Technical Consultant - SharePoint

About Us:

We are the tech company with people at heart.

At Advania, we believe in empowering people to create sustainable value through the clever use of technology. As one of Microsoft's leading partners in the UK, specialising in Azure, Security, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft 365, we have a proven track record of success in delivering transformational IT services.

Position Overview:

Advania's Technology Enablement team partner with organisations to plan, prepare and migrate to Microsoft 365 productivity and security technologies. We achieve this by applying deep on-premises and cloud expertise to meet technical, regulatory and usability needs. Our close relationship with Microsoft allows us to keep up with emerging practices and evergreen service changes, ensuring robust and forward-facing solutions. We have a broad range of clients in numerous industry verticals including financial services, construction, retail and public sector and deployment size ranges from 200 to 50,000 seats.

Our Technical Consultants have deep expertise in Office 365 (particularly SharePoint Online and/or Exchange Online) and the Microsoft identity ecosystem. Design, implementation and migration experience with these technologies is essential, along with a passion for Microsoft technology. A working knowledge of Microsoft Teams and/or Skype for Business is preferred but not essential.

The successful candidate can expect to be exposed to the broader Microsoft 365 suite, including security and compliance technologies available within the Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) suite.

Responsibilities:

• Delivering technology workshops within scope and budget
• Scope and identify client requirements to create robust designs
• Support project delivery from start to finish to include:

o Scoping and design

o Environment preparation

o Infrastructure implementation and delegation of tasks to other team members

o Business alignment

o User transition to upgraded platform

o Transition from delivery into Managed Services

• Lead (as necessary) messaging and unified communications related projects in accordance with the Advania Project Delivery Framework
• Support sales and marketing in winning new business

• Escalate appropriate challenges to Head of Technology Enablement and get designs signed off for delivery
• Support the wider project and operational teams
• Investigate and review industry standard solutions and best practice to continually improve service offerings
• Ensure that a deep technical understanding of each service component and application, its architecture and configuration is handed over to BAU support for both client and managed service teams

Qualifications, Qualities & Experience:

• Very strong documentation and communication skills
• Deep expertise in the Office 365 platform
• Strong understanding of Identity Management Solutions aligned to Office 365 including Azure AD, Azure AD Connect and AD FS
• Deep expertise in SharePoint Server on-premises and SharePoint Online
• Delivered multiple SharePoint Server Farm Build projects
• Delivered multiple SharePoint or OneDrive for Business Migration projects (on-premises or cloud)
• Good understanding of SharePoint and OneDrive for Business migration tools from vendors such as Metalogix, Microsoft (SMAT), AvePoint and Sharegate. Equivalent tooling will also be considered.
• Understanding of networking infrastructure (TCP/IP, Proxies, Firewalls)
• Good understanding of server platform requirements (AV, Windows Server)
• Good understanding of Internet Information Services and SQL Server
• Good understanding of Active Directory Domain Services (AD, DNS)
• Strong understanding and capability using PowerShell relating to Office 365 services and Azure AD. Ability to automate and standardise configuration and migration by script.
• Understanding of mobility/BYO devices and services such as BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Android and iOS.
• Education: Computing-related Degree or equivalent industry experience

Click here to explore our company benefits. for the list of benefits. In addition, this role offers a shift allowance to compensate for the hours worked.

Our Selection Process:

We are committed to ensuring an equitable experience for all candidates, regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Please do let us know if you'll need any reasonable adjustments as part of the selection process by highlighting these on your application form.