Applications Administrator – M365 at Sanford Health

Job Description

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Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland.

Facility: Remote ND (Central Time)
Location: Remote, ND
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Shift: 8 Hours – Day Shifts
Job Schedule: Full time
Weekly Hours: 40.00
Salary Range: $29.00 – $46.50

Department Details

Responsible for the effective configuration, governance, maintenance, and support of Microsoft 365 services, with a strong emphasis on SharePoint Online, Microsoft Purview, Varonis, and enterprise data governance. This role ensures the security, compliance, lifecycle management, and optimization of collaboration and content platforms while enabling secure and efficient access to information across the organization.

Partners closely with business, security, compliance, and technology teams to deliver solutions that enhance collaboration, data protection, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency. Responsibilities include managing SharePoint governance and information architecture, leveraging Purview and Varonis to identify and mitigate data risks, supporting data classification and retention programs, and advancing enterprise data governance practices that improve visibility, stewardship, and protection of organizational data.

Job Summary

Job Profile Summary

The Application Administrator is responsible for day-to-day administration and support of assigned applications including scripting, configuration, integrations and administration. Works with leadership to develop technical solutions that satisfy the business needs of the department. Works closely with other departments, System Administrators, and Application Analysts. Monitors system health, usage, compliance, administration and maintenance of production, test and development application platforms. Configures and manages application usage, data integrity and system software release levels while working with application vendors for configuration, enhancement requests and support escalations. Builds requested items and tasks using workflows and other tools to manage processes. Develops systems integrations and process automation. Creates process documentation for team and provides internal training to team members. Generates reports and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) analysis as needed. Provides 24×7 on call support as part of a scheduled rotation with other team members.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in an Information Technology (IT) related field required.

Three years of experience in systems administration. Project management experience preferred. Operations experience supporting applications deployed in a multi-server environment and fluency in networking principals and implementations. Experience with on premise and/or cloud-based Systems Administration preferred. Proven fault identification and analysis skills, critical thinking, ability to troubleshoot technologies. Software development experience strongly encouraged.

When applicable, may need a valid driver’s license. If valid driver’s license is required, must maintain a good driving record.

Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) certification preferred.

Benefits

Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits .

Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org .

Sanford has a Drug Free Workplace Policy. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.

Req Number: R-0277261
Job Function: Information Technology
Featured: No