Senior Microsoft OneDrive Migration Architect

Putting people first, every day

BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust. In turn, we offer an award-winning environment that fosters a people-first culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth.

Your Opportunity

BDO Digital is currently seeking an experienced

Putting people first, every day

BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust. In turn, we offer an award-winning environment that fosters a people-first culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth.

Your Opportunity

BDO Digital is currently seeking an experienced Senior Microsoft OneDrive Migration Architect for a minimum 20-week contract to support a large-scale Microsoft 365 rollout and migration engagement. The role offers a flexible hybrid work arrangement and can be located anywhere in Canada. The individual will provide hands‑on technical leadership for the rollout of OneDrive for Business, including OneDrive Known Folder Move, Group Policy Object configuration, user onboarding, legacy mapped network drive migration, migration scripting, batch execution, validation and post‑migration support. The individual will be responsible for the following:

• Lead the technical planning and delivery of the OneDrive rollout and legacy mapped network drive migration.
• Assess legacy mapped network drive usage, folder structures, permissions and migration readiness, and design migration batches of approximately 200 to 300 users for a total of 2500 users.
• Develop and maintain PowerShell and ShareGate scripts for pre‑migration assessment, folder creation, migration execution and incremental migrations when required.
• Coordinate migration readiness, execution, validation, reruns, troubleshooting and issue resolution with client IT teams.
• Be available after hours and during weekends to support and execute the migration activities.
• Identify and address migration issues, including long paths, invalid characters, unsupported files, shortcuts, junction folders, permissions and sync limitations.
• Guide client team to execute the premigration/migration activities/PowerShell script execution over shadowing calls (no direct access to client tenant will be given).
• Maintain migration runbooks, technical documentation, issue trackers and as‑built materials, and support administrator knowledge transfer, end‑user training and hyper‑care.
• Assist project leaders with project planning and ensure team members understand their assigned responsibilities.
• Gather and document client requirements and support stakeholder reviews and approvals.
• Maintain alignment between client requirements, project deliverables, scope and timeline.
• Set up, facilitate and document technical, project and client meetings.

How do we define success for your role?

• You demonstrate BDO’s core values through all aspect of your work: Integrity, Respect and Collaboration
• You are people focused with a people‑first approach to internal team and client interactions
• You understand the client’s environment, challenges and priorities, and provide practical recommendations that support effective service delivery.
• You deliver migration activities in a structured, repeatable and well‑documented manner, with a strong focus on data integrity, security and user impact.
• You communicate clearly with technical and non‑technical stakeholders and build strong relationships with clients, partners and team members.
• You take ownership of your work, meet commitments and identify risks or dependencies early.
• You contribute to an inclusive and engaging team environment and continue to grow your technical and professional expertise.

Your Experience And Education

• 7+ years of experience delivering Microsoft 365, OneDrive or enterprise file migration projects.
• Deep hands‑on experience with OneDrive for Business, OneDrive Known Folder Move and SharePoint Online.
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting OneDrive Group Policy Objects on Windows 10 and Windows 11.
• Experience migrating legacy mapped network drives and file shares to OneDrive or SharePoint Online using ShareGate and PowerShell.
• Experience developing migration scripts (specifically for ShareGate), assessment reports, folder mappings and batch‑level migration plans.
• Strong understanding of migration risks, including long paths, invalid characters, unsupported file types, shortcuts, junction folders, permissions and sync limitations.
• Experience