Lead Enterprise Solutions Architect/ Dynamics 365, Azure

A Lead Enterprise Solutions Architect is required by a large IT software company to take ownership of solution architecture across a global technology landscape, with a focus on transforming and consolidating core enterprise business systems around Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Responsibilities

• Owning end-to-end solution architecture across core enterprise platforms, including ERP, CRM, CPQ and integration solutions.
• Defining the target architecture and transition roadmap for core business systems based on Microsoft Dynamics 365.
• Defining application migration approaches, assessing options and recommending appropriate technical solutions.
• Shaping the future CRM and CPQ architecture, including the transition towards Dynamics 365 Sales and the integration of supporting business platforms.
• Developing an enterprise integration strategy and roadmap, assessing existing bespoke integrations and defining future integration approaches and platforms.
• Selecting appropriate integration technologies and patterns based on business requirements, security, resilience, scalability, supportability and cost.
• Translating business and non-functional requirements into practical solution designs, explaining technical options, risks and trade-offs.
• Working with engineering teams and external system integrators to review designs, challenge proposed solutions and ensure alignment with enterprise standards.
• Ensuring solutions address security, resilience, performance, monitoring and operational readiness.
• Advising senior stakeholders on architectural decisions and mentoring engineers and technical teams.

Required Experience

• Experience as a Lead Solutions Architect, Enterprise Solutions Architect or in a similar senior architecture role.
• Strong enterprise solution architecture experience across ERP, CRM, CPQ and integration environments.
• Strong Microsoft Dynamics 365 experience, particularly Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (F&O).
• Demonstrable experience leading or architecting ERP transformations, ideally involving migration from Microsoft Navision to Dynamics 365 F&O.
• Experience designing CRM and CPQ solutions, ideally involving Dynamics 365 Sales and Oracle CPQ.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration architecture, including different integration platforms, patterns and approaches.
• Experience designing integration strategies, target architectures and transition roadmaps, including the evolution of bespoke integrations.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure, particularly Azure Integration Services, alongside the ability to assess and work with different integration technologies.