Manager or Team Lead, Migration Engineering

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

Job summary

BDO is seeking a Manager or Team Lead, Migration Engineering, to join our Toronto-area team. You will lead enterprise migration initiatives across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, designing migration roadmaps, target architectures, and repeatable processes.

You will work with cloud architects, business stakeholders, and project teams to ensure successful transitions. You will mentor junior consultants, contribute to migration methodologies, and help grow our cloud modernization

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or 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 migration initiatives for enterprise clients across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments.
• Assess current-state environments and develop migration roadmaps and target architectures.
• Design and execute migration plans and automation tooling.
• Analyze dependencies, risks and impacts, and propose mitigations.
• Collaborate with client stakeholders to define requirements, success criteria and approaches.
• Support cloud adoption across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud platforms.
• Mentor junior consultants and contribute to best practices and standards.

Skills

Migration experience

Cloud platforms

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering

Tools

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.

As a Manager or Team Lead, you will:

• 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'