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# Azure DevOps Migration Lead

- **Company:** The Smart
- **Location:** Marlborough, MA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Authentication Protocols, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Embedded Software, Identity and Access Management, Windows PowerShell, Role-Based Access Control, Azure Active Directory, Migration Manager, Strategies of Testing, Toolchain, YAML, Scripting, Delivery Pipeline, Azure Powershell, Build Management, Microsoft Tfs, Restful APIs, Artifactory
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.wayup.com/i-j-Azure-DevOps-Migration-Lead-SMART-TECH-SKILLS-LLC-954643255589053/

## About the Role

Required Qualifications * 8 or more years of experience in DevOps engineering, cloud infrastructure, and technical project leadership. * 4 or more years of hands-on experience administering and configuring Azure DevOps Services. * Proven track record planning and executing complex Azure DevOps organization, project, tenant, or identity migrations. * Deep technical knowledge of Azure Repos, YAML pipelines, self-hosted agent pools, service connections, and secure files. * Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, including user/group RBAC, service principals, and modern authentication protocols. * Proficiency with Azure DevOps REST APIs, Azure CLI, PowerShell, or equivalent scripting tools for discovery and automation. * Demonstrated experience facilitating technical workshops, managing client expectations, and translating business requirements into migration strategies.
Preferred Qualifications * Experience managing enterprise tenant separations, divestitures, or corporate acquisitions. * Familiarity with JFrog Artifactory integration and MATLAB / Simulink build toolchains. * Experience supporting embedded software engineering build environments and pipelines. * Background in professional services, management consulting, or technical advisory delivery.
Core Skills & Attributes * Strategic architectural mindset paired with hands-on technical validation and review capabilities. * Exceptional client-facing delivery, workshop facilitation, and stakeholder management skills. * Strong organizational leadership to manage complex risks, dependencies, and cutover timelines effectively. * Clear, precise verbal and written communication across both engineering teams and leadership.

## Description

Experience Level Senior-Lead / Manager Level (8 or more years of DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and migration leadership experience)
Role Overview The Azure DevOps Migration Lead serves as the day-to-day delivery lead and primary client-facing technical resource for an enterprise Azure DevOps organization and tenant migration initiative. This role is responsible for leading current-state discovery, establishing the target-state identity and governance operating model, developing end-to-end migration runbooks, and directing technical teams through rehearsal and production cutover. The Migration Lead also provides technical oversight for implementation engineers while ensuring structured cross-party stakeholder alignment., Architecture, Strategy & Operating Model * Lead current-state discovery and comprehensive inventory validation across projects, repositories, and build pipelines. * Confirm and establish the supported Azure DevOps organization and Microsoft Entra ID tenant transition strategy. * Define the target-state identity, access management, platform administration, and operating model. * Lead technical assessments of Azure Repos, multi-stage YAML pipelines, self-hosted build agents, extensions, and external dependencies.
Migration Planning & Governance * Develop comprehensive migration artifacts, including detailed runbooks, testing strategies, cutover checklists, and rollback plans. * Lead migration rehearsals, technical readiness reviews, go/no-go decision gates, and production cutover execution. * Manage project risks, issues, assumptions, decisions, dependencies, and client action items. * Provide direct technical guidance, task allocation, and quality review for hands-on Azure DevOps implementation engineers.
Stakeholder Management & Delivery * Serve as the primary technical liaison across multi-party client stakeholders, engineering leads, and external partners. * Facilitate technical workshops and discovery sessions to translate technical findings into actionable execution plans. * Produce executive-ready status reports, technical architecture documentation, and post-cutover stabilization summaries.


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