Solution Architect Business Central

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND extensive experience in cloud, applications, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or cloud technology domain (Dynamics / Power Platform / Azure/ GCP/ AWS) 

OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND solid experience in cloud, applications, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or technology domain (Azure/ GCP/ AWS) 

OR equivalent experience.

Extensive experience in enterprise environments, with a strong background in solution architecture.

Proven expertise in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, particularly focused on Business Central implementations and transformations.

Has a solid functional and technical understanding of D365 line of business applications including D365 Service, Sales and Customer Insights.

Advanced Customization & Configuration: Ability to tailor Business Central using Power Platform tools like Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI.

AI-Driven Process Automation: Design AI-powered automation workflows using Power Automate, enhancing productivity and reducing manual intervention in business processes.

Experience in several complex migration projects from on-premises to cloud platforms for small and medium sized enterprise customers 

Ability to lead a multidisciplinary technical team, provide clear direction and take accountability for technical project outcomes 

Advanced technical selling and customer management skills are a requirement.

The role should have proven experience in a broad range of industry knowledge and at least 5 years implementation experience 

Proven experience selling product and consulting engagements in competitive situations 

Experience which includes estimating, scoping, and writing effective statements of work that clearly set expectations and limit risk 

An ability to articulate architectural differences between solution methods and the challenges and approaches to integrating solutions built on different platforms including a working knowledge of different architectural frameworks that may be used by our customers 

Working knowledge of specialized tools and solution providers whether they be Microsoft partners or competitors 

Knowledge of full application life cycle design tools and methodologies 

Exceptional demonstrated consulting skills 

Large enterprise deployment experience in complex heterogeneous environments 

Ability to move between high level architectural review/design and the “roll up the sleeves” level of doing all phases of an application delivery project 

Domain experience with Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure solutions, and understanding of how Microsoft Security, compliance, and identity solutions can span across these solution areas to provide a holistic and end-to-end solution.

Experience writing or contributing to design documentation, leveraging Azure DevOps, and experience designing wireframes for custom apps.

Regular involvement in presenting complex technical topics to both an executive and a technical audience 

Deep knowledge of solution architecture, design, implementation, and/or support of Cloud and/or hybrid messaging/collaboration/unified environments.

Identify business needs and determine solutions to business problems, process improvement, organizational change, or strategic planning and policy development.

Relationship Building.

Proven track record of building deep technical relationships with senior IT executives in large or highly strategic accounts.

Experience in managing various stakeholder relationships to get consensus on solution/projects.

Collaboration and Communication: Acknowledged for driving decisions collaboratively, resolving conflicts and ensuring follow through with exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences.

Technical passion with good understanding of cloud architectural patterns leveraging managed, SaaS, and Platform-As-A-Service offerings, rearchitecting monolithic applications with cloud native technologies, related databases and modern DevOps/ DevSecOps practices.

Experience with competitive Application development services across public cloud (e.g. SAP, Salesforce, AWS, GCP, Oracle) is a plus.

COE Technical Pre-Sales and readiness - Work directly with partners to help drive technical pre-sales motions with Microsoft Business Applications / Power Platform Workshop Materials

Understanding Customer/Partner Technical Environment 

Architecture Design and Deployment - Technical Solution Development: Developing technical solutions and ability to design, customize, or reapply technical solutions based on customer/partner needs or demands.

Generate new and/or improvements to existing intellectual property.

Identifies which ideas should be culled and curate content to align with messaging and intent from the partner marketing team.

Creates new intellectual property based on requirements from our stakeholders.

Drives the re-use of intellectual property and recommends practices in both pre-sales and delivery.

Participates and contributes to internal/external communities.

Develop a network of internal/external relationships to build influence in addressing problems/ blockers and facilitating additional views on the matter of interest.

Stays up to date on Microsoft’s technologies, products, and services in order to communicate Microsoft's mission, strategy, and capabilities.

Understand competitor solutions and identifies how customer business value can be driven through Microsoft's offerings.

Steers the customer/partner conversations to the benefits of the solution rather than the features and functionalities.

Share ideas, insight, and strategic, technical input with technical teams, internal communities across the field, and the larger virtual team across Microsoft using a thorough knowledge of specific Microsoft products and their context in the competitive landscape.

Participate in external architect community events (e.g., conferences, seminars, technical meetups, Webcasts, blogs, hackathons) and shares learnings with internal team.

Acts a mentor to junior colleagues to educate them on technical and non-technical concepts.