Migration Expert (SME)

Staffing Spot, Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Staffing Spot, Inc. seeks a Senior Migration SME to lead end-to-end migrations for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. You will develop detailed strategies, assess environments, and drive cutovers with cross-functional teams.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in enterprise IT, deep hands-on migration experience, and strong communication to manage stakeholders and ensure security/compliance during transitions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of enterprise IT or migration engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 migrations.
• Experience leading or supporting large-scale enterprise migrations.
• Knowledge of Gmail, Drive, Shared Drives, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams.
• Understanding of AD/Entra ID, SSO, MFA and identity synchronization.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical SME for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 migration projects.
• Lead enterprise-scale migrations including Gmail, Drive, Exchange Online, and SharePoint Online.
• Develop migration strategies, plans, timelines, and technical approaches.
• Perform readiness assessments and identify blockers and risks.
• Troubleshoot email, calendars, identities, and data integrity issues.
• Create runbooks, documentation, and knowledge-transfer materials.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal teams; ensure security/compliance.

Skills

Google Workspace

Microsoft 365

Migration engineering

Enterprise migrations

Documentation & runbooks

Stakeholder management

Strong communication

Tools

Migration tools (BitTitan MigrationWiz)

Quest

CloudM

Cloudiway

Job description

Senior Migration Subject Matter Expert (SME) – Google Workspace & Microsoft 365

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical SME for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 migration projects.


• Lead and support enterprise-scale migrations involving Gmail, Google Drive, Shared Drives, Google Calendar, Microsoft Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Teams, and related services.


• Develop detailed migration strategies, plans, timelines, and technical approaches.


• Assess existing Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 environments, including users, groups, mailboxes, files, permissions, applications, and dependencies.


• Design and execute migration waves, pilot programs, testing, validation, and production cutovers.


• Perform migration readiness assessments and identify technical risks, dependencies, and potential blockers.


• Troubleshoot migration issues related to email, calendars, identities, permissions, data integrity, synchronization, and coexistence.


• Work with identity and security teams on Entra ID/Azure AD, Active Directory, SSO, MFA, federation, and identity synchronization requirements.


• Support coexistence strategies between Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 during transition periods.


• Develop migration runbooks, technical documentation, procedures, and knowledge-transfer materials.


• Monitor migration activities and provide status updates, issue tracking, and escalation support.


• Coordinate with vendors, third-party migration-tool providers, and internal technical teams.


• Ensure migration activities follow organizational security, compliance, and data-protection requirements.


• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to migration engineers and project team members.


• Participate in post-migration validation, remediation, and stabilization activities.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise IT, messaging, collaboration platforms, or migration engineering.


• Strong hands-on experience with Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.


• Proven experience leading or supporting large-scale enterprise migrations.


• Strong knowledge of Gmail, Google Drive, Shared Drives, Google Calendar, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams.


• Experience with mailbox, file, calendar, collaboration, and identity migrations.


• Strong understanding of Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD).


• Experience with SSO, MFA, federation, identity synchronization, and authentication technologies.


• Experience with migration planning, discovery, pilot testing, cutover, validation, and post-migration support.


• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.


• Ability to create technical documentation, migration runbooks, and architecture/design documentation.


• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with migration tools such as BitTitan MigrationWiz, Quest, CloudM, Cloudiway, or similar enterprise migration platforms.


• Experience with PowerShell and automation/scripting.


• Knowledge of Microsoft 365 administration and security.


• Experience with Google Admin Console and Google Workspace administration.


• Familiarity with Microsoft Purview, retention, eDiscovery, and compliance requirements.


• Experience with enterprise change management and large-scale technology transformation programs.


• Relevant Microsoft or Google certifications are a plus.

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