Senior SharePoint Architect (Contract)
Contract, 12-month minimum, with extension likely based on the project plan
Hourly rate: Up to 80/hr for the right backroad
Location: Remote. Candidates must live in or near the Northern Ohio area for tax and client purposes.
Responsibilities
- Lead requirements-gathering sessions with business stakeholders and translate their needs into a clear SharePoint/M365 architecture
- Design and implement the intranet, hub-site structure, and departmental sites
- Define information architecture, navigation, content types, metadata, and permissions models
- Establish governance: site provisioning, ownership, lifecycle, sharing policies, and naming standards
- Work hands-on with the technical team on build, configuration, and rollout
- Explain and document architectural decisions to technical and non-technical audiences
- Transfer knowledge through documentation, working sessions, and coaching so the internal team can sustain the platform
- Contribute to the project plan, roadmap, and phased delivery approach
Required Qualifications
- Senior-level experience architecting and implementing SharePoint Online / Microsoft 365 environments end to end
- Proven delivery of intranets and hub-site architectures
- Strong consulting skills, including requirements gathering, stakeholder management, and communicating design tradeoffs
- Demonstrated experience building governance frameworks
- Comfortable working hands-on in a collaborative team rather than only advising from a distance
- Strong documentation and knowledge-transfer skills
- Residence in or near the Northern Ohio area
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in financial services, tax, or another regulated industry (security, compliance, records management)
- Familiarity with Microsoft Purview, sensitivity labels, and retention policies
- Experience with Power Automate, Power Apps, and Teams integration
- Experience with migration from legacy platforms or file shares to SharePoint Online
- Microsoft 365 certifications (e.g., MS-102, MS-700)
Sharepoint Architect in Cleveland at Emerald Resource Group
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This position is listed as contract and able to be worked remotely. It was posted yesterday.