Senior SharePoint Developer & Administrator at Ryder Reid Legal

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Senior SharePoint Developer & Administrator

Location: London

Employment Type: Permanent

I am working with a leading international professional services firm that is seeking a talented Senior SharePoint Developer & Administrator to join its London technology team. This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of modernising and enhancing enterprise SharePoint environments across both SharePoint Subscription Edition (SE) and SharePoint Online, while playing a key role in the evolution of the firm’s collaboration and intranet platforms.

This role offers a blend of hands-on development, enterprise platform administration, and technical leadership, with the scope to influence architecture, governance, and best practice across a global organisation.

The Role – What You’ll Be Doing

SharePoint Development & Modernisation

• Design, develop and maintain custom solutions across SharePoint SE and SharePoint Online.
• Lead migration from SharePoint 2016 to SE/Online, including rewriting legacy web parts using SPFx.
• Build custom SPFx web parts, extensions and integrations using TypeScript, JavaScript, React, HTML/CSS, and REST APIs.
• Develop and maintain SharePoint Online intranet structures including architecture, navigation, branding, and content design.
• Integrate SharePoint with internal systems and thirdparty platforms using RESTful APIs and Microsoft Graph.

SharePoint Administration & Operations

• Administer both SharePoint SE (onprem) and SharePoint Online environments.
• Manage updates, cumulative patches and platform maintenance.
• Monitor performance, availability, capacity and reliability.
• Oversee site collections, permissions, authentication, service applications and governance.
• Support backup, restore and disaster recovery processes.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud and onprem SharePoint issues.

OnPrem External Data & Business Connectivity Services (BCS)

• Configure Business Connectivity Services (BCS) and create External Content Types (ECTs).
• Connect SharePoint to external SQL Server data and web services.
• Build scripts and frontend components interacting with BCS data using JavaScript/REST.
• Ensure secure, reliable and wellgoverned data integrations.

Collaboration, Leadership & Documentation

• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior developers and administrators.
• Collaborate with project managers, business analysts and stakeholders to deliver highquality solutions.
• Produce and maintain documentation including architecture diagrams, runbooks and migration guides.
• Recommend improvements to governance, architecture and development standards.

Required Skills & Experience

• Extensive handson experience with SharePoint SE and SharePoint Online development and administration.
• Strong background migrating SharePoint 2016 to SE/Online.
• Proven SPFx development skills.
• Proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, React, HTML5, CSS3.
• Strong REST API and Microsoft Graph integration experience.
• Solid C#/.NET framework experience.
• Deep knowledge of SharePoint onprem administration, performance tuning, patching and troubleshooting.
• Experience with BCS and creating External Content Types.
• Strong SQL Server skills.
• Understanding of authentication, permissions, governance and security best practices.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills.
• Experience building or supporting large-scale SharePoint Online intranet platforms.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate).
• Experience with Azure AD, Azure Functions or App Services.
• Relevant Microsoft certifications.

What You’ll Deliver

• Stable and secure SharePoint SE and SharePoint Online environments.
• Successful migration of legacy SharePoint 2016 solutions.
• Modern, userfriendly SharePoint Online intranet with meaningful customisations.
• Strong governance, clear documentation and scalable operational processes.

If you’re a Senior SharePoint specialist looking to lead impactful modernisation work within a global, forward-thinking firm, I’d love to connect for a confidential conversation.

Due to the high volume of applications, we are not able to respond to all enquiries. If you have not received a response within 72 hours, please assume you have not been shortlisted at this stage; however, thank you for taking the time to apply.

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Job Info:

• Company: Ryder Reid Legal
• Position: Senior SharePoint Developer & Administrator
• Work Location: United Kingdom
• Country: GB

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