*Key Responsibilities:
Engagement & Requirements Gathering*

• Lead workshops with information owners, governance teams, risk managers, and business users to define information governance requirements.
• Document business needs related to classification, retention, risk remediation, compliance, and content lifecycle management.
• Map current-state information behaviour to future-state governance models supported by EncompaaS.

Governance Strategy, Road mapping & Best Practice

• Assess clients' information governance maturity, gaps, and risks; create roadmaps for uplift and EncompaaS adoption.
• Provide expert guidance on IG, RM, IM, compliance, metadata governance, and defensible disposal best practices.
• Advise on retention models, policy frameworks, metadata standards, and governance alignment across the enterprise.

Solution Design & Functional Architecture

• Design business-aligned EncompaaS configurations, including:
• Classification models
• Metadata schemas
• Governance policies
• Risk detection rules
• Information lifecycle automation
• Define how EncompaaS should be implemented to meet governance requirements across Microsoft 365, file shares, and other repositories.
• Produce solution designs, functional specifications, diagrams, and information models to guide technical teams.

Configuration & Implementation

• Configure EncompaaS classification models, policies, retention rules, and governance automation based on agreed functional designs.
• Work with technical consultants to validate connectors, ingestion models, and integrations across content sources.
• Assist in setting up pilot groups, testing environments, and implementation phases aligned to governance rollout strategies.
• Support multiple project streams simultaneously, ensuring governance consistency across the enterprise.

Testing, Validation & Quality Assurance

• Lead functional testing for EncompaaS configurations, including policy validation, classification assessment, and lifecycle triggers.
• Prepare and manage UAT scripts, aligning all test cases with governance and compliance requirements.
• Validate that EncompaaS automation behaves as intended across multiple content repositories and use cases.

Training, User Support & Change Leadership

• Develop and deliver training for governance teams, records officers, administrators, and business users.
• Support adoption through clear communication, user guides, governance playbooks, and change management input.
• Conduct readiness assessments to ensure users understand new governance processes, behaviours, and tooling.

*Working Conditions:*

• Permanent full-time
• Onsite
• Sydney (open to other states)

What will make you successful in this role?

• 5+ years' experience in Information Governance, Information Management, Records Management, or related domains.
• Strong functional expertise in metadata design, classification, retention schedules, governance frameworks, and compliance obligations.
• Demonstrated experience translating business needs into functional designs for modern information governance platforms.
• Experience working in collaborative, customer-facing, and advisory environments.
• Experience engaging senior business leaders and presenting governance strategies and findings.
• Prior experience delivering projects involving Microsoft 365 governance, compliance, or records uplift is highly desirable.
• Exposure to the EncompaaS platform (or similar platforms like Microsoft Purview, RecordPoint, OpenText Content Manager, OpenText xECM) is highly advantageous.

*Qualifications:*

• Degree in Information Management, Knowledge Management, Records Management, Information Governance, or equivalent experience.

Why is this an exciting opportunity?
Atturra is one of the fastest-growing ASX-listed advisory and IT solutions companies in Australia, giving you a strong foundation to fulfil your career ambitions.

We currently have 1200+ professionals working across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the USA who are using innovation to lead the way.

The Data & Integration business unit helps clients unlock the full potential of data by integrating systems and applications, enabling digital transformation through our comprehensive on-premises, hybrid, and cloud integration solutions. We specialise in Boomi, Smartsheet, and OpenText.

This is your chance to make an impact. Join our talented and creative team of change-makers to redefine the future through technology.

*What Our People Say:*
"We are working towards a very bright future."

"It's a company with vision and a promising future."

Why you'll love working here
Culture of possibility
At Atturra, we embrace innovation within our teams, fostering an environment of possibility and growth. We believe in creating a supportive and welcoming culture, where everyone is encouraged to achieve success through collaboration, continuous learning, and smart work practices.

*A Strong Set Of Company Values*
Our culture is reflected in our employees, who demonstrate camaraderie, innovation, dedication, respect, and excellence in everything they do. These traits have become integral to the way we do business and are the values we strive for.

*Valuable Employee Benefits*

• Employee benefits, recognition, and wellbeing platform
• Career growth via succession planning, internal promotions, and mentorship opportunities
• Ongoing investment in professional development through industry and technology certifications, and study assistance
• Mental health support through our Employee Assistance Program
• Support for family and caring responsibilities, including paid parental leave
• Employee referral program, with monetary incentives offered

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At Atturra, we are committed to addressing the digital skills gap and championing diversity, equity, and inclusion. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds — including Veterans, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, members of the LGBTQI+ community, culturally diverse individuals, and other underrepresented groups.

Supporting Australia's veterans
We are proud to be recognised as a Veteran Friendly Employer under the Department of Veterans' Affairs Veteran Employment Commitment (VEC). Atturra is dedicated to supporting Australia's veteran community by enhancing recruitment, support, retention, and leadership opportunities. Our goal is to ensure veterans build meaningful and impactful careers with us.

*What Our People Say:*
"Atturra has a great working environment and management are very supportive of their staff. We celebrate success and have fun while working hard."

*How To Apply*
All applications must be submitted online via our Careers page. Late applications or those sent by email will not be prioritised. Please ensure your application is complete and that you have answered all required questions before submitting.

Talent Pool
This recruitment process may also be used to create a talent pool for similar ongoing or temporary opportunities that may arise within the next 12 months.

Recruitment Agencies and Headhunters
Our Talent Acquisition team is managing this recruitment process and will reach out if additional support is required. Atturra only accepts referrals from agencies on our official supplier list via the Agency Portal. To participate, agencies must complete our procurement process, hold an approved fee agreement, and be formally invited by the Talent Acquisition team for a specific vacancy.

Submissions made outside of this process will not be considered. We also request that agencies do not contact Atturra employees outside the Talent Acquisition team regarding hiring matters.

Agencies interested in joining our official supplier list may send an expression of interest to Please note, our supplier list is reviewed annually.