M365/SharePoint Administrator L3

Position: M365/SharePoint Administrator L3
Location: Jersey City NJ(Onsite)
Contract

Job responsibilities
Working experience in On-premises Exchange 2019 / SE and M365 workloads (EXO, SPO, Teams & one Drive).
Working experience in Exchange 2019 HA / Database Availability Group
Working experience in Hybrid Mail flow, Edge Servers, Security and exchange patching
Knowledge of Client connectivity
Proficiency in scripting / PowerShell.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills.
10+ years experience in Exchange 2019 / 2016 On-premises and M365 Exchange, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint
Any Certification on M365 / Exchange / SharePoint will be an added advantage.
Experience & Technical Requirements

Core Experience
Minimum 10+ years of hands on experience administering Microsoft SharePoint Server (on premise) environments, with strong focus on SharePoint Server 2019.
Proven experience supporting large, enterprise scale SharePoint farms (single/multi farm, multi tier architecture).
Experience operating SharePoint in production environments with strict availability, security, and change management controls.
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SharePoint Administration & Operations
Strong hands on expertise in:
o SharePoint farm administration, including Central Administration and service applications
o Site collections, sites, lists, libraries, and templates
o Permissions management (AD groups, SharePoint groups, inheritance, least privilege models)
o User Profile Service (UPS) configuration, synchronization, and troubleshooting
o Managed Metadata Service, Search Service, Secure Store, State Service, and other core service applications
Experience handling user access issues, permission corruption, profile resets, and access denied scenarios.
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Patching, Maintenance & Upgrades
Hands on experience with:
o SharePoint Server 2019 patching (Cumulative Updates / Security Updates)
o Pre patch validation, patch sequencing, and post patch health checks
o Coordinating patching with SQL Server and Windows Server updates
o Troubleshooting post patch issues (search failures, timer jobs, service outages).
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Automation & PowerShell
Strong hands on experience using SharePoint Management Shell / PowerShell, including:
o Farm health checks
o Bulk site and permission operations
o Service application administration
o Scripted backup, restore, and cleanup tasks
Ability to write, modify, and maintain custom PowerShell scripts for operational automation.
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Backup, Restore & DR
Proven experience with:
o Farm level, web application, and site collection backups and restores
o SQL level and SharePoint native backup/restore strategies
o Supporting DR testing and recovery activities
o Troubleshooting restore failures and content database issues.
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IIS, Windows & SQL Server
Strong working knowledge of:
o IIS administration for SharePoint (application pools, bindings, certificates, authentication settings)
o Windows Server administration related to SharePoint farms
o SQL Server used by SharePoint:
Content databases, service application databases
Basic performance troubleshooting (locks, growth, capacity planning)
Coordinating with DBAs on maintenance and failovers
Ability to analyze ULS logs, IIS logs, Event Viewer, and SQL errors for root cause analysis.
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Monitoring & Troubleshooting
Experience supporting SharePoint incidents and outages, including:
o Performance degradation
o Search and crawl failures
o Authentication and access issues
o Timer job and service failures
Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools (APM, synthetic monitoring, log aggregation such as Splunk is a plus).
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Security & Compliance
Experience implementing and supporting:
o SharePoint security baselines and hardening standards
o Permission reviews, audits, and remediation
o Handling audit or compliance driven requests related to SharePoint data access
Understanding of enterprise change control and incident management processes.
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Nice to Have (Optional / Preferred)
Experience with SharePoint Server Subscription Edition or upgrade planning
Exposure to SharePoint Online / Hybrid environments
Experience supporting migration projects from SharePoint 2019 to SharePoint Online
Ability to document operational runbooks and standard operating procedures (SOPs).