Solution Architect

Codec
Manchester, UK
3 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
10 years minimum
Compensation
£100,219.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Microsoft Azure Continuous Integration Data Governance OAuth Scrum Methodology Azure Active Directory Microsoft Copilot Microsoft Power Automate Cloud Integration Powerapps

Job description

  • Solution Strategy & Roadmapping: Define target architectures on Power Platform/D365 CE; produce option papers with cost/benefit/licensing impacts and a pragmatic adoption path.
  • Scope & Delivery Governance: Own technical scope, estimates, and assumptions; run change control; set quality gates and NFRs; orchestrate partner/offshore teams.
  • Stakeholder Leadership: Lead C-suite and business workshops; align competing technical priorities; communicate risk and trade-offs clearly.
  • Commercial Awareness: Shape bids/SoWs, delivery plans, and commercials; support account growth with value cases and phased roadmaps.
  • Integration & Security Patterns: Approve patterns for Azure integration (Functions, Logic Apps, API-M, Service Bus), identity (AAD/OAuth), and data governance.
  • ALM at Scale: Design environment topology, DLP, solution layering; enforce CI/CD standards and release cadence.
  • Data, Insights & Copilot: Partner with data teams on reporting; assess Copilot/AI opportunities and responsible-use guidelines.
  • Enablement & Handover: Ensure team produce and adhere to standards for admin guides, runbooks, support models, and operational KPIs.
  • Leadership & Coaching: Mentor Senior consultants; build standards; turn lessons learned into reusable assets., * 90 days: You’ve taken architecture ownership of a complex delivery, stabilised delivery, and completely gained the customer’s and team’s trust.
  • 6 months: You’ve delivered a project successfully into production for a large enterprise customer. You’ve taken the learning and contributed them back to the company so we benefit other customers with the knowledge gained.
  • 12 months: You are helping define and shape standards and best practices across the company for new technologies we delivery - AI, Power Platform and Azure.

Requirements

  • Experience: ~10+ years across consulting/enterprise delivery with proven ownership of multi-workstream programmes; prior architect title or clear equivalent.
  • Consulting & Communication: Excellent facilitation, executive comms, conflict resolution, and decision papers.
  • Commercial & Licensing: Estimation, SoWs, margin awareness, and practical knowledge of D365/Power Platform licensing impacts.
  • Architecture: Strong Dataverse modelling, integration/security patterns, and non-functional design (performance, availability, accessibility).
  • Governance & ALM: 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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