SharePoint Admin

About the role

Client is seeking a highly skilled Senior SharePoint Administrator to design, build, and operationalize enterprise collaboration platforms. This role interfaces directly with business units to translate operational needs into secure, scalable SharePoint solutions. Responsibilities blend hands-on platform architecture with people leadership, directing less experienced developers and ensuring all solutions align with CJIS, COV, and FBI security policies, as well as the client’s strategic plans.

Responsibilities

• SharePoint Solution Design & Business Integration
  • Architect modern intranet portals, document management repositories, and automated business processes using the Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps).
  • Act as the technical liaison across PMO, Architecture, and business stakeholders to drive agency-wide collaboration adoption.
  • Ensure all custom solutions and third-party integrations adhere to state government IT policies and modernization strategies.
• Platform Administration, Security & Compliance
  • Administer and govern SharePoint environments, ensuring high availability, optimal performance, and secure architecture.
  • Implement and enforce access governance and automated compliance scanning for sensitive agency data.
  • Ensure platform components meet CJIS and COV requirements for authentication, authorization, logging, and auditability.
  • Maintain cloud governance artifacts, operational standards, runbooks, and architecture decision records for the SharePoint ecosystem.
  • Ensure consistent setup and usage across all divisions, providing unification of experience and common look and feel.
• Team Leadership & Developer Mentorship
  • Supervise and mentor junior SharePoint administrators, developers, and support staff.
  • Prioritize tasks for the SharePoint team based on agency needs.
  • Establish and enforce secure development standards, deployment practices, and automated testing for SharePoint Framework (SPFx) solutions.
  • Ensure all delivered solutions and platform configurations are well documented and highly maintainable for long-term operational success.
  • Lead peer code reviews and architectural design sessions to elevate team capabilities and maintain code quality.
  • Support agency-wide cloud adoption initiatives by establishing best practices for SaaS/PaaS collaboration tools.

Qualifications

• Required:
  • 8+ years of IT infrastructure and platform engineering experience, with a dedicated focus on enterprise SharePoint Administration (Online and Server 2016/2019).
  • Proven track record of interfacing with business stakeholders to design and implement complex SharePoint and Power Platform solutions.
  • Experience supervising and leading technical teams and mentoring junior developers.
  • Strong understanding of identity integration and compliance-driven governance, alongside data loss prevention (DLP).
• Preferred:
  • State or local government IT experience, specifically involving VITA compliance, procurement regulations, and cloud migration strategies.
  • Advanced proficiency in SharePoint Framework (SPFx), PowerShell scripting, and Microsoft Graph API integrations.
  • Experience integrating identity and access controls (Okta, CyberArk, Microsoft/Azure AD) into provisioning workflows.
  • Relevant Microsoft certifications (e.g., Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate, Power Platform Developer, or similar).
  • Familiarity with CJIS, COV, or similar security frameworks.

Skills

• Microsoft 365 administrator and Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate certifications required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft products (MS Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook).

Success Measures

• A SharePoint strategy is documented, approved, and aligned with organizational goals for application usage and modernization.
• SharePoint environments are configured accurately, following governance standards for site architecture, permissions, and branding consistency.
• Work requests are logged, tracked, and prioritized through a centralized system.
• Team members receive ongoing support and mentorship, with measurable growth in technical proficiency (tracked via certifications or skill assessments).
• Feedback loops from users and stakeholders drive iterative enhancements to SharePoint functionality.