SharePoint Administrator - AWS Cloud & Project Server Support

Summary

• As a SharePoint Administrator – SharePoint & Project Server (AWS), you will be responsible for administering, supporting, and maintaining enterprise SharePoint Server and Project Server (PWA) environments hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The role supports both operational stability and strategic initiatives, including cloud hosting, platform optimization, and on premises to AWS migrations.
  You will collaborate closely with infrastructure, security, development, and PMO teams to ensure system availability, performance, security, and compliance with Gainwell infrastructure and operational standards. This role requires deep technical expertise in SharePoint, AWS infrastructure, networking, and enterprise platform administration.
  This role is strictly involved in platform administration, infrastructure support, and application configuration activities and does not involve access to Protected Health Information (PHI), Personally Identifiable Information (PII), or any secured or confidential client data. The work is limited to SharePoint and Project Server administration, infrastructure operations, and cloud platform support and does not include handling or processing of sensitive health or personal information.

Your role in our mission

Having 10 or more years of experience, this position will be responsible for supporting SharePoint and Project Server platforms across build, migration, and operational support activities.
•    Install, configure, administer, and support SharePoint Server and Project Server / PWA environments hosted in AWS.
•    Manage SharePoint farms, site collections, web applications, content databases, service applications, and permissions.
•    Configure, support, and troubleshoot SharePoint workflows, including Nintex, SharePoint Designer, and Power Automate.
•    Administer AWS infrastructure components supporting SharePoint environments, including EC2, RDS/SQL Server, VPC, IAM, S3, and CloudWatch.
•    Plan and execute on premises to AWS migrations for SharePoint and Project Server environments.
•    Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to performance, availability, search, and service application configurations.
•    Manage enterprise networking components, including DNS, SSL certificates, firewalls, routing, and load balancers.
•    Ensure systems meet security, patching, backup, recovery, and compliance requirements in alignment with Gainwell standards.
•    Maintain operational documentation, procedures, and platform configurations.
•    Provide ongoing operational support and collaborate with infrastructure, security, and application teams to resolve issues and implement enhancements.

What we're looking for

•    10+ years of experience in enterprise platform or collaboration system administration.
•    Strong hands on experience administering SharePoint Server (2016/2019/Subscription Edition).
•    Experience with Project Server / Project Web App (PWA) configuration, administration, and support.
•    Strong experience with AWS services, including EC2, RDS/SQL Server, VPC, IAM, S3, and CloudWatch.
•    Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including DNS, TCP/IP, SSL, routing, and load balancing.
•    Proven experience migrating SharePoint environments from on premises to AWS.
•    Proficiency with PowerShell for SharePoint automation and administration.
•    Working knowledge of SQL Server administration in support of SharePoint databases.
•    Experience troubleshooting workflows and integration points within SharePoint environments.
•    Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills.
•    Strong verbal and written communication skills.
•    Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a large, matrixed enterprise environment.
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Preferred Skills:
•    AWS certifications, such as Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator.
•    Microsoft SharePoint certifications.
•    Experience using SharePoint migration tools such as ShareGate or Metalogix.
•    Exposure to infrastructure automation, including CloudFormation or Terraform.
•    Experience with Power Platform integrations and extensions.
•    Experience supporting enterprise scale collaboration platforms with high availability and uptime requirements.

What you should expect in this role

• Remote