Remote Microsoft 365 Migration Engineer

Kforce has a client in NYC that is seeking a Remote Microsoft 365 Migration Engineer. Summary: The Microsoft 365 Migration Engineer is responsible for planning, executing, and supporting enterprise-scale Microsoft 365 migrations across Entra ID, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive. This role includes assessing migration readiness, configuring migration tools, performing tenant-to-tenant migrations, troubleshooting issues, and providing post-migration support. Key Responsibilities:

• Assess Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive environments for migration readiness
• Plan and execute tenant-to-tenant migrations, including migration waves, cutovers, and rollback strategies
• Perform pre-migration assessments, pilot testing, production migrations, validation, and remediation
• Automate migration and validation activities using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, and M365 tools
• Troubleshoot identity, mailbox, permissions, authentication, collaboration, and synchronization issues
• Maintain migration documentation, runbooks, reports, and operational handoff materials
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, networking, application, and business teams throughout migration projects
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft 365 administration and migrations
• Experience with PowerShell, including Exchange Online and Microsoft 365 administration
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Graph API/Graph PowerShell
• Experience with Microsoft migration capabilities such as Migration Manager, SharePoint Migration Tool, Exchange migration batches, and cross-tenant migration features
• Experience with third-party migration platforms such as Quest, BitTitan MigrationWiz, ShareGate, AvePoint, or equivalent is desirable
• Understanding of Active Directory, Entra Connect, DNS, SMTP, domains, authentication, Conditional Access, MFA, RBAC, and identity lifecycle management
• Strong troubleshooting skills across identity, messaging, collaboration, and content migration workloads

• Microsoft Entra ID
• Exchange Online/Outlook
• Microsoft Teams
• SharePoint Online
• OneDrive for Business
• Microsoft 365 Groups

• 4-7+ years of Microsoft infrastructure/Microsoft 365 engineering experience
• 2-4+ years of hands-on Microsoft 365 migration experience
• Experience delivering large-scale enterprise or tenant-to-tenant migrations
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, tenant consolidations, or Microsoft 365 transformation programs
• Ability to execute migration waves involving hundreds of users
• Experience producing migration runbooks, cutover plans, validation reports, and technical documentation

• Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert
• Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Teams Administrator Associate
• Relevant Microsoft Azure/Microsoft 365 certifications