SharePoint Architect

Overall Purpose of Job:

The SharePoint Architect / SME is responsible for the strategic design governance implementation and continuous evolution of KOSTALs SharePoint and Microsoft 365 collaboration landscape. The role serves as the primary technical authority for SharePoint platforms providing architectural leadership ensuring operational excellence driving modernization initiatives and enabling secure and efficient collaboration solutions across the organization.

The position combines architecture consulting governance development oversight infrastructure expertise and service ownership responsibilities to support business transformation and digital workplace initiatives.

Main tasks roles and responsibilities:

• Act as the responsible expert for Power Platform as a managed tool/service
• Develop support and maintain Power Platform solutions and connected services
• Drive SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 migration modernization and transformation initiatives.
• Define and maintain SharePoint architecture governance standards and technical roadmaps aligned with business and IT strategy.
• Design scalable secure and high-performing collaboration solutions across SharePoint and Microsoft 365 platforms.
• Design and oversee integrations between SharePoint Power Platform Azure services SAP and other enterprise applications.
• Enforce best practices related to information architecture document management security compliance and governance.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance for SharePoint-related projects and enhancements.
• Evaluate recommend and integrate new tools and technologies into the SharePoint and Microsoft 365 collaboration landscape.
• Evaluate emerging Microsoft technologies and recommend improvements to the collaboration and digital workplace ecosystem.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement initiatives to increase efficiency platform stability and user experience.
• Act as Service Owner for one or more collaboration applications and services.
• Support platform lifecycle management activities including upgrades migrations capacity planning performance optimization backup and disaster recovery.
• Provide incident management problem resolution and service fulfillment activities for collaboration platforms.
• Act as the highest technical escalation point for complex SharePoint and integration-related issues. (low probability)
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams security teams solution architects Microsoft and external vendors to ensure successful solution delivery.
• Perform testing technical documentation and knowledge management activities.
• Mentor and support team members by sharing technical knowledge standards and best practices.

Special Tasks/ Key challenges:

• Support the Microsoft 365 transformation roadmap.
• Drive migration and modernization of legacy SharePoint 2016 platforms and business processes (Nintex to Power Platform).
• Enable adoption of modern Microsoft 365 collaboration capabilities across the organization.
• Ensure seamless integration of SharePoint with enterprise applications and cloud services.
• Provide architectural support for strategic collaboration and digital workplace initiatives.

Qualifications :

• University degree within IT or similar
• 6 years or more of experience in MS-SharePoint
• Strong experience with Power Apps and Power Automate
• Expert knowledge of SharePoint Online and SharePoint Server (2016/2019) architecture administration governance and migration methodologies.
• Deep expertise in Nintex Workflows Forms and business process automation solutions. (optional)
• Advanced PowerShell scripting skills for SharePoint administration automation migration deployment governance monitoring and operational management.
• Experience with SharePoint Framework (SPFx) React JavaScript and modern web technologies.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 services including SharePoint Online Teams OneDrive Power Platform and Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD).
• Experience designing and implementing integrations using REST APIs Microsoft Graph API Azure Services Azure Functions and enterprise application interfaces.
• Strong understanding of authentication authorization identity management and security best practices.
• Solid understanding of enterprise IT infrastructure networking load balancing DNS SSL certificates backup disaster recovery and high-availability architectures.
• Experience with DevOps practices and application lifecycle management.
• Strong understanding of information architecture document management records management compliance and governance frameworks.
• Proven ability to define technical standards architecture roadmaps governance models and long-term platform strategies
• Fluent English
• Other languages as per role requirement

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Experienced working in an international virtual team.
• Confident in moderating meetings workshops and trainings in English language.
• Strong risk awareness and decision-making capabilities balancing business needs security and operational requirements.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills with the ability to build trust and credibility across functional teams.
• Strong strategic and conceptual thinking with the ability to align technology solutions with business objectives.
• Strong communication and presentation skills capable of conveying complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Additional Information :

What do we offer :

• Flexible working conditions with remote work possibility (in-person presence is required from time to time) you can have a real work-life balance
• Modern newly renovated sustainable office with parking space and bicycle storage area in the heart of Budapest
• Supportive diverse and highly skilled community
• Ability to really make a difference and build new processes from scratch you can participate in the formation and shape of the BSC processes
• KOSTAL is a dynamically developing company an independent family-run business which provides much flexibility
• You can enjoy our value-oriented work culture: we are down-to-earth appreciative inspiring and innovative

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time

Experience: years
Vacancy: 1