SharePoint SSE Infrastructure Consultant -

SharePoint SSE Infrastructure Consultant

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and operate SharePoint Subscription Edition (SSE) farm (HA, security, patching).

• Provision and maintain farm roles: WFE, App Server, Search Server, Index Server, Office Online Server (OOS).

• Build SQL Server High Availability using SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) coordinate storage, quorum, failover testing.

• Implement and troubleshoot Kerberos authentication end-to-end (SPNs, delegation, constrained delegation, double-hop scenarios).

• Execute performance/load testing using WAPT (test plan design, baselines, bottleneck triage, tuning recommendations).

• Apply hardening using CIS Benchmarks (OS + IIS + SQL + SharePoint layers), document exceptions, and drive remediation.

• Integrate and operationalize: SMTP relay, Splunk logging/monitoring, alerting/runbooks.

• AWS + On-prem delivery: deploy farms both on-premises and on AWS, including Load Balancerpatterns and SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle (renewal, chain, cipher/TLS posture).

Required Skills:

• SharePoint SSE farm architecture & ops capacity planning patching strategy backup/restore

• Windows Server & AD fundamentals (DNS, GPO, service accounts, certificates).

• IIS fundamentals for SharePoint web tier and troubleshooting.

• SQL Server FCI concepts (Windows Failover Clustering, storage, failover, maintenance).

• Kerberos: SPNs, delegation, auth flows, diagnosing with logs/tools.

• Security hardening mindset: align configuration to CIS Benchmarks, produce evidence, manage exceptions.

• Performance testing fundamentals (concurrency, test execution, interpretation).

• Observability: Splunk ingestion patterns, dashboards/alerts SMTP integration for service notifications.

• AWS hosting for SharePoint: EC2 patterns, networking, security groups, and load balancingconcepts SSL/TLS certificate management.

Required Working Experience:

• Hands-on experience building and running SharePoint farms (strong preference: on-prem + AWS).

• Proven delivery for HA designs: SharePoint multi-tier, SQL FCI, and operational runbooks (incident/change/problem).

• Practical experience with Load Balancer and SSL/TLS in enterprise environments (certificate rotation, chain issues, TLS negotiation).

• Real-world troubleshooting history: auth issues (Kerberos), crawl/search issues, latency bottlenecks, patch regressions, and stability issues.

• Evidence of hardening & audit-ready documentation (CIS alignment, remediation tracking).

Required Certifications:

Core (recommended)

• Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate

• Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate

• Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert