IT Architect - SharePoint

What you’ll do:

Job Summary

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 knowledge of microservices architecture is essential, as the organization continues to modernize its platforms and adopt cloud-native technologies.
• Must currently reside within 50 miles of posted locations(s). Relocation is not available for this role.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• Must be able to work without sponsorship now or in the future.

• Preferred MS degree in Engineering, Computer Science, MBA.
• Previous experience with SharePoint Server 2019 (or earlier versions).
• M365 ecosystem (Teams, One Drive, Power Platform, Azure AD, Exchange Online) and hybrid identity solutions.
• Proficiency in Power Shell scripting, SharePoint Framework (SPFx), REST APIs, and integration with external systems.
• Knowledge of data analysis and visualization tools.
• Familiarity with software development processes and methodologies.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. This position will often work with other business analysts, project managers and business teams on a regular basis.
• Good team-oriented interpersonal…