SharePoint Infrastructure Engineer

SharePoint Infrastructure Engineer

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£600 Per day
Inside
Remote
London; City of London; East London; Central London; South East London; West London; Canary Wharf; South West London; North London; Greenwich; Stratford

Summary: The SharePoint Infrastructure Engineer role involves providing operational and technical support following a migration to SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. The engineer will ensure platform stability, performance, and availability while implementing enhancements aligned with business needs. This position requires strong experience in SharePoint infrastructure support and collaboration with various teams to ensure efficient service delivery. The role is remote and classified as inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide L2/L3 support across SharePoint farms
  • Troubleshoot incidents, resolve defects, and manage service requests
  • Ensure high availability and performance of the platform
  • Deliver minor enhancements and configuration changes, including site updates and improvements, workflow modifications, UI/UX tweaks, and automation enhancements
  • Manage and maintain SharePoint Servers and Farms, Service Applications, and Content Databases
  • Support integrations with Active Directory (AD), SQL Server, and related infrastructure
  • Support Dev, QA, and Production environments, manage deployments, migrations, and validation activities
  • Support integrations with Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps) and assist in automation initiatives
  • Maintain up-to-date technical documentation and operational procedures
  • Provide regular status updates and reporting
  • Collaborate with infrastructure teams, security teams, and business stakeholders

Key Skills:

  • Strong experience with SharePoint Server Subscription Edition (SE) or SharePoint 2019/2016
  • Proven background in SharePoint infrastructure support (L2/L3)
  • Solid knowledge of SharePoint farm architecture, service applications, and content databases
  • Experience with on-premises environments
  • Integration experience with Active Directory & SQL Server
  • Power Platform experience (desirable)
  • Experience managing multi-environment setups (Dev/QA/Prod)
  • Familiarity with deployments and migrations
  • Experience supporting post-migration environments
  • Knowledge of automation and workflow tools
  • Scripting experience (e.g., PowerShell for SharePoint administration)
  • Experience in professional services or legal industry environments

Salary (Rate): £600 per day

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

SharePoint Infrastructure Engineer

Contract Length: 3 Months

Location: Remote

Rate: Up to £600 per day - Inside IR35

Clearance Required: No

Overview

We are seeking an experienced SharePoint Infrastructure Engineer to provide operational and technical support following a migration from SharePoint 2016 to SharePoint Server Subscription Edition (on-premises). The successful candidate will ensure platform stability, performance, and availability, while supporting ongoing enhancements aligned with business needs.

Key Responsibilities

  • Platform Support
  • Provide L2/L3 support across SharePoint farms
  • Troubleshoot incidents, resolve defects, and manage service requests
  • Ensure high availability and performance of the platform
  • Enhancements & Configuration
  • Deliver minor enhancements and configuration changes, including:
    • Site updates and improvements
    • Workflow modifications
    • UI/UX tweaks
    • Automation enhancements
  • Administration
  • Manage and maintain:
    • SharePoint Servers and Farms
    • Service Applications
    • Content Databases
  • Support integrations with:
    • Active Directory (AD)
    • SQL Server
    • Gateways and related infrastructure
  • Environment Management
  • Support Dev, QA, and Production environments
  • Manage deployments, migrations, and validation activities
  • Ensure smooth promotion of releases across environments
  • Integration & Automation
  • Support integrations with:
    • Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps)
    • Enterprise systems and workflows
  • Assist in automation initiatives to improve efficiency
  • Documentation & Reporting
  • Maintain up-to-date:
    • Technical documentation
    • Operational procedures
  • Provide regular status updates and reporting
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Collaborate with:
    • Infrastructure teams
    • Security teams
    • Business stakeholders
  • Ensure efficient issue resolution and service delivery

Required Skills & Experience

  • Strong experience with SharePoint Server Subscription Edition (SE) or SharePoint 2019/2016
  • Proven background in SharePoint infrastructure support (L2/L3)
  • Solid knowledge of:
    • SharePoint farm architecture
    • Service applications and content databases
  • Experience with on-premises environments
  • Integration experience with:
    • Active Directory & SQL Server
    • Power Platform (desirable)
  • Experience managing multi-environment setups (Dev/QA/Prod)
  • Familiarity with deployments and migrations

Desirable Skills

  • Experience supporting post-migration environments
  • Knowledge of automation and workflow tools
  • Scripting experience (e.g., PowerShell for SharePoint administration)
  • Experience in professional services or legal industry environments