Administer and secure the companys Microsoft 365 commercial environment and SharePoint Online. Manage identity (Entra ID/Azure), tenant synchronization, Teams, Power Platform integrations, governance, permissions, and automation. Assess and reorganize SharePoint/Teams sites, design Power Apps/Automate solutions, work with business stakeholders, and drive projects to improve security, governance, and user experience.
Significance is a woman-owned consulting firm serving the federal government. We are known for building trusted relationships within our teams and with our clients and hiring the highest-level experts who implement innovative solutions. We also like to have fun! Our focus on culture has contributed to Significance being named a Washington Business Journal Best Place to Work each of the last seven years.
Significance, Inc. is seeking a Microsoft 365 Administrator with SharePoint expertise to join our growing team. This is a fully remote position offering the opportunity to support a dynamic and collaborative environment while helping optimize and manage our Microsoft 365 and SharePoint platforms.
The Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Administrator will be responsible for the administration, security, optimization, and ongoing improvement of the company’s Microsoft 365 commercial environment, including coordination of identity and account synchronization between the commercial and Microsoft 365 GCC tenants.
This position will serve as a primary technical resource for Microsoft Entra ID, Azure, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Power Apps, and Power Automate. The individual will work closely with internal departments to assess existing SharePoint and Teams environments, improve site organization and governance, strengthen access controls, automate business processes, and enhance the overall user experience.
The successful candidate will be a proactive, self-directed professional who can independently identify opportunities for improvement, develop project plans, coordinate with business stakeholders, and drive initiatives through completion. This role requires a strong understanding of Microsoft 365 security architecture, identity management, SharePoint information architecture, and the integration of Power Platform solutions with SharePoint and Teams.
Required Skills:
- Demonstrated experience administering Microsoft 365 commercial environments, including user accounts, licensing, groups, applications, and tenant-level settings.
- Strong experience with Microsoft Entra ID, including user and group management, guest accounts, enterprise applications, authentication, role-based access control, and identity governance.
- Experience managing identity, account, or directory synchronization between separate Microsoft 365 tenants or organizational environments.
- Strong SharePoint Online administration and development experience, including site collections, hub sites, modern SharePoint sites, lists, libraries, metadata, content types, navigation, and permissions.
- Experience assessing, reorganizing, and cleaning up existing SharePoint environments and Microsoft Teams-connected sites.
- Strong understanding of SharePoint and Microsoft Teams security architecture, including site permissions, Microsoft 365 Groups, security groups, guest access, external sharing, sensitivity considerations, and least-privilege access.
- Experience administering Microsoft Teams, including team and channel configuration, membership, guest access, connected SharePoint sites, and governance.
- Experience developing Power Apps and Power Automate workflows that integrate with SharePoint lists, libraries, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, approvals, and other Microsoft 365 services.
- Ability to analyze existing manual business processes and design practical Microsoft 365 and Power Platform solutions to improve efficiency, consistency, and control.
- Experience working directly with business departments and process owners to gather requirements, document workflows, develop solutions, and support implementation.
- Ability to independently manage multiple projects, establish priorities, communicate progress, and drive initiatives to completion.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 security, compliance, retention, audit logging, and access-management concepts.
- Experience using PowerShell or other administrative scripting tools to manage and automate Microsoft 365, Entra ID, SharePoint, or Teams administrative tasks.
- Strong experience with Microsoft Entra ID, including user and group management, guest accounts, enterprise applications, authentication, role-based access control, and identity governance.
- Experience managing identity, account, or directory synchronization between separate Microsoft 365 tenants or organizational environments.
- Strong SharePoint Online administration and development experience, including site collections, hub sites, modern SharePoint sites, lists, libraries, metadata, content types, navigation, and permissions.
- Experience assessing, reorganizing, and cleaning up existing SharePoint environments and Microsoft Teams-connected sites.
- Strong understanding of SharePoint and Microsoft Teams security architecture, including site permissions, Microsoft 365 Groups, security groups, guest access, external sharing, sensitivity considerations, and least-privilege access.
