PROJECT DETAILS
The Mississippi Department of Education has a current goal for every community to effectively use a World-Class Data System to improve student outcomes. This goal has an outcome to increase the availability of quality data to drive decisions that improve student outcomes. We are planning to satisfy this goal in part by modernizing our current student information system along with improving the quality of data in connected systems. This will include web-based application development, and creation of dashboards and reports that will improve access, accuracy and ease of use for all stakeholders.
Job Description
The SharePoint Administrator will be responsible for designing, maintaining, and guiding the progression of SharePoint to leverage optimal workflows that are aligned to achieve organizational business goals and objectives.
Required Degree
Bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Science or equivalent or 5 years of experience using SharePoint.
Advanced knowledge of business process analysis and function specification.
Experience working with and communicating cross-functional groups (development, QA, production, stakeholders, etc)
Thorough understanding and hands on experience using Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) - 5 years
Thorough understanding and hands on experience using Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 - 5 years
Thorough understanding and hands on experience using Active Directory and Azure Active Directory - 5 years
Thorough understanding of best practices regarding farm design and security permissions - 5 years
Experience with migrating from on-prem SharePoint to SharePoint Online - 5 years
Experience with ADFS, Azure AD Connect, and modern authentication methods such as OAuth - 5 years
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
Experience in writing technical documentation
Working knowledge of SharePoint workflows
Preferred
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SharePoint Server
Active Directory and Azure Active Directory
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