Systems Administrator

Barge Design Solutions • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

Barge Design Solutions is seeking an experienced Systems Administrator focused on Microsoft 365 and AI platforms. The role leads administration, optimization, and governance of SharePoint, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and the Microsoft Power Platform to support secure, efficient collaboration and business productivity. It also supports enterprise systems, identity and access management, and infrastructure services, while promoting continuous improvement, user adoption, and effective integration of AI technologies.

The position works with business units to develop and govern AI agents, administer collaboration services, support automation, and provide broader systems administration. It also maintains technical documentation, standards, inventories, and runbooks and provides user guidance and training.

Barge Design Solutions is an employee-owned engineering and architecture firm with more than 650 employees serving clients nationwide from multiple U.S. locations. The company describes its purpose as creating a better life by unleashing the potential of its people, clients, and communities, guided by its core values of collaboration, authenticity, responsibility, excellence, and service.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 5 years of experience administering Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, enterprise collaboration platforms, or related systems.
• Proven experience designing and governing SharePoint environments, including site architecture, hub sites, permissions, sharing, libraries, retention, governance, and troubleshooting across a broad user community.
• Advanced expertise in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio, including configuration, licensing, data access, security controls, and governance.
• In-depth experience creating and managing AI agents, including requirements gathering, design, knowledge-source configuration, testing, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting Teams-connected SharePoint sites and Microsoft 365 collaboration services.
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, identity management, access controls, and Microsoft 365 security concepts.
• Experience documenting technical requirements, platform standards, support procedures, governance decisions, and end-user training.
• Working knowledge of Windows operating systems, networking concepts, and enterprise production environments.
• Experience supporting Microsoft Power Platform solutions, including Power Apps and Power Automate.
• Skills in SharePoint administration, including site collections, architecture, libraries, lists, permissions, external sharing, lifecycle management, and governance.
• Skills in Microsoft 365 Copilot administration, including readiness, licensing, adoption support, data access, security, and responsible-use controls.
• Copilot Studio skills, including building, configuring, testing, publishing, and maintaining agents, topics, instructions, knowledge sources, actions, connectors, and environments.
• Knowledge of AI agent governance, including ownership, access, testing, deployment approvals, monitoring, change control, documentation, and retirement.
• Experience administering Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Groups, particularly their relationship to SharePoint permissions and site lifecycle.
• Familiarity with Power Platform, including Power Automate workflows, connectors, environments, data policies, and integration with SharePoint and Copilot Studio.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, identity management, role-based access, and least-privilege administration.
• PowerShell or similar scripting and automation capabilities.
• Broader systems administration knowledge, including endpoints, servers, monitoring, patching, backup, restore, and disaster recovery practices.
• Ability to maintain clear technical documentation, standards, inventories, and runbooks.
• Ability to assess business processes and recommend whether to use standard Microsoft 365 capabilities or an alternative solution.

Responsibilities

• Administer SharePoint site provisioning, architecture, libraries, permissions, external sharing, and site lifecycle management.
• Manage Microsoft 365 Copilot readiness and licensing, and review SharePoint and OneDrive permissions to prevent sensitive-content oversharing.
• Develop and deliver training on Copilot, Copilot Studio, and AI agents to build employee skills and encourage adoption.
• Partner with business units to gather requirements and build, configure, test, publish, and maintain agents that connect employees with firm knowledge and processes.
• Maintain the AI agent inventory and enforce governance for ownership, access, deployment approvals, change control, monitoring, and retirement.
• Administer Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Groups, including team creation, membership, guest access, and archival of inactive teams and sites.
• Support Power Automate workflows and Power Platform environments and data policies that support SharePoint and Copilot Studio.
• Automate recurring administration and reporting tasks.
• Perform broader systems administration, including endpoint and server support, monitoring, patching, backup and restore, and disaster recovery testing.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, platform standards, inventories, and runbooks, and provide user guidance and training as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level