Senior SharePoint Engineer

The Amatriot Group; Maryland; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider is seeking a Senior SharePoint Engineer to design, implement, and maintain SharePoint environments. Responsibilities include leading migrations, optimizing performance, and integrating with enterprise services. Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree in a related field and at least 8 years of experience, including five in SharePoint Server engineering. Salary is competitive, ranging from $140,000 to $200,000, and requires TS/SCI security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related technical discipline + 8 years’ experience or equivalent.
• Must have a minimum of five (5) years of SharePoint Server engineering experience.
• Microsoft SharePoint Administration certificate in multiple versions.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect enterprise SharePoint environments, including farm topology.
• Lead full lifecycle migrations of SharePoint platforms, ensuring service continuity.
• Monitor and tune SharePoint farm performance using various tools.

Skills

Windows operating systems

SQL Server

Power BI

PowerShell

Office 365

Microsoft SharePoint Administration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related technical discipline

Tools

ShareGate

Metalogix

Microsoft Internet Information Server (MS IIS)

Job description

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Security Clearance: TS/SCI

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD – onsite

Job Type: Full-Time

Target Salary Range: $140,000 - $200,000

This represents the potential salary range for this position depending on education level, years of experience and/or certifications in addition to other position specific requirements which may impact salary.

Position Overview

A SharePoint Engineer is a specialized IT professional who focuses on the design, implementation, and maintenance of Microsoft SharePoint environments. They are responsible for the technical architecture, infrastructure, and overall functionality of SharePoint systems within an organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect enterprise SharePoint environments (on-premises and/or SharePoint Online), including farm topology, service applications, web applications, and site collection architecture.
• Plan high-availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) configurations using SQL Server AlwaysOn, geo-redundancy, and backup/restore strategies.
• Lead full lifecycle migrations of SharePoint platforms (e.g., SharePoint 2013/2016 to SharePoint 2019, SharePoint SE or SharePoint Online), including assessment, planning, content inventory, tool selection (ShareGate, Metalogix, etc.), execution, and validation.
• Perform in-place or database-attach upgrades, ensuring schema compatibility, service continuity, and data integrity.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex migration issues related to customizations, content types, workflows, and integrations.
• Configure and manage core backend SharePoint services (e.g., User Profile Service, Managed Metadata, Search, Business Connectivity Services, Secure Store).
• Integrate SharePoint with enterprise services like Active Directory, ADFS, Azure AD Connect, Exchange, and SQL Server.
• Define engineering standards for SharePoint backend environments, including naming conventions, patching windows, and change control processes.
• Collaborate with architects and other engineers to review and validate infrastructure changes before deployment.
• Monitor and tune SharePoint farm performance using tools such as ULS Viewer, Health Analyzer, PerfMon, and SQL Profiler.
• Optimize SQL Server performance for SharePoint, including index tuning, maintenance plans, and I/O analysis.
• Analyze and resolve latency, load balancing, and resource contention issues across WFE, App, and DB tiers.

Required and Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related technical discipline + 8 years’ experience or the equivalent combination of education, technical certification or training, or work/military experience.
• Extensive knowledge of Windows operating systems, SQL Server, Power BI, PowerShell, and Office 365.
• Microsoft SharePoint Administration certificate in multiple versions.
• Must have a minimum of five (5) years of SharePoint Server engineering experience.
• Experience with SQL Server/Oracle database structures and processes.

Desired

• Experience with Microsoft Internet Information Server (MS IIS).
• User-Centric UI and UX front-end design experience.
• User Interface Design, web design, technology security, relational database exposure, and OO principles.
• Experience in HTML, ASP.Net, C# aka (C sharp), JavaScript, XML, Oracle 12c, Web API, and ASP technologies Platforms.

Clearance

• TS/SCI, TS with SCI Eligibility, or TS.