Microsoft SharePoint Farm Administrator

GENERAL POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Microsoft SharePoint Farm Admin will support the Solutions Delivery team as a part of a large, complex cybersecurity, engineering and PMO contract for a federal customer, providing expertise towards systems engineering solutions and services across a variety of platforms and technology. The successful candidate will work with the SD Solutions Architect to provide technical support to solutioning engineer and engineering-related projects, including a migration to SharePoint Online in 2025.

The ideal candidate will be self-driven and have the inherent interest to continue learning new technologies to collaboratively solve problems.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provides support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems including and integrating with SharePoint on-premises.
• Manages integrated system infrastructure and any processes related to these systems.
• Provides support to SharePoint Farm including: day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for all of the client problems.
• Provides support in SharePoint administration, installation, migration, implementation, topology, and server configuration (Web and Index).
• The position requires working independently, designing, planning, implementing, and maintaining complex SP Server 2013/2016 and SQL server environments, including implementation, configuration and support of web front end servers, index servers, and application and search servers.
• Supports all components of the SharePoint environment including form, administrative site collection administration activities such as site creation, user training, backup, restore, performance analysis, and issue resolution.
• Assists in the design, architecture, availability, reliability, and security of future SP environments and work with customers to document administrative tasks and verify service level agreement requirements are being met.
• Works closely with staff to provide advice and support to properly implement engineering efforts into test/dev and production environments.
• Works with other technical staff to train them on proper SP Administration and troubleshooting techniques as well as outline standard processes and procedures for administration and engineering.
• Develops and participates in development of configuration documentation relating to the server and SharePoint configuration environments as well as integrations to other systems.

SOFT SKILLS:
• Experience with collaborating with cross-functional teams within the organization, and other offices to ensure the integration and compatibility of network solutions with other IT systems and applications.
• Strong "solutions-oriented" and collaborative mindset to drive solutions and execution for the good of the mission and team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to understand and effectively communicate technical concepts to others.
• Excellent ability to interact skillfully and diplomatically with numerous counterparts and build rapport, including contract stakeholders, government representatives and vendors
• Solid goal-oriented thinking, while possessing the business acumen to align projects to business outcomes
• Flexibility and ability to swiftly adapt to a customer environment and positively integrate oneself
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities, with a data-driven mindset
• Team player with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a continuous process improvement culture Demonstrated outstanding level of professionalism in providing project review support, including ability to exercise good judgment, discretion, tact, and diplomacy
• Sound business ethics, including the protection of proprietary and confidential information

POSITION REQUIREMENTS
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelor's Degree + 8 years of work experience or HS Diploma + 10 years of work experience
• 5+ years of experience with SQL administration.
• 5+ years of experience SharePoint 2013 (or newer) Administration and design.
• 5+ years of experience with Relational Database and operating systems.
• 5+ years of experience with Microsoft Active Directory Administration.
• 5+ years of experience with writing, modifying and running PowerShell Scripts
• 5+ years of experience administrating SharePoint 2013 (or newer), and SharePoint fundamentals including out of the box webparts, workflows, lists, content types, and master pages.

Preferred Capabilities
• Active Public Trust
• Currently supporting a DHS Component
• Previous experience supporting a DHS Component