W2 contract || Microsoft365 Administrator L3

Location: Jersey City, NJ (onsite from day one) • 12+ month W2 contract

About the Role

We are seeking an M365/SharePoint Administrator with 8+ years of experience to support on-premises Exchange 2019, SharePoint Server 2019, and M365 workloads in a large enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Administer and operate SharePoint Server 2019 farms with strict availability, security, and change-management controls
• Manage Exchange 2019 high-availability (Database Availability Groups), hybrid mail flow, Edge Servers, security, and patching
• Configure and troubleshoot M365 workloads (Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive)
• Handle site collections, sites, lists, libraries, templates, and permissions (AD groups, SharePoint groups, inheritance, least-privilege models)
• Administer core service applications: User Profile Service, Managed Metadata Service, Search Service, Secure Store, State Service
• Resolve user access issues, permission corruption, profile resets, and access-denied scenarios
• Perform SharePoint Server 2019 patching (Cumulative Updates / Security Updates), pre-patch validation, sequencing, and post-patch health checks
• Coordinate patching with SQL Server and Windows Server updates; troubleshoot post-patch issues (search failures, timer jobs, service outages)
• Automate farm health checks, bulk site/permission operations, service-application administration, and backup/restore tasks using PowerShell
• Execute farm-level, web-application, and site-collection backups/restores; support disaster-recovery testing and recovery activities
• Administer IIS for SharePoint (application pools, bindings, certificates, authentication settings) and Windows Server components
• Manage SQL Server content databases, service-application databases, and basic performance troubleshooting (locks, growth, capacity planning)
• Analyze ULS logs, IIS logs, Event Viewer, and SQL errors for root-cause analysis
• Monitor and troubleshoot SharePoint incidents: performance degradation, search/crawl failures, authentication/access issues, timer-job failures
• Implement SharePoint security baselines, hardening standards, permission reviews, audits, and compliance-driven requests
• Document operational runbooks and standard operating procedures (SOPs)

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on experience administering Microsoft SharePoint Server (on-premises) with a strong focus on SharePoint Server 2019
• 10+ years of experience with Exchange 2019/2016 on-premises and M365 (Exchange Online, Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint Online)
• Proven experience supporting large, enterprise-scale SharePoint farms (single/multi-farm, multi-tier architecture)
• Proficiency in scripting and PowerShell for SharePoint and Exchange administration
• Strong working knowledge of client connectivity, hybrid mail flow, and Exchange security
• Certification on M365, Exchange, or SharePoint (preferred)

Skills

• SharePoint farm administration (Central Administration, service applications)
• Permissions management (AD groups, SharePoint groups, inheritance, least-privilege models)
• User Profile Service (UPS) configuration, synchronization, and troubleshooting
• Managed Metadata Service, Search Service, Secure Store, State Service, and other core service applications
• SharePoint Server 2019 patching, maintenance, and upgrades
• PowerShell automation for farm health checks, bulk operations, service-application administration, and backup/restore tasks
• Backup, restore, and disaster-recovery strategies for SharePoint and SQL Server
• IIS administration for SharePoint (application pools, bindings, certificates, authentication settings)
• Windows Server administration related to SharePoint farms
• SQL Server administration for SharePoint (content databases, service-application databases, performance troubleshooting)
• Monitoring and troubleshooting SharePoint incidents (performance, search, authentication, timer jobs, service failures)
• SharePoint security baselines, hardening standards, permission audits, and compliance-driven requests
• Root-cause analysis using ULS logs, IIS logs, Event Viewer, and SQL errors

Nice to Have

• Experience with SharePoint Server Subscription Edition or upgrade planning
• Exposure to SharePoint Online / Hybrid environments
• Support for migration projects from SharePoint 2019 to SharePoint Online
• Documentation of operational runbooks and standard operating procedures (SOPs)