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Senior SharePoint Administrator

GDIT Any Location / Remote Remote senior full-time

Salary

$79,900 - $108,100 per year

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Description

Transform technology into opportunity as a Senior SharePoint Administrator at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

Meaningful Work and Personal Impact As a Senior SharePoint Administrator, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of our customers. You will play a crucial role in:

  • Administering SharePoint Server, including Central Administration, service applications, PowerShell scripting, backup and recovery, cumulative updates (CUs), health monitoring, and troubleshooting
  • Administering SharePoint Online at the tenant level, including site lifecycle management, permissions, external sharing, app catalogs, storage, and migrations using SharePoint Migration Tool (SPMT) or equivalent tools
  • Supporting Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP), retention, information protection, and compliance policies applicable to SharePoint Online
  • Managing SharePoint security, permissions, role-based access, and governance controls
  • Monitoring and maintaining SharePoint availability, capacity, performance, and overall platform health
  • Supporting backup, recovery, business continuity, and disaster recovery activities for SharePoint environments
  • Administering and troubleshooting supporting infrastructure and services, including Active Directory, IIS, SQL Server, and network load balancing
  • Using PowerShell to automate SharePoint administrative activities, reporting, monitoring, and recurring operational tasks
  • Supporting integrations between SharePoint and Microsoft 365 services, including Power Apps and Power Automate
  • Maintaining auditing, monitoring, and operational reporting
  • Managing licenses, service agreements, and procurement, as applicable
  • Developing and maintaining standard operating procedures (SOPs) and technical documentation for operations and maintenance
  • Enforcing change and configuration management processes
  • Presenting and communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Serving as a technical resource for troubleshooting, consultation, and guidance of junior staff

What You'll Need to Succeed Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Senior SharePoint Administrator must have:

  • Education: BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field required
  • Experience: 6+ years of related experience with enterprise-scale systems administration required
  • Demonstrable hands-on experience administering, managing, configuring, and governing enterprise SharePoint environments
  • Hands-on experience supporting both SharePoint Server and SharePoint Online/Microsoft 365 environments

Required Skills

  • Strong proficiency administering and configuring enterprise SharePoint Server (On-Premises) and SharePoint Online/Microsoft 365 environments
  • Strong knowledge of SharePoint Central Administration, service applications, cumulative updates, backup/recovery, monitoring, and troubleshooting
  • Experience with SharePoint Online tenant administration, including site lifecycle management, permissions, external sharing, app catalogs, storage, and migrations
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Purview DLP, retention, information protection, and compliance capabilities as they apply to SharePoint Online
  • Strong knowledge of Active Directory, IIS, SQL Server, and network load balancing
  • Expertise in PowerShell scripting for administration, automation, monitoring, and reporting
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform, particularly Power Apps and Power Automate integration with SharePoint
  • Understanding of SharePoint security, governance, permissions, and role-based access controls
  • Understanding of Agile methodology
  • Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to translate complex business and technical needs into robust, scalable, and reusable technical solutions
  • Ability to present technical concepts to individuals with diverse backgrounds, knowledge bases, and job positions
  • Ability to serve as a support resource to mentor, coach, and develop junior staff
  • Willingness to stay current on SharePoint, Microsoft 365, security, compliance, and emerging technologies

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
  • 401K with company match
  • Competitive pay and paid time off
  • Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
  • Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

Skills

Required

  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft SharePoint Administration
  • Microsoft SharePoint Server
  • PowerShell
  • Active Directory
  • IIS
  • SQL Server
  • Microsoft 365
  • Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
  • Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert (MS-102)
  • ITIL 4 Foundation

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://gdit.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Any-Location--Remote/Senior-SharePoint-Administrator_RQ229628

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