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Sarah

Microsoft 365 & SharePoint Online Specialist

About Me

Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online specialist with 6+ years of experience delivering cloud migrations, tenant administration, and enterprise collaboration solutions. Experienced in managing Microsoft 365 environments, designing SharePoint Online architectures, automating administrative processes using PowerShell, and delivering technical training for both end users and IT administrators. Proven ability to support cloud adoption initiatives and optimize Microsoft 365 ecosystems across multinational environments.

Jurisdiction

Romania

Experience

Seniority LevelMid-Senior level
Years of Experience6-10 years
Current StatusActive
FreelancerUpwork
2020 - Present

• Delivered Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online migration projects for international clients across multiple industries. • Managed tenant-to-tenant and on-premises to cloud migrations, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business. • Configured and administered Microsoft 365 environments, including user provisioning, licensing, permissions management, and policy configuration. • Designed SharePoint Online site structures, permission models, and governance frameworks to improve collaboration and information management. • Automated administrative processes using PowerShell to improve efficiency and reduce manual workload. • Provided post-migration support, troubleshooting, and performance optimization. • Delivered end-user and administrator training sessions to ensure smooth adoption of Microsoft 365 solutions. • Selected project exposure includes work for enterprise and SMB clients across Europe. Projects: Microsoft, Delta Studio, Olinio, Docentris, Makita EU

Office 365 TrainerRational Selling & Sourcing
2018 - 2023

• Delivered structured Microsoft 365 training sessions for corporate clients with offices in Romania. • Trained end users and IT administrators on SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, and collaboration tools. • Conducted workshops covering platform administration, security best practices, and workflow optimization. • Supported client transition to cloud-based collaboration environments through hands-on guidance and knowledge transfer.

Office 365 TrainerRevevol Group
2017 - 2023

• Conducted Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online training sessions tailored to enterprise user environments. • Supported organizations in adopting cloud collaboration tools and improving internal digital workflows

SharePoint DeveloperMoSec Solutions
2022 - 2022

• Facilitated SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint Online migration, including Team and Project sites containing libraries, lists and custom webparts. • Migrated workflows from Nintex to Power Automate.

Application Support EngineerPwC
2021 - 2021

• Provided support and troubleshot company owned applications based on Windows Server, Linux and SharePoint Online or On-premises. • Ensured user access and usability according to the permissions matrix. • Maintained servers by fixing issues related to updates - before or after the process had taken place

SharePoint Monitoring & Support EngineerOrange Services
2020 - 2020

• Supported SharePoint Online environment by addressing issues raised by internal Orange clients affecting external customer sites; • Created weekly and monthly KPI reports; • Monitored SharePoint 2013 and 2016 on-premises farms using Microsoft System Center Operations Manager; • Resolved critical alerts affecting SharePoint services and features; • Configured SCOM Dashboard; • Tuned SCOM management packs according to business needs;

Implementation EngineerSuperbet
2019 - 2019

• Created Intranet based on SharePoint Online, including several communication and collaboration methods to enable employee management, training and informing; • Took part in the development of the current infrastructure, by modelling new tools and resolution methods, all in favour of efficiency; • Delivered technical content to both end-users and administrators; • Discussed with department managers regarding ways of improving internal activity; • Created Microsoft Flows to automate specific recurrent tasks; • Created in-house Contract Management System, which served as a document repository for Legal/ Financial/Technical audit; • Resolved any given service issue experienced by company end-users or administrative matters related to Windows, Active Directory, Hybrid, Office 365; • Communicated with appropriate departments to improve and update current tools and applications; • Administered Office 365 tenant; • Integrated third-party applications, used outside Superbet hybrid envienvironment with Office 365.

Windows Server AdministratorStartech Team
2018 - 2019

• Administered Windows based physical and virtual machines; • Implemented projects related to customer environments - migrations from various platforms (Exchange on-premises, Linux, mail servers, file servers) to the cloud (Office 365, G Suite), virtual-physical, created new servers from scratch; • Handled urgent and critical issues related to Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP; • Administered databases such as SQL, ERP; • Managed virtualization in VMWare, Hyper-V, ESXi; • Troubleshot Windows Server Backup, Veeam Backup; • Created scripts for recurrent tasks in customer environments.

Office 365 & SharePoint Online SpecialistPureQuad
2018 - 2018

• Facilitated migrations from IBM Lotus Notes to Office 365 SharePoint using third-party applications; • Fixed any bugs or errors during the migration or after the migration is finalized; • Identified possible migration problems & solutions; • Customized SharePoint as per organization's requirements; • Implemented new apps (custom development) and workflows in SharePoint; • Administered the Office 365 company tenant; • Implemented GDPR within the company by creating security groups, data loss prevention policies, ensuring encryption and secure storage in SharePoint and OneDrive for Business; Offer technical support for Office 365 related issues.

NOC SupportVoxility
2016 - 2017

• Identified network alerts and looked into resolving them; • Made sure DDOS attacks were mitigated and customer links were not exceeding capacity - ensure 100% uptime; • Escalated more complex issues to 2nd line Network Engineers; • Notified customers about future maintenance work and/or emergency maintenance; • Contributed to the growth of the network and overall workflow; • Resolved abuse complaints: copyright infringement, botnet, phishing, carding etc.; • Routed tickets and e-mails to the correct department; • Ensured that the SLA was met; • Took ownership of cases and made sure they were resolved, even after them being escalated/transferred

Education

Degree of Power EngineeringUniversitatea Politehnica Bucuresti
2010 - 2014

Skills

Core skills0
Languages3

Languages

English
English (British)
Romanian