Senior SharePoint Administrator (Lead)

Roles & Responsibilities :
Enterprise SharePoint Platform Administration

• Lead administration and support of large-scale enterprise SharePoint farms consisting of 50+ servers across Development, QA, DR, and Production environments.

• Design, implement, and maintain high availability SharePoint environments.

• Perform platform capacity planning, farm optimization, and lifecycle management.

• Define and enforce operational standards and best practices.

SharePoint Architecture & Governance

• Provide technical leadership for SharePoint platform architecture and roadmap.

• Establish governance frameworks covering:

  • Site lifecycle management

  • Security governance

  • Content management

  • Capacity management

  • Compliance requirements

• Conduct architecture reviews and platform assessments.

• Drive modernization and migration strategies.

SharePoint Online & Hybrid Environments

• Manage and support hybrid SharePoint environments.

• Lead SharePoint Online adoption initiatives.

• Integrate SharePoint with Microsoft 365 services including:

  • Teams

  • OneDrive

  • Power Platform

  • Microsoft Search

  • Entra ID

Migration Leadership

• Lead enterprise migration projects from:

  • SharePoint 2013/2016/2019

  • Legacy collaboration platforms

  • File shares

• Develop migration strategies, governance controls, and validation processes.

• Perform migration assessments using ShareGate or AvePoint tools.

Operational Support & Incident Management

• Serve as escalation point for critical P1 and P2 incidents.

• Lead root cause analysis sessions and implement preventive measures.

• Collaborate with Microsoft and vendor support teams during critical outages.

• Drive continuous service improvement initiatives.

Automation & Innovation

• Design and implement advanced PowerShell automation solutions.

• Automate:

  • Health checks

  • User access reviews

  • Configuration validation

  • Backup verification

  • Capacity monitoring

  • Reporting activities

• Identify opportunities for AI-driven and automated operational improvements.

Performance Optimization

• Monitor and optimize SharePoint performance.

• Analyze:

  • ULS Logs

  • IIS Logs

  • SQL Performance Metrics

  • Windows Event Logs

  • Search Performance

• Perform proactive capacity and growth planning.

Security & Compliance

• Implement enterprise security best practices.

• Manage:

  • Authentication and authorization

  • SSL certificates

  • Service accounts

  • Security hardening

  • Vulnerability remediation

• Support audit and compliance initiatives.

• Ensure compliance with corporate security policies and regulatory requirements.

Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

• Own SharePoint disaster recovery planning and testing.

• Design and maintain backup and restore strategies.

• Conduct periodic DR drills and recovery validations.

• Ensure RPO and RTO targets are met.

Release & Deployment Management

• Lead deployment and upgrade activities.

• Deploy:

  • Custom SharePoint Solutions

  • Third-party packages

  • Cumulative Updates

  • Security Patches

  • Subscription Edition Feature Releases

• Establish deployment and rollback procedures.

Leadership & Mentoring

• Mentor SharePoint administrators and L2/L3 engineers.

• Conduct technical knowledge-sharing sessions.

• Support recruitment and technical evaluation activities.

• Define operational KPIs and service improvement plans.
  

Educational qualification:

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.

Experience :

10+ Years of experience with at least 5+ Years of experience in Onpremise SharePoint Administration work

Mandatory/requires Skills :
SharePoint Server 2019

1. SharePoint Subscription Edition

2. SharePoint Online / Microsoft 365

3. PowerShell Scripting and Automation

4. ShareGate or AvePoint Migration Tool

5. IIS Administration

6. Windows Server Administration

7. SQL Server (SharePoint backend administration)

8. Active Directory / Entra ID Integration

9. SharePoint Governance and Security

10. Incident, Problem, and Change Management

11. ServiceNow, Remedy, Jira, or equivalent ticketing systems

Preferred Skills :

Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps)

1. Azure Administration

2. Microsoft Purview

3. SCOM, Splunk, Azure Monitor, AppDynamics

4. Hybrid SharePoint Architecture

5. Microsoft Graph APIs

6. DevOps CI/CD for SharePoint Deployments

7. ITIL Framework

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior SharePoint Administrator to lead the administration, governance, modernization, and support of large-scale enterprise SharePoint environments. The ideal candidate will possess deep experti