Lead SharePoint Upgrade & Admin Architect

American Systems; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

AMERICAN SYSTEMS, a 100% employee-owned company, seeks a talented SharePoint SE Administrator to manage three on-premises SharePoint farms and lead upgrades to SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, including planning, execution, testing, and post-migration support.

The ideal candidate will bring deep SharePoint architecture and farm administration experience, plus strong collaboration with infrastructure and business teams.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active Top Secret clearance w/ SCI eligibility.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years hands-on SharePoint administration.
• DoD 8140 IAT II-level certification (Security+ CE) or equivalent.
• Experience managing multi-server SharePoint farms.
• Experience planning and executing SharePoint upgrades (2016/2019 to Subscription Edition or later).
• Strong Windows Server, Active Directory, IIS, and SQL Server for SharePoint familiarity.
• PowerShell scripting proficiency.
• Knowledge of governance and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support three SharePoint farms (dev/test/prod).
• Monitor system health, performance, and capacity planning.
• Plan and execute upgrades to the latest SharePoint version.
• Manage patching, cumulative updates, and security configurations.
• Configure and maintain service applications (Search, Managed Metadata, User Profile).
• Troubleshoot SharePoint issues; implement DR strategies.
• Collaborate with SQL DBAs to maintain SharePoint databases.
• Document architecture and operational procedures.
• Design, deploy, and manage VMware virtualization infrastructure.

Skills

SharePoint architecture

Farm administration

Upgrades/migrations

PowerShell scripting

Windows Server

Active Directory

IIS configuration

SQL Server for SharePoint

VMware virtualization

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

DoD 8140 IAT II-level certification (Security+ CE)

Tools

SharePoint Server Subscription Edition

VMware vSphere

vCenter Server

Job description

AMERICAN SYSTEMS, a 100% employee-owned company, seeks a talented SharePoint SE Administrator to manage three on-premises SharePoint farms and lead upgrades to SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, including planning, execution, testing, and post-migration support.

The ideal candidate will bring deep SharePoint architecture and farm administration experience, plus strong collaboration with infrastructure and business teams.