Enterprise M365 migration work isn’t slowing down. M&A activity, divestiture deadlines, and cloud consolidation mandates are all pushing organizations to find engineers who can execute — not just advise. Here’s what that looks like from the inside.

When a company is merging or divesting, they don’t wait to post a job. They search LinkedIn first.

At one organization, I built the migration runbook that supported over $2 billion in divestiture value. That kind of engagement isn’t generalist work. It never was.

What enterprises are actually looking for: tenant-to-tenant migration experience, PowerShell automation, ShareGate proficiency, and engineers who understand identity integration under deal pressure. The gap between what organizations need and what most engineers have listed is wide enough that specialists aren’t competing for these roles — they’re being recruited before the role exists.

AI-assisted migration tooling is coming into the picture. Engineers who understand legacy infrastructure and know where the new tooling fits will be the ones running the room, not just sitting in it.

Staffing agencies and MSPs already work this way. If you want to be found before a job posts, your niche has to be visible before the search starts.

The engineers getting those calls made that decision early.

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