SharePoint-Azure Migration Expert

Role Overview:

We are looking for an experienced SharePoint Solution Consultant / SharePoint Migration Expert to lead a large-scale enterprise document archival and migration initiative involving the transfer of 10TB+ of data from Microsoft SharePoint Online to Azure Blob Storage.

Key Responsibilities

SharePoint Migration & Solution Design

• Lead large-scale SharePoint Online to Azure Blob Storage migration projects involving 10TB+ of enterprise data.
• Assess existing SharePoint environments including site collections, document libraries, metadata, permissions, and storage utilization.
• Design scalable, secure, and highly available migration and archival strategies.
• Develop migration plans, rollback strategies, validation processes, and cutover activities.
• Ensure complete preservation of metadata, document versions, permissions, and folder hierarchy during migration.
• Validate migrated content through automated reconciliation of file count, metadata, permissions, and document integrity.

Enterprise Archival & User Experience

• Design user-friendly archival solutions that allow end users to continue accessing archived documents through SharePoint with minimal disruption.
• Evaluate and implement mechanisms such as metadata-based retrieval, placeholder (stub) files, redirect links, or similar approaches to maintain seamless document accessibility.
• Design document retrieval and restoration workflows from Azure Blob Storage back into SharePoint when required.
• Ensure archived documents remain discoverable while meeting organisational retention and governance policies.

Azure & Microsoft Technologies

• Configure and optimise Azure Blob Storage for enterprise-scale archival.
• Implement secure access using Azure AD, RBAC, Managed Identities, SAS Tokens, or equivalent Azure security models.
• Develop automation using Microsoft Graph API, PowerShell, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, or Azure Data Factory.
• Optimise storage performance, scalability, lifecycle management, and cost.

SharePoint Governance

• Define SharePoint governance standards including:
• Site ownership
• Permissions
• External sharing
• Storage optimization
• Retention policies
• Information architecture
• Develop dashboards and reports to monitor SharePoint usage, storage consumption, inactive content, and archival candidates.
• Recommend best practices for long-term SharePoint content lifecycle management.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Change Management

• Work closely with business stakeholders to define migration strategy, timelines, and execution plans.
• Prepare migration communication plans, user documentation, FAQs, and adoption guidance.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT), business validation, and post-migration support.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the migration lifecycle.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of experience working with Microsoft SharePoint Online.
• Strong experience delivering enterprise SharePoint migration projects.
• Hands-on experience migrating large datasets (10TB+) between SharePoint Online and Azure Blob Storage.
• Strong understanding of:
• SharePoint Online architecture
• Site Collections
• Document Libraries
• Metadata
• Content Types
• Versioning
• Search
• Permissions
• Strong expertise in Azure Blob Storage and Azure Storage Services.
• Experience with:
• Microsoft Graph API
• PowerShell
• SharePoint Migration Tool(SPMT)
• PnP PowerShell
• Azure Functions
• Azure Data Factory
• REST APIs
• Strong understanding of Azure AD, RBAC, identity management, and enterprise security.
• Experience validating migrated content, metadata, permissions, and document integrity.
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Preferred:

• Experience designing transparent archival solutions where users continue accessing archived content through SharePoint without directly interacting with Azure Blob Storage.
• Experience implementing document retrieval or restore workflows.
• Experience developing SharePoint governance dashboards and reporting.
• Knowledge of Microsoft 365 administration, licensing, and governance.
• Experience with SPFx development is an advantage.
• Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 certifications are preferred.