Office 365 and SharePoint Technical Specialist

1. 1. Role Brief

A fantastic opportunity to join a growing and highly experienced Office 365 and SharePoint consultancy. We are looking for an experienced Senior Office 365 Technical Specialist to join our cllients expanding team, comprised of SharePoint Developers, Technical Specialists and Consultants.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable working as part of a team and on their own, is self-motivated, keeps up to date with current trends in technology and able to evangelise Office 365 and SharePoint technologies to customer and the business. We are looking for people who are tenacious and demonstrate an ability to adapt and learn new technologies quickly.

This is a client facing role, experience of stakeholder management, carrying out requirements gathering workshops, business analysis, change management and delivering training would also be highly advantageous.

We are looking for candidates that are extremely adept in the implementation and delivery of Office 365 and SharePoint solutions, focusing especially on SharePoint Online and the Power Platform with experience using the following tools:

• SharePoint Online

• PowerShell using SharePoint and PnP

• Microsoft Teams

• Power Apps

• Power Automate (Flow)

• SharePoint Migration Tools

  • Sharegate

  • Microsoft SharePoint Migration tools and API

  • AvePoint, Metalogix, Custom Tools and Power Shell scripts also advantageous

• Power BI

• Planner

• Microsoft Stream

• Microsoft Forms

• Yammer

Our technical specialist roles start at SFIA level 4, however we are looking for a senior level 5 so candidates will need to demonstrate that they meet the attributes expected when operating at this level.

Knowledge and experience of SharePoint Apps and Customisation, Azure Automation and SharePoint Server On-Premises is desirable.

1. 1. Requirements

      1. Summary

• A team player with excellent communication skills

• Analytical thinking and problem-solving capability

• Self-motivated and enthusiastic about modern technology

• Strong business analyst and information architecture skills

• Ability to convert requirements into a solution architecture

• Great attention to detail and time-management skills

• Pragmatic in their approach i.e. choose the right tools/frameworks/method to complete the objective in an efficient and effective manner

• BSc/BA in computer science or relevant field; MSc/MA desirable

• Relevant Microsoft exam accreditations are desirable

1. 1. 1. Technical Skills - Essential

2. SharePoint Configuration and Administration

   • Features, Search, Site Collections, Site Configuration, Security Configuration

3. SharePoint Migration and Upgrades

   • SharePoint Solution Approaches - Intranet, Extranet Portals, Collaboration Portals, Document Management Systems

4. PowerApps and Power Automate line of business application design and development

5. Office 365 Collaboration Tools

   • Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Team Sites, Office 365 Groups, Planner, OneNote, Yammer

6. SharePoint provisioning, automation and scripting

   • CSOM, PowerShell, SharePoint PnP, Site Designs

7. SharePoint customisation entry points

   • Display Templates, SharePoint Framework Development, Web Parts

   • Classic customisation desirable - Page Layouts, Master pages, Apps, CSS

   • On premise vs Online

1. 1. 1. Technical Skills - Desirable

2. Power Platform Tools

   • PowerApps, Flow, Power BI

3. Office 365 Identity

   • Single Sign On, Azure AD, Azure B2B, AAD Connect, ADFS

4. Client-side development and frameworks e.g.

   • JavaScript, jQuery, Knockout, Angular, React, SharePoint Framework

5. Azure Development

   • Websites, Web Jobs and Web Apps, Run books, SQL Azure and Azure Functions, Azure migrations

6. SharePoint infrastructure

   • Farm topologies, Service applications, Backups, Hybrid Deployments, Publishing through ADFS, Hardware and Software minimum requirements, Performance Tuning

1. 1. Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.

• Pension scheme (the company will match up to 7.5% of contributions).

• Private health insurance.

• Employee share scheme.