Role: SharePoint Engineerย
Location: Addison, TX or Charlotte, NC (onsite 3x a week)
- Top 3 requirements:ย
- Enterprise Sharepoint SE experience (must have extensive on prem)
- Experience connecting and troubleshooting multiple Sharepoint farms in an on prem infrastructure (they help the ops team a lot)
- Comfortable using Staplers and Custom Features
- Powershell or PnP scripting
Day to Day Responsibilities/project specifics: Will be working with the Sharepoint Engineering team to support Sharepoint SE thought troubleshooting, patching, etc. Will need a good understanding of Sharepoint Admin (utilities/features) so that they can help the operations team with any questions.
SharePoint SE Engineer
Environment Overview
- 15,000+ SharePoint sitesย andย 150,000+ subsites.
- 200+ SQL databasesย supporting content, configuration, and services.
- Highly customized infrastructure withย custom applications,ย automated provisioning, andย cross-farm service architecture.
- InfoPath and SharePoint Designer 10,000+ Apps
What This Role Requires
Deep SharePoint Expertise
- The candidate must haveย hands-on experience with SharePoint Subscription Edition (SE)ย or recent versions like 2019. SharePoint Online is a plus.
- They should understand how SharePoint worksย at scaleโnot just small team sites, butย enterprise-level deployments.
Multi-Farm Architecture
- SharePoint can be split into multiple โfarmsโ (groups of servers working together). This setup helps with performance, security, and scalability.
- The engineer should know how toย connect farms,ย share services, andย troubleshoot issuesย across them.
Feature Stapling & Site Provisioning
- When new sites are created, they need to be automatically configured with the right tools and settings.
- The engineer should know how to useย Feature Staplingย to automate this and have experience withย PowerShellย orย PnP scripting.
Patching & Maintenance
- SharePoint updates can be complex and risky. The engineer must:
- Know how toย plan and apply patchesย safely.
- Understandย zero-downtime strategies.
- Be able toย roll backย if something breaks.
- Validate updates usingย logs and health checks.
Custom Applications
- The environment includesย custom-built toolsย that run inside SharePoint.
- The engineer should be able to:
- Support and troubleshoot these apps.
- Work with developers to ensure compatibility with SharePoint SE.
- Understand technologies likeย SPFx,ย .NET, orย REST APIs.
Database Awareness
- With over 200 databases, the engineer must understand:
- How SharePoint stores data.
- How to monitor and optimize database performance.
- How to work with DBAs to ensure stability and backups.
Security & Governance
- SharePoint handles sensitive data. The engineer should:
- Know how to manageย permissions,ย authentication, andย auditing.
- Help enforceย governance policiesย for site creation, access, and lifecycle.
Collaboration & Communication
- This role involves working with infrastructure, security, and business teams.
- The candidate must be able toย document processes,ย communicate clearly, andย train othersย when needed.
Please feel free to Reach me out to Yogita@kanakits.com