Sr. Microsoft Certified SharePoint Engineer / Remote

Position Title: Sr. Microsoft Certified SharePoint Engineer

Location: DC / Remote

Required - Top 3

• 5 Years of Appian Experience
• Must be able to work onsite 3 days a week
  
  

Typical Day to Day: 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

Company Description: USAC, the Universal Service Administrative Company, is an independent non-profit that manages the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Universal Service Fund (USF) to ensure affordable phone and internet access, running programs like Lifeline (low-income support), E-Rate (schools/libraries), Rural Health Care, and High Cost (rural expansion), effectively bridging the digital divide

Job Description

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
• Compliance settings for MS 365 groups, Teams and SharePoint collaboration
• 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
• 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