About the Company

Davidson Technology are working with a State Government Department to secure an experienced Desktop Migration Lead to plan controlled pilot and migration waves, coordinate delivery resources and manage desktop cutover, user readiness, hypercare and the eventual service transition into operations.

About the Role

As the Desktop Migration Lead, you will be responsible for leading the end-to-end migration of the agency’s users and desktop services from the existing CORP setting into the digital workplace. This hands-on technical leadership role requires extensive experience in large-scale desktop migrations, modern workplace technologies and complex ICT environments, with strong expertise in Microsoft Entra ID, Intune, MECM, Windows SOE deployment, device provisioning and user profile migration. You will oversee desktop discovery, migration planning, pilot execution, staged cutovers, technical resource coordination, user readiness and post-migration hypercare across Brisbane CBD and regional Queensland locations. Working closely with infrastructure, identity, networking, security and service management teams, you will ensure seamless integration of applications, devices and business-critical services while minimising operational disruption. You will demonstrate strong project delivery capabilities, stakeholder engagement, risk management and technical troubleshooting skills, with responsibility for migration runbooks, deployment schedules, testing, governance, go/no-go decisions, rollback planning and operational reporting. Your ability to lead technical teams, manage complex dependencies and deliver a controlled transition into business-as-usual operations will be critical to the successful delivery of this six-month migration program.

About You

To be successful, you will bring extensive expertise in delivering large-scale,



multi-site enterprise Windows desktop and endpoint migrations, ideally within government or complex managed service environments. You bring strong hands-on technical capabilities across Windows 11 SOE deployment, Microsoft Intune, Autopilot, MECM/Configuration Manager, Active Directory, Entra ID, Group Policy, Microsoft 365, device compliance, identity management and cross-domain migrations, including user profile transitions, application compatibility, endpoint security and troubleshooting. You have a proven ability to lead geographically dispersed technical teams, coordinate technicians and floor walkers, and manage complex migration schedules, site logistics, pilot deployments, cutovers, rollback procedures and post-migration hypercare while minimising business disruption. Your experience includes PowerShell scripting, migration tooling such as ForensIT, network and application dependencies, ITIL-aligned service management, ServiceNow, change governance and formal transition into business-as-usual operations. You demonstrate sound technical judgement, strong problem-solving capabilities and the ability to manage competing priorities, proactively identify risks and deliver successful migration outcomes within approved architecture and security frameworks. With excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and leadership skills, you can confidently engage with executives, project teams, vendors and business users, translating complex technical issues into practical solutions while ensuring effective governance, accurate reporting, operational readiness and seamless service transition.

The Benefits

You will be offered a 6-month contract on an excellent hourly rate and the ability to negotiate a flexible working arrangement for the duration of the assignment.

Please submit your current resume to apply. To learn more about Davidson, visit davidsonwp.com.

📌 Desktop Migration Lead (Brisbane)
🏢 Davidson
📍 Brisbane