Position based in Stupino (Moscow region)/ Relocation package is available

Global Sharepoint Specialist

Functions:

• Capacity Planning:
  
  •   Allocate and increase space on web applications, site collections.
  •   Notify stakeholders when thresholds are being reached.
  •   Manage charge out model for space usage.
  •   Plan for and allocate applicable space to second stage Recycle Bin.
• Governance and Change Control:
  
  •   Set up and maintain environments for the testing of custom developed solutions.
  •   Document the procedure for getting custom solutions into the testing environment.
  •   Document the change control procedure for migrating solutions to QA and Production.
  •   Document the procedure for upgrading the farm (space).
  •   Communicate all procedures to stakeholders.
• Reporting:
  
  •  Ensure admin / management tool is installed and maintained on the platform for reporting purposes.
  •  Supply reporting on a weekly / monthly / on demand basis to stakeholders as follows :
    
    •     Total list of sites on Production with URL, full site name and all Site Owners.
    •     Total count of site collections with total count of subsites in each.
    •     Total number of unique users on the platform (excluding All Authenticated Users).
    •     Total number of unique users per site collection.
    •     Total number of unique users per embedded site collection.
    •     Total amount of space used as a percentage of the available space.
    •     Total space used per site collection and per subsite in that collection.
    •     List of dormant sites per given time frame.
    •     Instant alert any time “All Authenticated Users” are added to a team site.
    •     List of Enterprise Features enabled per site.
    •     Access a user or group has across a site, or across the platform on a site, library and item level.
    •     User access changes over a certain time frame, ie: how did a user’s access change between 1 Jan and 28 Feb as well as who did it (audit requirement to demonstrate security).
    •     List of site, library and item deletions for a specified user.
  •  Allow Site Collection Administrators read only access to extract these reports once set up.

Database Management:

•   Create web applications and SSP’s with direction from the SharePoint Architect.
•   Creation of site collections and their databases and services if required.
•   Ensure uptime target is maintained.
•   Employ SQL Server failover clustering to ensure high availability.
•   Perform regular drive defragmentation.
•   Manage file sizes and disk space.
•   Clean up log files when required.
•   Balance loads to grow the databases as necessary (without impeding performance).
•   Plan and monitor SQL Server storage requirements.
•   Manually associate databases with a web application, merge existing databases, or split existing databases as required.
•   Plan hardware and software changes to move, migrate or upgrade the farm.

Security:

•   Ensure service accounts have been set up correctly.
•   Ensure expiration of service accounts passwords comply with company regulations.
•   Plan and manage authentication methods to allow for Single Sign-On.
•   Manage URL’s to be included and excluded from Search results.
•   Manage lockdown mode to restrict access to anonymous users.
•   Liaise with AD team for the creation of security groups for leveraging in SharePoint.

System updates:

•   Plan for and install service packs, hotfixes, updates and patches during off-peak time as required – agree any downtime to stakeholders.
•   Manage and perform upgrades to licensing when required.

Maintenance / Other :

•   Ongoing maintenance of web front end and indexing servers.
•   Maintenance of any features, web parts, templates, solutions or third party installs.
•   Monitor network issues and escalate to applicable team.
•   Assist Service Desk with SharePoint support calls they are unable to resolve.
•   Error identification, investigation and resolution.
•   Ongoing research to determine SharePoint best practices for scalability and maintenance.

Experience

• Minimum 3 years full-time experience in Microsoft Corporate Applications (like Exchange, BizTalk, Lync, sharepoint)
• SharePoint Designer experience is a plus.
• 2-3 years working experience with Windows Server 2008 or above
• 2-3 years working experience with SQL Server 2005 or above
• Experienced with IIS 7.0, DNS, Active Directory
• Experienced with IT operations, data backup and restoration and high availability
• Experienced with Windows PowerShell and command-line administration