Microsoft Dynamics Solutions Architect

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We are seeking a Solutions Architect to join our team and play a pivotal role in implementing and supporting our brandnew Microsoft Dynamics 365 (MS D365) Cloud implementation. You will be at the forefront of innovation leveraging the latest MS D365 technology to streamline our business processes optimize system performance and implement preventive measures to ensure smooth operations. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving our business forward by identifying areas for continuous improvement and collaborating with crossfunctional teams to implement effective solutions.

Translates Business Strategy into Solutions Architecture

• Understands business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state) and determines corresponding enterprise system designs and change requirements to drive the organizations targeted business outcomes.

• Understands emerging technology trends and disruptions and the practical application of existing new and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models.

• Translates business and technical requirements into a solution architectural blueprint to achieve business objectives and documents all solution architecture design and analysis work.

• Collaborates with others to analyze the technology landscape as well as competitors and market trends to use the information to determine potential business benefit and impact on the enterprise.

• Provides deliverables like standard definitions reference models and architecture designs to help the Enterprise Architecture Board (EAB) assess the impact of new and ongoing technology investment on the business and IT.

• May act as a consultant on a broad range of technologies platforms and vendor offerings to drive targeted business outcomes.

Leads Solutions Design and Analysis

• Leads evaluation design and analysis for the implementation of a solutions architecture across a group of specific business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy business capabilities valuestreams business requirements and enterprise standards.

• Creates solution architectural designs to guide and contextualize solution development across products services and systems (including applications technologies processes and information).

• Creates reference architectures focused on detailed design principles decision points major systems and dependencies between business and IT.

• May manage and develop the solution architecture for a broader scope of products working closely with application architects that manage and design architecture for a single product or initiative.

Orchestrates Solutions Delivery

• Defines the principles guidelines standards and solution patterns to ensure solution decisions are aligned with the futurestate enterprise architecture vision.

• Facilitates the evaluation and selection of software product standards and services as well as the design of standard and custom software configurations.

• Develops a roadmap for the evolution of the enterprise application portfolio from current to future state (as defined by the solutions architecture).

• Monitors the currentstate solution portfolio to identify deficiencies through aging of the technologies used by the application or misalignment with business requirements.

• Identifies the organizational impact (for example on skills processes structures or culture) and financial impact of the solutions architecture.

• Designs and directs governance activities for solutions and ensures compliance with Enterprise Architecture standards

Facilitates and Collaborates to Deliver Business Outcomes

• Works closely with the product owners and product managers to ensure a robust architectural runway that can support future business requirements throughout the product life cycle.

• Consults with application and infrastructure development products to fit systems or infrastructure to architecture and identify when it is necessary to modify plans to accommodate the solutions architecture.

• Supports a community of practice (CoP) guiding and helping agile teams product owners and application architects to align with the overall enterprise architecture governance and assurance.

• Works with technology vendors to ensure solutions align with product vision.

• Successfully engages in multiple large initiatives simultaneously.

• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge Skills Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or a related field

• 10 years of experience in technical architecture or a similar role

• Strong understanding of architectural patterns and principles

• Experience with cloud computing platforms preferably Azure

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and integration strategies preferred

Adherence to Hybrid Work Policy:

Adherence to the companys hybrid work policy is an essential function of the Functional Analyst position. The policy is subject to change and employees will be required to adhere to those changes as a condition of their continued employment.

Location:

• 1300 Gezon Pkwy Wyoming MI 49509

• Hybrid Schedule 4 days in office 1 day remote

• Monday to Friday

• 8 am to 5 pm