Senior Sharepoint Administrator | REMOTE

Overview

Job Title: SharePoint Administrator

Location: Jackson, MS (Remote)

Duration: Long term

Job Type: Contract

• Design, architect, and maintain the SharePoint Online tenant, including hub site architecture, site collections, and information architecture.
• Guide the strategic progression of SharePoint capabilities to meet evolving organizational needs, focusing on user adoption, productivity, and alignment with business objectives.
• Implement and manage metadata, content types, and term sets to ensure consistent information management across the enterprise.
• Security, Permissions & Compliance:
  • Design and enforce a comprehensive security and permissions model based on least-privilege principles.
  • Manage user access and group membership in coordination with Entra  (Azure Active Directory), including security groups and Microsoft 365 Groups.
  • Configure and manage Entra  for hybrid identity synchronization and establish secure B2B guest user access for external collaborators.
  • Ensure the SharePoint environment complies with all relevant state and federal regulations, including FERPA and Mississippi cybersecurity standards.
  • Implement and monitor Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and sensitivity labels for SharePoint content.
• Operations, Monitoring & Support:
  • Perform daily administrative tasks: health monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and managing storage limits.
  • Provide Tier 2/3 support for complex SharePoint issues, working with Microsoft support as necessary.
  • Manage service applications, search schema, and search result customization.
  • Develop and execute disaster recovery and data retention policies.
• Business Process Automation & Solution Guidance:
  • Design, build, and maintain SharePoint workflows using Power Automate (and classic SharePoint Designer workflows where necessary) to streamline organizational processes.
  • Advise and collaborate with department Power Platform developers on integrating SharePoint with Power Apps and other business solutions.
  • Evaluate and implement third-party SharePoint tools and add-ins when appropriate.
• Governance, Training & Documentation:
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including architectural diagrams, operational procedures, governance plans, and user guides.
  • Establish and enforce SharePoint governance policies, including site provisioning, lifecycle management, and content auditing.
  • Conduct training sessions for site owners and end-users to promote best practices and effective platform use.
  • Communicate platform changes, outages, and new features to stakeholders with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• SharePoint Expertise:
  • Minimum 3 years of hands-on SharePoint Online administration experience in an enterprise environment (500+ users).
  • Thorough understanding and hands-on experience using Microsoft SharePoint Server Online, including tenant-level settings, SharePoint Admin Center, and Power Shell for SharePoint Online (PnP Power Shell, SPO Management Shell).
  • Thorough understanding of best practices regarding farm design (information architecture) and security permissions (site collection, site, list/library, item-level).
• Identity & Access Management:
  • Thorough understanding and hands-on experience using Entra  (Azure AD) for user/group management, conditional access policies, and authentication.
  • Experience with Entra  for synchronizing on-premises directories with Azure AD.
  • Experience with B2B guest user access for managing secure external collaboration.
• Workflow & Integration:
  • Working knowledge of SharePoint workflows, with practical experience building flows in Power Automate that leverage SharePoint lists and libraries as triggers and data sources.
• Professional
  
  Skills:
  
  
  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences and create clear, detailed technical documentation.
  • Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on aligning technology solutions to business goals.
  • Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Certifications (One or more preferred, or ability to obtain within 12 months):
  • Microsoft 365 Certified:
    Administrator Expert (MS-102)
  • Microsoft 365 Certified:
    Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700)
  • Microsoft Certified:
    SharePoint Administrator Associate
• Experience in state government, public education, or a highly regulated industry with compliance requirements (FERPA, CJIS, etc.).
• Experience with migration tools (SharePoint Migration Tool, Mover) for migrating content from on-premises or other cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with the broader Microsoft 365 stack (Power Platform, Purview, Teams) and their integration with SharePoint.
• Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for customizing SharePoint user interfaces.
• Experience using Microsoft Purview for advanced information governance and eDiscovery
• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Relevant experience may be…