Original job description
We are seeking a highly skilled Technical SharePoint & Content Server Specialist to lead an enterprise-wide rollout of SharePoint and direct the complex migration of data from OpenText Content Server to SharePoint Online. In this role, you will act as the lead technical subject matter expert, combining deep OpenText Content Server administration with advanced SharePoint architecture capabilities. You will evaluate current platform usage, design pre-migration content strategies, resolve complex technical migration bottlenecks, preserve critical metadata and security permissions, and build immutable backup solutions to ensure strict audit compliance.
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid – Full-time or Hybrid per Policy)
Duration: 6-month contract.
Advantages
Niche Enterprise Tech Stack: Leverage rare dual expertise in deep OpenText Content Server administration and modern SharePoint Online architecture.
High-Impact Data Migration Scope: Lead end-to-end enterprise content migration, metadata preservation, and URL redirection strategies.
Full-Lifecycle Ownership: Direct everything from early usage discovery and content cleanup to site buildout, migration execution, and immutable backup creation.
Flexible Working Model: Enjoy work-life balance with full-time onsite or hybrid options based in Toronto.
Responsibilities
Migration Strategy & Planning: Conduct pre-migration usage assessments, design content mapping strategies, define file cleanup/reorganization frameworks, and establish step-by-step migration execution guidelines.
OpenText to SharePoint Migration Execution: Lead the full-fidelity migration of legacy content repositories to SharePoint Online, ensuring original creation/modification dates, author attributes, custom categories, and complex permission models are preserved.
Technical Issue Resolution & Workaround Engineering: Identify and resolve migration bottlenecks, including deep folder hierarchies, unsupported special characters, custom Content Server workflows, script constraints, and large list limitations.
Data Governance & Redirection: Implement URL redirection services for legacy document links, establish site/library standardization, and enforce data governance protocols across modern SharePoint environments.
Audit & Immutable Backup Management: Design, configure, and produce immutable Content Server backups with full version history to enable point-in-time data restoration for audit compliance post-decommissioning.
SharePoint Architecture & Workflow Design: Design, build, and configure modern SharePoint sites, user access groups, custom business workflows, and automated migration scripts.
Platform Administration & Operational Support: Provide hands-on administration, user management, site configuration, and tier-3 technical support across both OpenText Content Server and SharePoint platforms.
Operational Transition & Warranty Support: Deliver post-migration warranty support to ensure business continuity, resolve operational defects, and transition completed sites to long-term IT operations teams.
Qualifications
Dual Platform Seniority: 5–10 years of technical experience in SharePoint administration and migration, paired with 5–10 years of experience in OpenText Content Server administration and operational support (Strictly Required).
OpenText Content Server Expertise: In-depth knowledge of Content Server folder structures, attributes/categories, metadata mapping, permissions, custom workflows, and data extraction techniques (Strictly Required).
Native Platform Migration Mastery: Intensive experience leading enterprise-level SharePoint migrations directly from OpenText Content Server, including handling long paths, special characters, full-fidelity metadata preservation, and URL redirection (Strictly Required).
Pre-Migration Strategy & Standardization: Demonstrated track record in pre-migration planning, library model standardization, content reorganization, and mapping metadata/permissions to SharePoint managed metadata (Strictly Required).
Audit Compliance & Immutable Backups: Proven ability to create immutable Content Server backups with version history for post-decommissioning audit compliance and data restoration (Strictly Required).
Educational Background: University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience preferred.
Summary
If you're interested in the "Technical SharePoint & Content Server Specialist" role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
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