Job Title : Technical Team Lead Application Migration
Type : Contract
Duration : 12-month contract w / chance of multi-year extension
Location : Remote with travel onsite to Boston, MA
Start Date : ASAP
Overview :
Medasource is seeking a Technical Team Lead to provide hands-on technical leadership and line management within an application migration squad for a premier healthcare partner in the Northeast. This multi-year initiative involves transitioning a portfolio of research and clinical-adjacent applications off Mass General Brighams infrastructure and onto Beth Israel Lahey Healths environment. The Team Lead will oversee backend engineers, developers, and QA resources, while coordinating closely with release managers and program leadership to ensure seamless migrations across complex, highly integrated applications.
This role requires a senior architect-level leader with proven experience in backend systems, infrastructure migrations, and Epic-connected integrations. The Team Lead will combine people leadership with deep technical oversight to drive delivery, troubleshoot critical issues, and enable successful cutovers.
Minimum Qualifications :
- 5+ years of IT experience with a focus on backend application infrastructure and migrations (on-prem and / or cloud).
- Prior experience leading technical teams (engineers, developers, QA, or analysts), ideally in a healthcare or research setting.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across application, infrastructure, and integration layers.
- Proven track record of supporting migrations or cutovers involving Epic or research-related applications.
- Excellent communication skills to bridge technical details with delivery oversight.
- Experience as a technical team lead, line manager, or senior architect.
Responsibilities :
Lead and mentor a migration squad consisting of backend engineers, developers, and QA resources.Provide technical direction on lift-and-shift migrations, integration updates, and cutover execution.Partner with QA and release managers to coordinate smoke testing, validation, and production release schedules.Collaborate with application and business owners to confirm migration requirements, dependencies, and access needs.Troubleshoot backend and integration issues, particularly those impacting Epic-connected or research applications.Serve as the squads primary technical point of contact, reporting risks, progress, and technical challenges to Project and Program Managers.