Migration Engineer

Ampcus, Inc; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampcus Inc. is seeking an experienced Migration Engineer to lead endpoint migrations using Quest ODM across Entra ID and Hybrid-joined devices. The role spans multi-forest and cross-geo environments with minimal business disruption.

You will design, plan, and execute migration waves, coordinate with infrastructure, security, identity, and application teams, and provide executive reporting on progress and risk. Remote-US onshore arrangement.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Quest On Demand Migration (ODM), Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Intune, Group Policy, and Windows endpoint management.
• Mandatory experience migrating endpoints using Quest across Entra ID and Hybrid-joined devices across domains.
• Proven experience delivering migrations involving thousands to tens of thousands of endpoints across multiple geographies.
• Strong understanding of identity, authentication, conditional access, device compliance, and endpoint security controls.
• Experience supporting carve-outs, divestitures, mergers, acquisitions, and tenant separation programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end endpoint migration programs across multiple domains, forests, and tenant environments.
• Design and execute Hybrid AD, Entra ID Join, Entra Hybrid Join, and domain-to-domain migration strategies.
• Utilize Quest On Demand Migration (ODM) and related Quest technologies for Active Directory, device, profile, and identity migrations.
• Develop migration waves, cutover plans, rollback strategies, and business readiness activities.
• Assess and remediate dependencies involving Group Policy Objects (GPOs), Intune, SCCM/MECM, PKI, VPN, security tools, application authentication, and profile management.
• Manage device migrations for Windows endpoints, kiosks, shared devices, remote users, and international locations.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, security, identity, networking, and application teams to ensure migration readiness.
• Manage migration risks, resolve issues, communicate with stakeholders, and provide executive reporting.

Skills

Quest ODM

Active Directory

Entra ID

Hybrid AD

GPO

SCCM/MECM

IAM

Migration planning

Governance

Cutover management

Tools

Quest ODM

Job description

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Job Title

Migration Engineer

Location(s)

Chicago, IL (Remote)

Role Summary

Seeking a highly experienced Endpoint Migration Engineer with mandatory Quest experience in endpoint migrations involving Microsoft Entra ID and Hybrid-joined devices across domains. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience planning, leading, and executing large-scale enterprise endpoint transformations using the Quest migration toolset, with minimal business disruption.

The role involves complex migrations related to Active Directory domain consolidations, divestitures, mergers and acquisitions, Microsoft Entra ID transitions, hybrid Active Directory environments, and cross-forest migrations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end endpoint migration programs across multiple domains, forests, and tenant environments.
• Design and execute Hybrid AD, Entra ID Join, Entra Hybrid Join, and domain-to-domain migration strategies.
• Utilize Quest On Demand Migration (ODM) and related Quest technologies for Active Directory, device, profile, and identity migrations.
• Develop migration waves, cutover plans, rollback strategies, and business readiness activities.
• Assess and remediate dependencies involving Group Policy Objects (GPOs), Intune, SCCM/MECM, PKI, VPN, security tools, application authentication, and profile management.
• Manage device migrations for Windows endpoints, kiosks, shared devices, remote users, and international locations.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, security, identity, networking, and application teams to ensure migration readiness.
• Manage migration risks, resolve issues, communicate with stakeholders, and provide executive reporting.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Quest On Demand Migration (ODM), Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Intune, Group Policy, and Windows endpoint management.
• Mandatory experience migrating endpoints using Quest across Microsoft Entra ID and Hybrid-joined devices across domains.
• Proven experience delivering migrations involving thousands to tens of thousands of endpoints across multiple geographies.
• Strong understanding of identity, authentication, conditional access, device compliance, and endpoint security controls.
• Experience supporting carve-outs, divestitures, mergers, acquisitions, and tenant separation programs.

Key Skills

• Quest On Demand Migration (ODM)
• Active Directory and cross-forest migration
• Hybrid AD and Entra Hybrid Join
• Group Policy Objects (GPO)
• SCCM/MECM
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Migration planning, governance, and cutover management

Preferred Profile

A hands-on migration professional capable of translating business separation and modernization objectives into executable migration plans. The candidate should be able to minimize user impact, maintain security compliance, and ensure successful migration of enterprise endpoints to modern management and Microsoft Entra-based operating models.

Work Arrangement

• Remote - United States (Onshore)

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.