SME - SharePoint Administration
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 10, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 29, 2026.
Job Summary
The Migration Operator is responsible for hands-on execution of SharePoint migrations using ShareGate and/or Quest. This role sits at the center of migration delivery, operating the tooling, handling migration exceptions, and producing repeatable scripts and reporting for wave-based migrations.
Key Responsibilities
Perform discovery scans and generate migration readiness reports (size, unsupported items, risks). Develop plans for migrating SharePoint 2019 sites to SharePoint Online and troubleshoot potential pitfalls and customization issues that may arise. Configure and run: Test migrations (pilot) Incremental migrations Final cutover migrations Troubleshoot common issues: Authentication / permissions Throttling File path length / invalid characters Large lists/libraries Version history impacts Custom permissions/inheritance complexity Participate in mapping decisions: Site to site mappings User mapping (claims, UPN changes) Permissions strategy Produce operator deliverables: Execution logs Daily/weekly status metrics Exception lists Post-migration validation checklists Support hypercare by responding to defects and performing re-runs when needed. Maintain tool standard configurations (templates, scripts, reports).
Skill Requirements
Executes migrations using ShareGate (primary) and Quest (secondary) tooling. Runs assessments, pre-checks, test migrations, and cutovers at scale. Troubleshoots migration errors, throttling, permissions, and content anomalies. Manages detailed logs, reporting, and migration runbooks. Coordinates with PMs, architects, and content owners for timing and validation. Performs permissions mapping, user mapping, and site structure replication. Implements post-migration verification and remediation steps. Maintains tool configuration, licensing, and operational best practices.
Other Requirements
3+ years of IT operations or migration execution experience. Demonstrated hands-on experience with ShareGate and/or Quest migrations from SharePoint Server 2019,2016, or 2013 to SharePoint Online Strong SharePoint fundamentals: permissions, lists/libraries, site structures. Ability to design pseudocode for scripts to gather data about sites and owners Nice to Have PowerShell scripting (PnP, ShareGate automation) for operational efficiency Familiarity with Microsoft Purview impacts on content moves