SharePoint Farm Administrator

Leidos Inc; Suitland (MD); On-site; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a SharePoint Farm Administrator to lead a two-person team at the National Maritime Intelligence Center in Suitland, MD. You will oversee enterprise SharePoint operations, site creation, patching, and performance tuning, ensuring reliable services for multiple government stakeholders.

The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance, extensive SharePoint and SQL Server experience, and proficiency with Central Administration, STSADM.EXE, and PowerShell.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree and 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Active Security+ certification or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire.
• 4+ years of experience as a SharePoint Farm Admin.
• 3+ years of experience supporting SharePoint users.
• 3+ years of experience as a SQL Database Administrator.
• Able to quickly build a SharePoint farm.
• Familiar with Central Administration and STSADM.EXE, managed properties, content sources, crawling, profiles.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of two other SharePoint administrators in the management of enterprise level SharePoint systems infrastructures at the National Maritime Intelligence Center.
• Manage creation and maintenance of SharePoint sites, tuning performance, and storage allocation.
• Provide user/site administration, apply patches, review performance logs, troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Collaborate with IT, government stakeholders, and other admins for configuration, maintenance, upgrades and reliability.
• Develop and update user and technician documentation for SharePoint services and applications.
• Monitor daily performance and initiate remediation with the government/contractor team.
• Respond to ITSM incidents, problems, and service requests or delegate to the SharePoint team.

Skills

SharePoint administration

PowerShell scripting

IIS management

Active directory

Network troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree in related field

Tools

STSADM.EXE

Central Administration

Power Platform

SQL Server

LDAP/AD tools

Job description

Description

SharePoint Farm Administrator

Location: Suitland, MD

Clearance: Active TS/SCI

Leidos is hiring a SharePoint Farm Administrator to lead a team at our customer site at the National Maritime Intelligence Center in Suitland, MD.

In this role you will provide SharePoint Operations and Maintenance for Collaborative Services, Automated Business Processes, and related applications (currently SharePoint based) to fulfill the Hopper Information Services Center (ISC), Operations Department (ISC-N3), and Services Division (ISC-N33) SharePoint mission requirements.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead a team of two other SharePoint administrators in the management of enterprise level SharePoint systems infrastructures, implementing best practices to identify and recommend system functional specifications, and infrastructure at the National Maritime Intelligence Center.
• Be responsible for all SharePoint operations to include creation and maintenance of SharePoint sites, updating and supporting systems by tuning performance, allocating storage space. Support can include, but is not limited to user and site administration, implementing critical patches, reviewing systems performance logs to identify anomalies, troubleshooting and resolving issues, sometimes using novel or other unique solutions.
• Work across IT functional boundaries (other SharePoint administrators, network administrators, system administrators, database administrators, government stakeholders, etc.) with configuration, installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, upgrade and system management for optimum performance and reliability.
• Develop and update user documentation and training and technician documentation for SharePoint based Collaborative Services, Applications and Automated Business Process.
• Monitor daily performance and initiate remediation in accordance with approved processes and procedures to the government/contractor support team.
• Act on and respond to ITSM incident, problem, and service request tickets or delegate to the SharePoint team for resolution.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree and 6+ years of relevant experience. Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Active Security+ certification or the ability to obtain within 30 days of hire.
• 4+ years of experience as a SharePoint Farm Admin.
• 3+ years of experience supporting SharePoint users.
• 3+ years of experience as a SQL Database Administrator.
• Able to quickly build a SharePoint farm.
• Familiar with all the functionality of the "Central Administration" web application and the STSADM.EXE commands as well as Shared Services functions, including managed properties, content sources, crawling, profiles, etc.
• Proficient at IIS Management, Server Administration, Active Directory Operation (including LDAP queries), DNS Operations, SMTP, Network Load Balancing (NLB), Event Viewer and Performance Monitor, Powershell scripting and providing SharePoint support and developer training.
• Broad knowledge of Windows networking and authentication, Kerberos and PKI and how to troubleshoot and resolve network connection and authentication problems. Comfortable with a variety of utilities such as Process Monitor, Network Monitor, Fiddler, LDAP browsers, KLIST, ADSIEdit, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200).
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400).
• Experience administering or supporting enterprise Power Platform environments, including governance, security, deployment, and application lifecycle management.
• Experience integrating SharePoint, Power Platform, SQL Server, and Microsoft 365 to implement enterprise collaborative services and automated business processes.

Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00 is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.