BKF is a multi-service infrastructure consulting firm providing civil engineering, construction management, environmental, planning, and surveying services across California, the Pacific Northwest, and beyond. With offices throughout California and the Portland area, BKF has served transportation, water resources, land development, government, and federal clients for over 110 years.
At BKF, you’ll find a unique opportunity to grow your career with intention. Our culture values professional autonomy, innovation, and meaningful collaboration across offices. We are proud to be recognized with the Great Place to Work certification for the second year in a row.
The M&A IT Integration Lead is responsible for coordinating and executing IT integration activities across a consistent pipeline of acquisitions. This role focuses on driving successful integration of acquired companies into the organization’s IT environment, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant migrations. This is a hands-on coordination and execution role. The Lead will work closely with internal IT teams, external partners, and acquired company stakeholders to ensure integrations are delivered on time, with minimal disruption to business operations. The role requires a high degree of independent judgment, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple concurrent integrations in a fast-paced, deal-driven environment.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and lead day-to-day execution of IT integration workstreams across multiple acquisitions. Develop and manage integration plans, timelines, and deliverables, ensuring alignment across all stakeholders and successful delivery against defined objectives
- Lead detailed planning and execution of Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant migrations, including Entra ID (Azure AD), Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive. Define migration approach, sequencing, tooling, and cutover strategy; oversee testing, validation, and post-migration stabilization
- Coordinate migration of file data into the organization’s standard platform (Box), including migration of on-premise file shares and evaluation of SharePoint and OneDrive content. Partner with stakeholders to determine appropriate migration approaches, recognizing technical and practical limitations (particularly with SharePoint) and ensuring critical business data is retained and accessible
- Serve as the primary IT point of contact during integrations. Coordinate across infrastructure, security, applications, and business teams to manage dependencies, resolve issues, and maintain alignment throughout the integration lifecycle
- Plan and execute cutover activities, including onsite coordination when required. Lead post-integration support, ensuring a smooth transition for end users and timely resolution of issues
- Execute and refine IT integration playbooks and standards to improve consistency and scalability. Identify opportunities to enhance integration processes, tooling, and documentation over time
- Support IT due diligence efforts as needed by assessing acquired company environments and identifying risks, dependencies, and integration considerations
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 5-10+ years of experience in IT, with direct experience supporting or leading M&A IT integrations
- Hands-on experience leading Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant migrations in production environments
- Strong knowledge of Entra ID (Azure AD), Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive
- Experience using migration tools (e.g., BitTitan, Quest, ShareGate, or similar)
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced environment
- Experience coordinating across cross-functional teams without direct authority
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and execution skills
- Experience working in organizations with an active acquisition strategy is preferred
- Experience supporting IT due diligence activities is preferred
- Background in consulting or integration-focused roles is nice to have
- Preferred experience in developing or refining integration playbooks
Physical Demands: Must be able to regularly talk, hear and operate a computer, keyboard and mouse and occasionally lift, pull/push and carry up to 20 pounds with accommodations.
Work Conditions: Exposure to constant or intermittent sounds at a low or moderate level consistent with an office setting. Exposure to high-stress, fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment. Travel to other BKF locations and client sites may be required.
Benefits
- The typical base salary range for this position is $120,000- $170,000 annualized depending upon skills, experience, education, and geographical location. This is a salary position paid biweekly.
- Competitive salaries, profit sharing, and 401k.
- Generous paid time off packages.
- 9 Paid Holidays.
- Flexible schedules.
- Education reimbursement, Paid annual dues for professional and societal organizations.
- BKF offers competitive and award-winning benefits and perks. To learn more click here.
BKF provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
BKF does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement and a specific solicitation for the position or other approved engagement request for the position with BKF, BKF reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited submittals are done at the risk of the recruiter.
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