About This Role
Administering and supporting on-premises SharePoint Subscription Edition (SPSE) environments is the core of this role. The SharePoint Administrator will manage and maintain SharePoint farms, web applications, service applications, and site collections, providing L2/L3 production support and ensuring operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Administer and support SharePoint Subscription Edition (SPSE) on-premises environments
- Manage and maintain SharePoint farms, web applications, service applications, and site collections
- Provide L2/L3 production support, including incident, problem, and change management through ITSM tools
- Perform SharePoint installations, upgrades, Windows Server patching, and SharePoint Cumulative Updates (CUs)
- Plan and execute weekend and after-hours deployments, patching, and maintenance activities as required
- Monitor SharePoint health, performance, logs, capacity, and availability, proactively identifying and resolving issues
- Manage and support backup, restore, disaster recovery (DR), and high-availability (HA) environments
- Configure and maintain security, authentication, Entra ID integration, and SharePoint permissions
- Troubleshoot and support custom SharePoint solutions, workflows, and third-party add-ons
- Collaborate with infrastructure, SQL, network, security, and other technical teams to resolve complex issues
- Enforce SharePoint governance, operational standards, security practices, and administration best practices
- Create and maintain runbooks, SOPs, patching plans, knowledge articles, and operational documentation
- Contribute to continuous service improvement and optimization of SharePoint environments
Requirements
- 6-9 years of experience in SharePoint administration, with a strong focus on SharePoint on-premises environments
- Hands-on experience administering SharePoint Subscription Edition (SPSE), SharePoint 2019, or SharePoint 2016
- Strong understanding of SharePoint farm architecture, web applications, service applications, site collections, and troubleshooting
- Proficiency in PowerShell for SharePoint administration, automation, and operational tasks
- Good operational knowledge of Windows Server, IIS, and SQL Server in SharePoint environments
- Hands-on experience with Windows OS patching and SharePoint Cumulative Update (CU) management
- Experience with L2/L3 production support and ITSM processes, including incident, problem, and change management
- Practical knowledge of SharePoint backup/restore, DR, and HA concepts and implementations
- Experience with authentication, Entra ID, security, and SharePoint permissions
- Exposure to troubleshooting custom solutions, workflows, and third-party SharePoint components