- Experience administering Microsoft Teams, including team and channel configuration, membership, guest access, connected SharePoint sites, and governance.
- Experience developing Power Apps and Power Automate workflows that integrate with SharePoint lists, libraries, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, approvals, and other Microsoft 365 services.
- Ability to analyze existing manual business processes and design practical Microsoft 365 and Power Platform solutions to improve efficiency, consistency, and control.
- Experience working directly with business departments and process owners to gather requirements, document workflows, develop solutions, and support implementation.
- Ability to independently manage multiple projects, establish priorities, communicate progress, and drive initiatives to completion.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 security, compliance, retention, audit logging, and access-management concepts.
- Experience using PowerShell or other administrative scripting tools to manage and automate Microsoft 365, Entra ID, SharePoint, or Teams administrative tasks.
Desired Skills:
- Experience administering or supporting Microsoft 365 GCC environments.
- Experience working with organizations that maintain separate commercial and government Microsoft 365 tenants.
- Experience with cross-tenant identity, collaboration, guest access, business-to-business collaboration, or synchronization solutions.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Graph API, Azure Automation, Azure Logic Apps, or other tools used to automate identity and Microsoft 365 administration.
- Experience developing SharePoint governance standards, site provisioning processes, naming conventions, lifecycle-management procedures, and records-management practices.
- Experience with Power Platform governance, environments, connectors, data-loss prevention policies, solution deployment, and application lifecycle management.
- Experience with Microsoft Purview, sensitivity labels, retention policies, eDiscovery, data-loss prevention, or information protection.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Intune, Conditional Access, multifactor authentication, Privileged Identity Management, and Zero Trust security principles.
- Experience supporting regulated, federal contracting, defense, or cybersecurity-focused environments.
- Familiarity with CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, FedRAMP, or similar security and compliance frameworks.
- Experience creating technical documentation, standard operating procedures, system diagrams, governance plans, and end-user training materials.
- Microsoft certifications related to Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power Platform, Azure, Entra ID, or cybersecurity.
- Experience with Power BI, Dataverse, Microsoft Forms, or additional Microsoft Power Platform capabilities.
- Experience leading SharePoint migrations, tenant consolidations, content restructuring, or Teams governance initiatives.
- Experience working with organizations that maintain separate commercial and government Microsoft 365 tenants.
- Experience with cross-tenant identity, collaboration, guest access, business-to-business collaboration, or synchronization solutions.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Graph API, Azure Automation, Azure Logic Apps, or other tools used to automate identity and Microsoft 365 administration.
- Experience developing SharePoint governance standards, site provisioning processes, naming conventions, lifecycle-management procedures, and records-management practices.
- Experience with Power Platform governance, environments, connectors, data-loss prevention policies, solution deployment, and application lifecycle management.
- Experience with Microsoft Purview, sensitivity labels, retention policies, eDiscovery, data-loss prevention, or information protection.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Intune, Conditional Access, multifactor authentication, Privileged Identity Management, and Zero Trust security principles.
- Experience supporting regulated, federal contracting, defense, or cybersecurity-focused environments.
- Familiarity with CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, FedRAMP, or similar security and compliance frameworks.
- Experience creating technical documentation, standard operating procedures, system diagrams, governance plans, and end-user training materials.
- Microsoft certifications related to Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power Platform, Azure, Entra ID, or cybersecurity.
- Experience with Power BI, Dataverse, Microsoft Forms, or additional Microsoft Power Platform capabilities.
- Experience leading SharePoint migrations, tenant consolidations, content restructuring, or Teams governance initiatives.
At Significance, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package and is determined within a range. Our pay ranges are based on the local cost of labor benchmarks for each specific role, level, and geographic location.
We carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including but not limited to experience; job-related skill sets; relevant education or training; and other business and organizational needs. The salary range listed is for the level at which this job has been scoped. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for a comprehensive and generous benefits package.
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