At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage and optimise SharePoint environments while driving infrastructure improvements.
- Company: Join a high-performing tech team focused on enterprise-scale solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, fully remote work, and a chance to influence critical platforms.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth in a dynamic, technically focused environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on SharePoint infrastructure and collaborate with innovative teams.
- Qualifications: Strong experience in SharePoint administration and PowerShell automation required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
We're seeking an experienced SharePoint Infrastructure Engineer to join a high-performing technical team delivering enterprise-scale SharePoint infrastructure and collaboration solutions. This role is ideal for a senior infrastructure specialist with extensive experience supporting SharePoint Subscription Edition / SharePoint Server, Windows Server, and PowerShell automation. You'll be responsible for maintaining highly available SharePoint environments, driving infrastructure improvements, and supporting ongoing project delivery using modern DevOps practices.
As the SharePoint Infrastructure Engineer, you'll take ownership of the administration, performance, security and ongoing development of enterprise SharePoint platforms. Key responsibilities include:
- Administration and support of SharePoint Subscription Edition on-premises farms
- Building, configuring and maintaining new SharePoint farm environments
- Monitoring platform health, performance, availability and capacity
- Installing cumulative updates, patches and security fixes
- Managing the underlying Windows Server, SQL Server and SharePoint infrastructure
- Configuring and optimising SharePoint service applications and farm architecture
- Developing and maintaining PowerShell scripts to automate administration and operational tasks
- Supporting deployment of SharePoint solutions, customisations and applications alongside development teams
- Working with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines to support release and deployment processes
- Implementing security, governance and best practice across the SharePoint estate
- Collaborating with technical teams and stakeholders to deliver scalable collaboration and document management solutions
- Identifying opportunities to improve operational efficiency through automation and platform optimisation
We're looking for someone who can demonstrate:
- Strong, demonstrable commercial experience administering SharePoint on-premises environments
- Strong experience with SharePoint Subscription Edition and/or SharePoint Server infrastructure
- Proven experience designing, building and maintaining SharePoint farms
- Advanced PowerShell scripting and automation experience
- Strong Windows Server administration experience
- Good understanding of SQL Server in a SharePoint environment
- Experience working with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
- Strong knowledge of SharePoint security, governance and performance tuning
- Excellent troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with infrastructure, development and business teams
Any experience in the following would be advantageous:
- .NET development
- SharePoint Framework (SPFx)
- React and/or Angular
- Microsoft Azure services
- Microsoft Entra ID / Entra Connect Sync
- Microsoft 365 hybrid and multi-tenant environments
This is an excellent opportunity to join a technically focused environment where you'll have the chance to influence the stability, performance and future direction of a critical SharePoint platform while working on a variety of infrastructure and transformation initiatives.
