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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # SharePoint Automation and Governance Consultant - **Company:** Eclaro International Inc. - **Location:** Minneapolis, MN, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $133,120.0 - $135,200.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Build Automation, Bioinformatics, Digital Architecture, Enterprise Content Management, Information Lifecycle Management, Windows PowerShell, Microsoft SharePoint, Data Classification, Microsoft Power Automate, Office365 - **Published:** August 28, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careers-eclaro.com/job/6047/sharepoint_automation_and_governance_consultant#apply-now-header ## About the Role * Deep, hands-on SharePoint Online experience in large enterprise environments. * Senior Consultant, Architect, or Senior Engineer-level experience. * Experience designing and implementing SharePoint governance. * Demonstrated experience building SharePoint automation. * Experience with data/content lifecycle management, including retention, archival, and deletion. * Strong scripting and automation skills, ideally PowerShell. * Experience with Microsoft 365 security, governance, and compliance. * Ability to assess an existing environment, develop an architectural approach, and participate hands-on in implementation. * Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across infrastructure, security, compliance, and business teams., * Microsoft Purview, including retention, DLP, sensitivity labels, data classification, and/or records management. * Power Platform / Power Automate. * Microsoft Graph API and/or SharePoint APIs. * Microsoft 365 Copilot. * AI-assisted automation, classification, or tagging. * Experience designing automated governance processes at enterprise scale. * Experience working with sensitive or highly regulated data. ## Description * Senior-Level SharePoint Automation & Governance Consultant/Architect to help modernize and automate the management of a large SharePoint Online environment. * The organization currently has approximately 900 SharePoint sites and millions of files. * Client is looking to establish stronger governance and automation around data lifecycle management, retention, archiving, deletion, classification, and security. * This is not a traditional SharePoint Administrator role. * The ideal resource will be senior enough to architect the solution while remaining hands-on enough to build and implement the required automation., * Assess the current SharePoint Online environment of approximately 900 sites and millions of files. * Design and implement a scalable SharePoint governance and data lifecycle management strategy. * Automate the identification of stale, obsolete, and inactive SharePoint content. * Develop automated processes for retention, archiving, and deletion based on business and regulatory requirements. * Help implement governance supporting data-retention requirements of approximately seven years. * Develop methods for evaluating content based on age, activity, usage, classification, and retention requirements. * Build automation to reduce ongoing manual SharePoint administration. * Utilize PowerShell, Power Platform/Power Automate, Microsoft Graph/API capabilities, and other Microsoft 365 technologies as appropriate. * Improve data classification, tagging, permissions, and overall content governance. * Partner with security teams around DLP, conditional access, data classification, access controls, and compliance. * Evaluate opportunities to leverage Microsoft Copilot and AI to further automate SharePoint management and governance. * Document architecture, automation, processes, and governance standards to enable ongoing support by the internal team. ## Related Videos - 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