AMERICAN SYSTEMS, a 100% employee-owned company, is seeking a talented SharePoint Administrator to manage and maintain three on-premises SharePoint farms and lead the upgrade of our current SharePoint environments to the latest supported version of Microsoft SharePoint, including planning, execution, testing, and post-migration support.
The ideal candidate has strong experience in SharePoint architecture, farm administration, and upgrades/migrations and working closely with infrastructure and business teams.
*** This job requisition is for potential upcoming work at AMERICAN SYSTEMS and does not represent a current opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted when the work becomes available. ***
ResponsibilitiesAs an AMERICAN SYSTEMS Lead SharePoint Administrator, you will:
- Administer and support three SharePoint farms (development/test and production environments).
- Monitor system health, performance, and capacity planning.
- Plan and execute upgrade projects to the latest version of SharePoint, including:
- Upgrade assessment and roadmap development
- Infrastructure planning and design
- Migration of content databases and service applications
- Testing, validation, and end-user support
- Manage patching, cumulative updates, and security configurations.
- Configure and maintain service applications (Search, Managed Metadata, User Profile, etc.).
- Troubleshoot and resolve SharePoint-related issues across the environment.
- Implement and maintain backup and disaster recovery strategies.
- Manage permissions, governance policies, and compliance requirements.
- Work with SQL DBAs to maintain SharePoint databases.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and provide technical solutions.
- Document architecture, configurations, and operational procedures.
- Design, deploy, and manage virtualize infrastructure using VMware vSphere, including ESXI hosts and vCenter Server
- U.S. Citizenship (Required)
- Top Secret clearance w/SCI eligibility
- Bachelor's degree (additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree)
- At least 8 years of hands-on SharePoint administration experience
- DoD 8140 IAT II-level certification (e.g. Security+ CE, or equivalent)
- Proven experience managing multi-server SharePoint farms
- Experience planning and executing SharePoint upgrades (e.g., 2016/2019 to Subscription Edition or later)
- Strong understanding of:
- Windows Server administration
- Active Directory integration
- IIS configuration
- SQL Server for SharePoint
- Experience with PowerShell scripting for SharePoint administration
- Knowledge of SharePoint governance and best practices
Key Competencies
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and documentation abilities
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills
Skills Required
- U.S. citizenship
- Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility
- Bachelor's degree, or additional relevant experience in lieu of degree
- At least 8 years of hands-on SharePoint administration experience
- DoD 8140 IAT II-level certification, such as Security+ CE or equivalent
- Experience managing multi-server SharePoint farms
- Experience planning and executing SharePoint upgrades, such as SharePoint 2016 or 2019 to Subscription Edition or later
- Strong understanding of Windows Server administration, Active Directory integration, IIS configuration, and SQL Server for SharePoint
- Experience with PowerShell scripting for SharePoint administration
- Knowledge of SharePoint governance and best practices
What We Do
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned government services contractor that delivers professional, technical, information technology, engineering, analysis, testing, evaluation, and training solutions for complex national-priority programs. Based in McLean, Virginia, the company supports federal customers—particularly defense and other Department of Defense missions—with mission-essential and information engineering, digital engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and lifecycle IT services across critical public-sector environments.
