Senior SharePoint Architect

Introduction

The Senior SharePoint Architect will lead the design, governance and delivery of secure, scalable and

business-aligned SharePoint and Microsoft 365 solutions. The role will translate business requirements into

practical architecture, provide technical oversight throughout the delivery lifecycle, and ensure that solutions

support collaboration, information management, compliance and an effective digital workplace experience.

Duties & Responsibilities

•            Define solution architecture for SharePoint Online, SharePoint Server and related Microsoft 365 services.

•            Design information architecture, including site structures, hubs, navigation, metadata, content types, taxonomy and ownership models.

•            Establish governance standards for provisioning, permissions, security, records management, retention, content lifecycle and platform administration.

•            Lead SharePoint assessments, migrations, modernisation initiatives, intranet implementations and platform optimisation engagements.

•            Provide architectural oversight across requirements, design, build, testing, deployment, handover and operational support.

•            Guide integration across SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, Power Platform, Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Entra ID.

•            Facilitate technical discovery workshops and present solution recommendations to clients, executives and delivery teams.

•            Provide technical leadership, design assurance and mentorship to consultants, developers and

administrators.

•            Support solution scoping, effort estimation, proposals, tenders and client-facing technical submissions.

•            Perform platform health assessments and advise on remediation, security, compliance, performance

and adoption improvements.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Relevant degree or diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related discipline.

•            At least 8 years of practical SharePoint experience, including senior solution design and delivery responsibility.

•            Demonstrated experience with SharePoint Online and enterprise Microsoft 365 environments.

•            Proven delivery experience in SharePoint migrations, information architecture, document management, intranets and governance.

•            Experience engaging senior business stakeholders and converting business requirements into architectural designs and roadmaps.

•            Relevant Microsoft certifications in Microsoft 365, Azure, Power Platform, security, compliance or solution architecture will be advantageous.

Core Technical Capability:

•            SharePoint Online and SharePoint Server architecture and administration.

•            Microsoft 365 collaboration services, including Teams and OneDrive.

•            Information architecture, enterprise content management and document management.

•            Microsoft Purview, retention, records management, security and compliance controls.

•            Power Platform integration, particularly Power Apps and Power Automate.

•            Microsoft Entra ID, permissions, identity and access considerations.

•            SharePoint migration planning and tools such as ShareGate or Microsoft Migration Manager.

•            Modern SharePoint extensibility and solution design, including SPFx where justified.

Behavioural Competencies:

•            Strategic and analytical thinking.

•            Strong solution design and problem-solving capability.

•            Clear written, verbal and presentation skills.

•            Stakeholder and client relationship management.

•            Technical leadership, mentorship and decision-making.

•            Governance discipline, accountability and attention to quality.

•            Ability to work across business, technical and project delivery teams.

Key Deliverables:

•            Architecture vision, target-state designs and implementation roadmaps.

•            Solution architecture and high-level technical design documents.

•            Information architecture, governance and security models.

•            Migration strategies, assessment reports and remediation plans.

•            Design assurance, technical review and deployment readiness sign-off.

•            Knowledge transfer, operational handover and technical guidance.

•            Technical input into proposals, estimates and tender submissions.

Measures of Success:

•            Solutions are secure, scalable, supportable and aligned with approved business requirements.

•            Projects achieve agreed technical quality, governance and delivery outcomes.

•            SharePoint environments demonstrate improved structure, findability, compliance and user experience.

•            Architecture standards are consistently applied across engagements.

•            Clients and internal stakeholders receive clear, practical and implementable technical direction.

•            Delivery teams receive effective technical leadership and knowledge transfer.

Proposed Reporting and Working Relationships:

The final reporting line should be confirmed through the organisational design process. The role will work

closely with the CTO or relevant technical practice lead, Project Management Office, delivery teams, business

stakeholders, clients and the People function.

Package & Remuneration

Salary : Market related

Interested?

Email: [email protected]