JOB
Careers at SCDES: Where Passion Meets Preservation
Do you love South Carolina and protecting the environment? Come join our team at SCDES, put your passion to work with us! We are dedicated to protecting the state of South Carolina and we would love to have you as a member of our team! Science | Service | Sustainability
About the Role:
Under limited supervision, the Advanced SharePoint & Power Platform Administrator manages and optimizes the agency’s Microsoft 365 environment with emphasis on SharePoint Online, Power Platform, and Power BI. This role enhances business intelligence, automation, and collaboration across the agency. The Administrator ensures system performance, security compliance, solution governance, and provides advanced technical support while contributing to agency-wide technology initiatives.
Job Responsibilities:
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Administer and support SharePoint Online, Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse), Power BI, and related Microsoft 365 services.
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Monitor, audit, and optimize environments to identify improvements in performance, governance, security, and compliance.
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Serve as a technical consultant to customers, vendors, and OT staff; research and configure new features, approved integrations, and third-party plugins.
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Design, enhance, and troubleshoot advanced Power Platform solutions, including Dataverse architectures, automated workflows, custom connectors, and ALM-supported deployments.
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Respond to incidents and service request tickets within OT SLA requirements; provide Tier II/III support.
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Monitor Microsoft 365 admin centers for incidents, issues, advisories, and service updates.
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Prepare and maintain system documentation, governance materials, administrative procedures, and project communication.
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Perform other duties as required to support agency goals and operational needs.
Why Join Us?
As a state employee, you’ll enjoy:
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Job Stability & Purposeful Work: Make an impact on your community as you contribute to protecting SC's environment.
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Great Benefits: Including paid holidays, 30 total days of leave per year, insurance options for you and your family, and retirement benefit choices.
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Career Growth: Grow professionally with ongoing training, skill-building opportunities, and room for advancement.
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Work-Life Balance: A career that lets you enjoy South Carolina, inside and outside of your job.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
- A bachelor’s degree and experience in automated information systems, communication systems, or a related field.
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Relevant experience may substitute for the degree on a year-for-year basis.
Additional Requirements:
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Working knowledge of Microsoft 365, Power Platform solution development and administration
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Working knowledge of Power BI solution administration
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Working knowledge of SharePoint administration
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Conceptual understanding of networking, client-server principles, and basic wide area network principles
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Knowledge of configuration, analysis, testing, debugging, maintenance, scripting and security techniques
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
- This position will require a minimal amount of in-state travel.
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Some after-hours and weekend work may be required, including the employee carrying an agency-issued cell phone for occasional after-hours support.
SCDES is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited, to lactation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
The Department will not sponsor H1B visas for this position.
The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services offers an exceptional benefits package for full time (FTE) employees:-
Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance for employees, spouse, and children. Clickherefor additional information.
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15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
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15 days sick leave per year
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13 paid holidays
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Paid parental leave
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S.C. Deferred Compensation Program available(S.C. Deferred Compensation)
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Retirement benefit choices*
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State Retirement Plan(SCRS)
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State Optional Retirement Program (State ORP)
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Remote Work: The option to work remotely 1 day per week is available after successful completion of 1 year of employment with SCDES, based on job functions and supervisor approval.
- Enrollment in one of the listed plans is required for all FTE employees; please refer to the contribution section of hyperlinked retirement sites for the current contribution rate of gross pay.
