D365 F&O DevOps Lead

How You Will Help

• Lead a blended development team of internal and offshore resources acting as a hands-on player/coach who contributes directly to development efforts while guiding the team.
• Establish and enforce software development policies coding standards and best practices across all team members regardless of location.
• Manage offshore development resources including work assignment quality oversight and communication across time zones.
• Mentor and develop internal team members providing technical guidance code reviews and career growth support.
• Conduct regular team stand-ups sprint planning and retrospectives using Agile or equivalent delivery frameworks.
• Collaborate with the D365 Infrastructure Lead Business Analysts and functional stakeholders to align development priorities with business needs.

• Design develop test and deploy custom X code extensions and modifications within D365 F&O following best-practice extension-first principles.
• Lead development efforts for custom business logic workflows forms data entities reports and batch processes within D365.
• Own the full code lifecycle from requirements analysis and design through development peer review testing and production promotion.
• Ensure all custom development is version-controlled documented and maintainable minimizing technical debt and long-term sustainability risk.
• Champion a standard-first development philosophy working with business partners to configure standard D365 functionality wherever possible before pursuing custom development.

• Lead development and maintenance of integrations between D365 F&O and external systems including design of data flows APIs and middleware solutions.
• Utilize D365 integration technologies including OData custom services Data Management Framework (DMF) and Azure-based integration patterns (Logic Apps Azure Functions Service Bus).
• Oversee the technical management of embedded ISV modules within the D365 solution including upgrades compatibility testing and vendor coordination.
• Evaluate and onboard new ISV solutions assessing technical fit upgrade risk and integration complexity.
• Ensure integrations and ISV customizations are regression-tested and validated following D365 quality updates and version upgrades.

• Own and manage the D365 F&O development pipeline using Azure DevOps including source control (Git) build pipelines and automated deployment processes.
• Establish and maintain branching strategies release management processes and environment promotion workflows from Development through Test/QA to Production.
• Coordinate code deployments and release activities with the D365 Infrastructure Lead to ensure alignment with environment governance and update schedules.
• Implement and maintain automated build and test frameworks to improve deployment quality and reduce manual effort.
• Maintain deployment documentation release notes and rollback procedures for all custom code changes.

• Define and maintain the development teams standards for coding documentation source control testing and peer review.
• Establish processes for solution design reviews ensuring proposed custom development is evaluated against standard functionality before proceeding.
• Track and manage technical debt proactively refactoring or retiring custom code where standard D365 functionality has evolved to meet the need.
• Stay current on Microsoft D365 F&O platform updates new development capabilities and deprecation notices assessing impact on the custom codebase.
• Drive continuous improvement in team delivery velocity code quality and deployment reliability through tooling process and skills development.

• Partner with finance operations and other business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into scalable sustainable D365 solutions.
• Lead solution design discussions presenting options that weigh standard configuration low-code approaches and custom development with honest sustainability trade-offs.
• Participate in D365 upgrade and roadmap planning advising on the impact of platform changes to existing custom code and integrations.
• Support Business Analysts and functional leads during testing cycles providing technical expertise and rapid issue resolution.

What You Will Bring

• 710 years of hands-on D365 F&O (or AX) development experience including deep proficiency in X and the D365 extension model.
• Demonstrated experience leading development teams including management of offshore or blended onshore/offshore teams.
• Strong command of D365 F&O development tooling including Visual Studio LCS and Azure DevOps (Git pipelines work items).
• Proven experience designing and implementing D365 integrations using OData DMF custom services and Azure integration services.
• Experience managing ISV modules within D365 including upgrade coordination and compatibility validation.
• Solid understanding of D365 application lifecycle management (ALM) including environment promotion and release management practices.
• Deep knowledge of D365 F&O data model security framework and platform architecture.
• Ability to establish and enforce development standards and mentor developers at varying skill levels.
• Strong analytical and solution design skills with a bias toward standard functionality over custom development.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical teams and non-technical business stakeholders.

• Experience in a manufacturing industrial or supply chain environment.
• Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps Developer Associate or equivalent certification.
• Familiarity with Power Platform (Power Automate Power Apps) as a complement to D365 custom development.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies and tools such as Azure DevOps Boards or Jira.
• Exposure to D365 dual-write virtual entities and Dataverse integration patterns.
• Knowledge of Azure services including Logic Apps Azure Functions Service Bus and API Management.
• Experience evaluating and managing technical debt in long-running ERP development programs.