Solution Architect

Solution Architect

Responsibilities

Shape solution strategy, manage scope and risks, and be the primary technical counterpart to clients.
Remain hands-on where it counts (spikes, POCs, critical flows and where tight deadlines mean helping out), while steering multi-team delivery, commercials, and roadmap.
Define target architectures on Power Platform/D365 CE; produce option papers with cost/benefit/licensing impacts and a pragmatic adoption path.
Own technical scope, estimates, and assumptions; run change control; set quality gates and NFRs; orchestrate partner/offshore teams.
Lead C-suite and business workshops; align competing technical priorities; communicate risk and trade-offs clearly.
Shape bids/SoWs, delivery plans, and commercials; support account growth with value cases and phased roadmaps.
Approve patterns for Azure integration (Functions, Logic Apps, API-M, Service Bus), identity (AAD/OAuth), and data governance.
Design environment topology, DLP, solution layering; enforce CI/CD standards and release cadence.
Partner with data teams on reporting; assess Copilot/AI opportunities and responsible-use guidelines.
Ensure team produce and adhere to standards for admin guides, runbooks, support models, and operational KPIs.
Mentor Senior consultants; build standards; turn lessons learned into reusable assets.
Qualifications

~10+ years across consulting/enterprise delivery with proven ownership of multi-workstream programmes; prior architect title or clear equivalent.
Excellent facilitation, executive comms, conflict resolution, and decision papers.
Estimation, SoWs, margin awareness, and practical knowledge of D365/Power Platform licensing impacts.
Strong Dataverse modelling, integration/security patterns, and non-functional design (performance, availability, accessibility).
Environment strategy, DLP, layered solutions, release governance.
Desirable: Power Pages governance; BI for operational reporting; regulated industry experience; modern delivery (Scrum/Scaled Agile).

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