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Senior Microsoft Certified SharePoint Engineer

Washington, DC 20005

Posted: 03/25/2026 Industry: IT/ Software Development Job Number: 26-42391 Pay Rate: 65-65 USD/Hour

Job Description

Title: Senior Microsoft Certified SharePoint Engineer
Duration: TBD
Location: 700 12th St NW, Washington, DC 20005
Position: Hybrid
Pay Range: $65.00 - $70.00 (Negotiable)

Description:
Position Summary
The Senior Microsoft Certified SharePoint Engineer is responsible for leading the architecture, migration, and modernization of enterprise SharePoint environments, with a primary focus on migrating SharePoint On Premises platforms to SharePoint Online (Microsoft 365). This role serves as a technical authority, providing strategic guidance, hands on leadership, and best practice governance to ensure secure, scalable, and user centric cloud solutions.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
SharePoint Architecture & Technical Leadership
  • Serve as the technical lead and subject matter expert for SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 collaboration solutions.
  • Design target state SharePoint Online architectures aligned with Microsoft best practices and organizational standards.
  • Define information architecture, governance models, permission strategies, and lifecycle management frameworks.
Migration Strategy & Delivery
  • Lead USAC s enterprise scale migration from SharePoint 2010/2013/2016/2019 to SharePoint Online.
  • Conduct comprehensive assessments of legacy environments, including custom solutions, workflows, forms, and integrations.
  • Develop migration roadmaps, risk mitigation strategies, and execution plans.
  • Recommend, Oversee and Execute migrations using tools from past successful migrations.
  • Lead the creation of an MS 365 collaboration governance plan considering the key business goals and processes
  • Provide guidance and expertise on the following:
    • Best practices for settings in services, ensuring settings allow optimal interactions between services such as groups, SharePoint and Teams
    • Level of access to grant users in groups, SharePoint and Teams o Compliance settings for MS 365 groups, Teams and SharePoint collaboration o Communications governance options for collaboration scenarios
    • Organization and lifecycle governance policies and settings, including for group and team creation, naming, expiration and archiving
    • Content lifecycle governance policies and settings, ensuring compliance with USAC policies
    • Ensuring content is organized through automated policies to prevent content sprawl
    • Advice on best practices for organizational change management and training o Support the team in aligning MS 365 rollout with ZTA activities
  • Review, and make suggested best-practices changes to the USAC MS 365 rollout roadmap
Governance, Security & Compliance
  • Establish and enforce SharePoint Online governance standards, including site provisioning, naming conventions, permissions, and retention policies.
  • Collaborate with security and compliance teams to implement Microsoft 365 controls such as retention labels, DLP, and access governance.
  • Ensure solutions comply with organizational, legal, and regulatory requirements.
Automation & Optimization
  • Optimize SharePoint Online performance, search, and usability using modern SharePoint design principles.
  • Leverage Power Platform capabilities (Power Automate, Power Apps) to replace or enhance legacy functionality.
Stakeholder Engagement & Mentorship
  • Act as a trusted technical advisor to business stakeholders, project managers, and leadership.
  • Provide guidance and mentorship to junior SharePoint engineers and administrators.
  • Produce architectural documentation, technical standards, and operational runbooks.

Required Qualifications
  • Microsoft certification in SharePoint or Microsoft 365 (e.G., Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert or Teamwork Administrator Associate).
  • Minimum of 7 years of hands on experience with SharePoint, including enterprise scale environments.
  • Proven experience leading multiple SharePoint On Premises to SharePoint Online migrations.
  • Expert knowledge of SharePoint Online architecture, modern sites, hub sites, permissions, and search.
  • Strong experience with PowerShell, including PnP PowerShell.
  • In depth understanding of Microsoft 365 integration points, including Teams, OneDrive, and
Azure Active Directory.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience designing and supporting hybrid SharePoint environments.
  • Strong knowledge of Power Platform solutions and workflow modernization.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Purview compliance and information protection features.
  • Experience working in large enterprise or regulated environments.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Strong architectural and analytical skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business friendly language.
  • Proven leadership and mentoring capabilities.
  • High attention to detail with a focus on security, scalability, and sustainability.

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