M365 Migration Specialist

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a M365 Migration Specialist based in India.

This role offers the opportunity to lead complex Microsoft 365 migrations across enterprise environments and help organizations transition securely and efficiently to modern cloud <platforms.You>’ll serve as a technical subject matter expert across tenant-to-tenant and Active Directory-to-M365 migrations, taking ownership from planning and tenant setup through execution and stabilization.Your work will span identity, messaging, collaboration services, governance, security, and user <adoption.You>’ll manage migrations involving Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Entra ID, and related Microsoft 365 services while minimizing disruption to users.The position combines hands-on technical execution with troubleshooting, documentation, stakeholder collaboration, and post-migration <support.You>’ll also help establish coexistence and cutover strategies, resolve complex identity and mail-flow issues, and maintain strong security and governance throughout the transition.This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong M365 professional who enjoys solving migration challenges in large and evolving environments.

Accountabilities

• Serve as the technical subject matter expert for Microsoft 365 migration initiatives, including tenant-to-tenant and Active Directory-to-M365 migrations.
• Support the development of detailed migration plans, tenant configurations, execution strategies, governance processes, and user adoption approaches.
• Execute migrations of mailboxes, distribution groups, public folders, calendars, and other messaging objects using appropriate migration tools and PowerShell automation.
• Configure, manage, and troubleshoot Quest On Demand Migration or BitTitan MigrationWiz to support large-scale migration activities.
• Lead Entra ID migration and restructuring activities, including identity consolidation, domain changes, and hybrid identity configurations.
• Develop and implement coexistence and cutover strategies designed to provide a seamless user experience throughout migration waves.
• Migrate Microsoft 365 collaboration services, including Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive, to the target Microsoft 365 environment.
• Troubleshoot directory synchronization issues, mail delivery problems, hybrid identity errors, authentication challenges, and other migration-related incidents.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement remediation plans to resolve complex technical issues efficiently.
• Maintain security controls, compliance requirements, identity governance policies, and organizational standards throughout the migration lifecycle.
• Collaborate closely with security, network, infrastructure, and support teams to coordinate dependencies and resolve cross-functional issues.
• Create and maintain migration runbooks, technical documentation, configuration records, procedures, and knowledge-transfer materials.
• Provide hands-on support to users following migration and help stabilize environments during the post-migration period.
• Support transition activities and handoff to the steady-state support or operations team once migration activities are completed.
• Contribute to user adoption, change management, and training initiatives where required to support successful M365 adoption.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience performing technical migrations, Microsoft 365 implementations, or client support and service operations.
• Proven experience delivering Microsoft 365 migrations for enterprise or external clients.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft 365 administration, Exchange Online, identity management, and cloud-based collaboration services.
• Practical experience with tenant-to-tenant and/or Active Directory-to-Microsoft 365 migrations.
• Strong knowledge of SMTP, mail flow, connectors, DNS records, MX, SPF, DKIM, and transport rules.
• Experience using PowerShell to automate the migration and management of users, groups, mailboxes, and other directory objects.
• Deep understanding of identity architectures, including SSO, federation, ADFS, hybrid identity, and authentication protocols such as OAuth and SAML.
• Hands-on experience with Entra ID migration, identity consolidation, domain changes, and hybrid configurations.
• Experience migrating Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Exchange Online, and related Microsoft 365 workloads.
• Experience with migration platforms such as Quest On Demand Migration or BitTitan MigrationWiz.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills, particularly for directory synchronization, authentication, mail flow, and hybrid identity issues.
• Ability to understand complex technical dependencies and develop practical migration and remediation strategies.
• Strong documentation, communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively with security, networking, infrastructure, application, and support teams.
• Microsoft certifications such as MS-300, MS-700, or MS-102 are preferred.
• Experience with domain re-homing, coexistence planning, and migration cutover activities is an advantage.
• Experience working in regulated industries, large enterprise environments, or multi-tenant Microsoft 365 environments is desirable.
• Exposure to user adoption strategies, change management, and technical training is a plus.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and provide effective post-migration support.

Benefits

• 12-month contract with potential for extension or conversion.
• Fully remote work arrangement.
• Opportunity to work on complex enterprise-scale Microsoft 365 migration initiatives.
• Hands-on exposure to Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, PowerShell, and migration platforms.
• Opportunity to develop expertise across identity, cloud collaboration, messaging, security, governance, and migration architecture.
• Collaboration with cross-functional technical teams, including security, networking, infrastructure, and support.
• Opportunity to contribute to migration strategy, technical documentation, user adoption, and transition-to-support activities.
• Professional growth through exposure to large-scale cloud transformation and modernization projects.