Owns solution architecture for multiple customer projects using Dynamics 365 and the Microsoft technology stack. Responsibilities include requirements gathering, solution design, integrations, ALM and CI/CD strategy, technical documentation, stakeholder engagement, project delivery leadership, mentoring, and pre-sales support. The architect advises customers, prototypes and demonstrates solutions, guides developers, manages technical and commercial considerations, and leads complex enterprise implementations across agile and waterfall environments.
We have current internal openings for a Business Applications Solution Architect at Practitioner band to further company growth and to serve our customers in a structured way. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced senior consultant to further themselves on an architect career path and take responsibility for owning solutions across one or more of our customers. As part of our restructuring, you won’t be thrown in at the deep-end, rather you will work as part of a virtual team of architects, sharing ideas and breaking down internal walls.
You will have functional and technical knowledge of the Power Platform (and the wider Microsoft technology stack) with excellent client engagement and consulting skills. You will have worked before in a customer-facing role and will quickly adapt to and understand unfamiliar industry sectors and business processes.
Fundamentally, this role involves being a solution owner for multiple customer projects. Some projects may be in different stages of the software development lifecycle, and some may be agile in nature. You will have experience in both functional and technical disciplines. You will have an interest in getting involved in designing solutions from scratch, whether that is directly involved with the customer during delivery, or getting involved early in the pre-sales process. You will be opinionated and thoughtful with the ability to be your customer’s trusted advisor whilst understanding commercial considerations that impact Codec’s ability to deliver projects to time and budget.
Key Responsibilities
Role Attributes
Knowledge
- Deep understanding of Dynamics 365 CRM architecture, customisation and development.
- Go-to expert in two or more of the following: Power Platform, PowerApps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Licensing, Pre-Sales, Integration Architecture, Microsoft Azure, Power BI, .NET Development, Data Migration Strategies and Approaches.
- Provides expert advice and weighs in on complex decisions and problems that impact other teams or the company at large
- Solution envisioning and design in agile and waterfall methodologies, primarily with Dynamics 365 as a platform, but introducing other elements of the Microsoft technology stack where necessary (Dynamics 365, ASP.NET, SharePoint, SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS)
- Hands-On skills with the ability to get involved in delivery when needed.
- Expertise in ALM practices, including solution lifecycle, environment strategy, and CI/CD automation.
- Proficient in developing structured design documentation aligned with enterprise delivery methodologies and governance frameworks.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Skills & Communication
- Customer requirements gathering alongside systems analysis and design skills
- Good understanding of core project management principles and the overall software development lifecycle
- Presentation and proposal writing
- Sets direction at a project level to ensure complete ownership of a project
- Provides feedback on projects outside of their core area
- Identifies and proposes strategies to problems affecting their team and gets buy-in on solution
- Makes others better through mentorship or guidance on specific areas related to their functional knowledge
- Communicate with business stakeholders and business analysts to ensure the solution design meets requirements
- Take part in the pre-sales process, providing input to tenders and bids when necessary and prototyping and demoing solutions to potential customers.
- Take part in the pre-sales process, providing input to tenders and bids when necessary and prototyping and demoing solutions to potential customers
- Provide strategic guidance on platform capabilities, extensibility, and best practices for solution implementation.
- Work closely with developers to ensure implementations are in line with the proposed design and overall standards.
Autonomy
- Works under broad direction from Practice lead, Enterprise architect lead and Business applications lead
- Work is self-initiated, solution focused and commercially focused.
- Is fully responsible for meeting allocated technical and/or project/supervisory objectives.
- Has a significant role in the assignment of tasks and/or responsibilities
Influence
- Influences decisions that impact on the success of work streams
- Influence over the allocation of resources and budgets to particular assignments
- Builds effective relationships with customers and internal Codec staff, taking a ‘One Codec’ view.
- Leads on project deliveries
Complexity
- Performs an extensive range of complex technical and professional work activities, with experience of complex enterprise architecture, integrations and functional considerations.
- Manages projects in fast paced unpredictable environments
- Understands when and where to leverage their expertise for the benefit of the organisation
About
Established over 40 years ago, Codec is a multi-award-winning Microsoft Solutions Partner, trusted by public and private sector organisations to deliver impactful digital transformation. With offices in Dublin, Belfast, Cologne, and across Germany, our team of over 300 experts specialises in harnessing the full potential of Microsoft technologies—including Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Azure, and Copilot—to drive innovation, automation, and operational excellence. Codec combines deep industry expertise with a proven track record to help organisations unlock the power of AI and modern cloud solutionsThough originally best known as a hardware reseller, since 2010 Codec has focused on building an outstanding software consulting business with a team of experts implementing enterprise solutions using products from Microsoft and Oracle. Our customer base, revenues and average contract values have grown steadily year on year and we continue to invest in the provision of new product and service offerings.Our team is a careful mix of recent graduates and experienced professionals from a variety of diverse cultural backgrounds. We are a melting pot of seasoned consultants supported by the best talent from the local universities. We have a thriving placement student academy and graduate recruitment programme which grows year on year.This company is an equal opportunities employer
Codec Dublin, Dublin, IRL Office
Adelaide Road, Earlsfort Plaza, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, D02
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