IT Architect – SharePoint

Eaton’s Corporate Sector division is currently seeking a IT Architect – SharePoint.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $130000 – $190000 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

This role can be supported remotely for a qualified candidate currently residing in the USA.

The Collaboration Team Platform Architect is a senior technical leadership role responsible for the design, implementation, optimization, and governance across a broad scope of Microsoft solutions. This position requires deep expertise in modern cloud-based collaboration tools as well as on‑premises SharePoint infrastructure, with a strong focus on aligning platform capabilities to business needs, ensuring security and compliance, and enabling digital transformation initiatives.

The architect will collaborate with cross‑functional teams, including IT, security, business analysts, and end users, to deliver scalable and robust solutions.

• Develop and maintain the overall architecture and roadmap for SharePoint across M365 and SharePoint Server 2019, ensuring alignment with enterprise IT strategy.
• Advise on migration strategies between on‑premises and cloud environments, including hybrid architectures.
• Conduct platform assessments to identify opportunities for modernization, automation, and process improvements.

• Design scalable, secure, and high‑performing SharePoint solutions, including intranets, extranets, document management, workflow automation.
• Evaluate, design, and implement Microsoft CoPilot capabilities within SharePoint and M365 environments to enhance user productivity, automate routine tasks, and drive adoption of AI‑powered features.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify high‑value use cases for CoPilot and ensure responsible deployment in line with organizational policies.
• Architect integrations between SharePoint platforms and Microsoft Azure services to extend solution capabilities, enable advanced automation, and support scalable, cloud‑native applications.
• Lead the implementation of complex solutions, including integrations with other M365 services (Teams, Power Platform, One Drive), third‑party tools, and legacy systems.
• Architect and support solutions that leverage Microsoft Viva modules (Connections, Insights, Topics, Learning) to enhance employee experience, knowledge management, and organizational communication.
• Define standards and best practices for site collection architecture, information architecture, metadata, and taxonomy.

• Establish and enforce governance policies for content management, access control, lifecycle management, and retention.
• Work closely with the security team to ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements, including data privacy and protection.
• Monitor and manage platform performance, availability, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Ensure compliance with requirements for handling controlled data, including GCCH (Government Community Cloud High), ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations), and CUI (Controlled Unclassified Information).

• Engage with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and training to IT staff and power users.
• Develop and deliver documentation, user guides, and training materials.

• Stay current with Microsoft’s SharePoint and M365 roadmap, evaluating new features and recommending adoption where appropriate.
• Advocate for process automation, low‑code/no‑code solutions (Power Apps, Power Automate), and modern collaboration practices.

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 5 years experience leading / Architecting large corporation IT projects with global teams.
• 3+ years with SharePoint Online (M365)
• Strong…