Robert Half Technology are assisting a leading global publishing and technology organisation to recruit a SharePoint Migration Engineer on a 3-month contract basis. ASAP start. Hybrid working - London based.

Role

The SharePoint Migration Engineer will partner with the existing SharePoint Consultant to drive the remaining SharePoint migration programme through to completion.

• Take ownership of the end-to-end migration cycle for assigned departments, including discovery, planning, read-only cutover, incremental migration, validation and go-live support.
• Lead introductory, discovery and planning meetings with department leads and site owners, setting expectations and proactively managing stakeholder concerns.
• Use ShareGate to support incremental migrations, validation, troubleshooting and migration reporting.
• Provide hands-on support across SharePoint Online and SharePoint Modern, resolving issues including broken links, permissions, navigation, missing content, connections and post-migration defects.
• Manage multiple department migrations concurrently, coordinating activity and ensuring agreed timelines, dependencies and actions remain on track.
• Support BAU SharePoint activities and work through the agreed support backlog, prioritising migration-related and higher-complexity L2/L3 issues.
• Work alongside Application Support Specialists to resolve recurring issues and improve operational knowledge and support processes.
• Use PowerShell where appropriate for SharePoint administration, bulk activities, validation and reporting.
• Work with the Training Lead to support department briefings, guidance, drop-in sessions and go-live activities.
• Maintain accurate migration records, reporting, documentation, runbooks and handover materials.
• Escalate technical, architectural, security or governance matters to the SharePoint Consultant or relevant governance teams where required.
• Support broader Microsoft 365 adoption where relevant, including Copilot, content readiness and permissions hygiene.