Manager or Team Lead, Migration Engineering

BDO Canada; Toronto; On-site; CAD 115,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO Canada is seeking a Manager/Team Lead, Migration Engineering, to lead large-scale migration initiatives for enterprise clients. You will shape migration strategies, architectures, and roadmaps across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments while mentoring junior consultants.

You will collaborate with cloud architects and business stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery with minimal disruption, driving the evolution of migration tools, accelerators, and best practices across the practice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience delivering technology migration, modernization, infrastructure, or cloud transformation projects.
• Experience planning and executing migrations involving applications, servers, databases, storage, or enterprise platforms.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, including Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud.
• Experience with migration tools, automation frameworks, and infrastructure-as-code solutions.
• Knowledge of networking, security, identity management, and enterprise architecture principles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent client-facing communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working within agile and project delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support migration initiatives for enterprise clients.
• Assess current-state environments and develop migration strategies and roadmaps.
• Design and execute migration plans across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
• Analyze dependencies, risks, and migration impacts with mitigation plans.
• Collaborate with client stakeholders to define requirements and success criteria.
• Support cloud adoption across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud platforms.
• Build and maintain migration automation tools and deployment processes.
• Perform migration testing, validation, and post-migration support.

Skills

Cloud migrations

Migration tooling

Automation frameworks

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Client communication

Networking security IAM

Infrastructure as code

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Terraform

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Putting people first, every day

BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust. In turn, we offer an award-winning environment that fosters a people-first culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth.

Your Opportunity

At BDO, our purpose is helping people thrive. As a Manager or Team Lead, Migration Engineering, you will join a growing team focused on helping organizations modernize their technology environments and successfully navigate complex migration initiatives. This replacement role is an exciting opportunity to work with enterprise clients as they transform legacy systems, modernize infrastructure, migrate applications and data to cloud platforms, and adopt modern operating models.

This role offers the opportunity to work on large-scale transformation programs across a variety of industries while collaborating with cloud architects, platform engineers, business stakeholders, and project teams. Beyond delivery, you will contribute to the evolution of our migration methodologies, tools, accelerators, and service offerings as we continue to grow our practice.

• Lead and support application, infrastructure, database, and data migration initiatives for enterprise clients.
• Assess current-state environments and develop migration strategies, roadmaps, and target-state architectures.
• Design and execute migration plans across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
• Analyze technical dependencies, risks, and migration impacts while developing mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with client stakeholders to define migration requirements, success criteria, and implementation approaches.
• Support cloud adoption initiatives across Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud platforms.
• Build and maintain migration automation tools, scripts, and repeatable deployment processes.
• Perform migration testing, validation, performance tuning and post-migration support activities.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues throughout migration projects and recommend effective solutions.
• Contribute to project planning, status reporting, issue management, and stakeholder communications.
• Support business development activities, including solution design, proposals, and client presentations.
• Mentor junior consultants and contribute to the development of migration best practices and standards.

How Do We Define Success for Your Role?

• You demonstrate BDO's core values through all aspects of your work: Integrity, Respect, and Collaboration.
• You develop trusted advisor relationships with clients through exceptional delivery and technical expertise.
• You successfully deliver migration projects on time, within scope, and with minimal business disruption.
• You proactively identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement throughout engagements.
• You contribute to the growth and maturity of the migration practice through innovation and knowledge sharing.
• You actively mentor team members and foster a collaborative, inclusive work environment.
• You continuously develop expertise in cloud technologies, modernization approaches, and emerging migration tools.
• You identify opportunities to create additional value for clients through related transformation initiatives.

Your Experience And Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience delivering technology migration, modernization, infrastructure, or cloud transformation projects.
• Experience planning and executing migrations involving applications, servers, databases, storage, or enterprise platforms.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, including Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud.
• Experience with migration tools, automation frameworks, and infrastructure-as-code solutions.
• Knowledge of networking, security, identity management, and enterprise architecture principles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent client-facing communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working within agile and project delivery environments.

Preferred

• Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud certifications.
• Experience with Microsoft 365, Azure VMware Solution, Active Directory, Exchange, SAP, Oracle, Dynamics 365, or similar enterprise platforms.
• Experience with migration assessment and discovery tools.
• Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, PowerShell, Python, or other automation technologies.
• Consulting or professional services experience.
• Experience leading workstreams or mentoring junior team members.

The expected range of compensation for this role is $115,000 - $165,000 annually.

Why BDO?

Our people-first approach to talent has earned us a spot among Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2026. This recognition is a milestone we’re thrilled to add to our collection of awards for both experienced and student talent experiences.

At BDO, our people experience is guided by three core pillars—Do work with genuine care, Do what matters with purpose, and Do what’s next - shaping how we support our people, serve our clients, and grow together.

• We enable you to engage with how we change and evolve, being a key contributor to the success and growth of BDO in Canada.
• We help you become a better professional within our services, industries, and markets with extensive opportunities for learning and development.
• We support your achievement of personal goals outside of the office and making an impact on your community.
• We foster a collaborative, inclusive environment where your ideas are valued, and you can do your best work with genuine care and purpose.
• We encourage innovation and forward thinking, empowering you to embrace what’s next and help shape the future of our firm.

Giving back adds up: Where company meets community. BDO is actively involved in our communities by supporting local charity initiatives. We support staff with local and national events where you will be given the opportunity to contribute to your community.

Total rewards that matter: We pay for performance with competitive total cash compensation that recognizes and rewards your contribution. We provide comprehensive benefits from day one, and a flexible personal time off policy. We’re committed to supporting your overall wellbeing and provide reimbursement for wellness initiatives that fit your lifestyle.

Everyone counts: We are committed to creating a workplace where employees can participate fully, contribute meaningfully and succeed without barriers. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace defined by respect, fairness, and a true sense of belonging for everyone. We recognize and celebrate the unique experiences, identities, and perspectives that each of us bring – and that these experiences strengthen how we work together. Our commitment extends to ensuring that our application process is both inclusive and accessible. If you require accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us.

Flexibility: All BDO personnel are expected to spend some of their time working in the office, at the client site, and virtually unless accommodations or alternative work arrangements are in place.

Our model is a blended approach designed to support the flexible needs of our people, the firm and our clients. It’s about creating work experiences that meet everyone’s needs and providing flexibility to adjust when, where and how we work to meet the expectations of our role.

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