Solution Architect

Overview

Microsoft Industry Solutions Delivery is a global organization hosting over 6,000 strategic sellers, industry and security experts, elite engineers, world-class data scientists and architects, consultants, and delivery specialists. Together with our partners, we help Microsoft’s most strategic customers worldwide address their specific challenges and provide comprehensive and industry-specific solutions that meet their unique needs. Our organization is at the forefront of innovation, driving value across the entirety of the customers’ digital and AI transformation journey through repeatable and customized cutting-edge solutions powered by Microsoft Cloud and AI.

We take pride in embodying Microsoft's mission of empowerment, promoting a growth mindset, inspiring excellence, and fostering a culture of inclusivity where everyone is encouraged to share their unique perspectives and be their authentic selves. By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to life-changing innovations that impact billions of people worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Solution Architect is responsible for translating the client’s business requirements into specific systems, applications, or process designs for very large complex technology solutions and architectures.
• You’ll act as an advocate for the client as the ultimate authority on the architecture designed to address client business problems.
• You’ll provide direction for design activities, often project-based, sometimes working at customer sites.
• You’ll gather customer/partner insights from a broad range of stakeholders to shape and form both the definition and ongoing execution of projects.
• You’ll define and document the architecture to communicate the value proposition of the business solution along with the project approach.
• Collaborating with the Project Manager you’ll jointly drive project/technical governance of the design, build, and deployment into use.
• You’ll work with the business sponsor and customer/partner stakeholders to gather and ratify requirements and constraints and collaborate with the Account Team and/or Bid Team to understand the business solution/problem.
• This role is flexible in that you can work up to 50% from home.

Qualifications

Technical Skills Required

• Specialise in Dynamics 365 CE and Power Platform with a good understanding of the overall Microsoft stack including basic Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, Azure and Microsoft 365.
• Deep functional and technical knowledge of Dynamics 365 CE including Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Contact Centre, Field Service, Project Operations and Copilot.
• Deep knowledge of Power Platform including Power Apps (Model Driven and Canvas), Power Automate, Power Pages, Power Virtual Agents.
• A good understanding of Integration and Data migration platforms.
• A good understanding of DevOps processes.
• Demonstrated experience in the delivery of complex and large-scale applications based on Dynamics 365 CE.
• Experience working in Waterfall, Iterative and Agile methodologies.

Non-Technical Skills Required

• Excellent relationship building and influencing skills with the ability to engage with various stakeholders including internal, external and partner organisations.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to present complex ideas and solutions to various levels of internal and external stakeholders.

Certifications

• Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant (PL-200)
• Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect (PL-600)
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Functional Consultant (MB-210)

Employment details

• Seniority level: Not Applicable
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Consulting
• Industries: Software Development

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