SharePoint Administration & Operations • Strong hands on expertise in: o SharePoint farm administration, including Central Administration and service applications o Site collections, sites, lists, libraries, and templates o Permissions management (AD groups, SharePoint groups, inheritance, least privilege models) o User Profile Service (UPS) configuration, synchronization, and troubleshooting o Managed Metadata Service, Search Service, Secure Store, State Service, and other core service applications • Experience handling user access issues, permission corruption, profile resets, and access denied scenarios. ________________________________________ Patching, Maintenance & Upgrades • Hands on experience with: o SharePoint Server 2019 patching (Cumulative Updates / Security Updates) o Pre patch validation, patch sequencing, and post patch health checks o Coordinating patching with SQL Server and Windows Server updates o Troubleshooting post patch issues (search failures, timer jobs, service outages). ________________________________________ Automation & PowerShell • Strong hands on experience using SharePoint Management Shell / PowerShell, including: o Farm health checks o Bulk site and permission operations o Service application administration o Scripted backup, restore, and cleanup tasks • Ability to write, modify, and maintain custom PowerShell scripts for operational automation. ________________________________________ Backup, Restore & DR • Proven experience with: o Farm level, web application, and site collection backups and restores o SQL level and SharePoint native backup/restore strategies o Supporting DR testing and recovery activities o Troubleshooting restore failures and content database issues. ________________________________________ IIS, Windows & SQL Server • Strong working knowledge of: o IIS administration for SharePoint (application pools, bindings, certificates, authentication settings) o Windows Server administration related to SharePoint farms o SQL Server used by SharePoint: Content databases, service application databases Basic performance troubleshooting (locks, growth, capacity planning) Coordinating with DBAs on maintenance and failovers • Ability to analyze ULS logs, IIS logs, Event Viewer, and SQL errors for root cause analysis. ________________________________________ Monitoring & Troubleshooting • Experience supporting SharePoint incidents and outages, including: o Performance degradation o Search and crawl failures o Authentication and access issues o Timer job and service failures • Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools (APM, synthetic monitoring, log aggregation such as Splunk is a plus). ________________________________________ Security & Compliance • Experience implementing and supporting: o SharePoint security baselines and hardening standards o Permission reviews, audits, and remediation o Handling audit or compliance driven requests related to SharePoint data access • Understanding of enterprise change control and incident management processes.