D365 Solution Architect

Role Responsibilities*

Solution Architecture & Governance

• Lead the end-to-end architectural design of D365 F&O solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards, scalability, and best practices.

• Formulate robust architectural blueprints, technical specifications, and system integration strategies.

• Establish development guidelines, code review processes, and governance frameworks to maintain high-quality system implementations.

• Define and manage the overall environment topology, release management strategy, and deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps and Lifecycle Services (LCS).

Technical & Functional Leadership

• Act as the ultimate technical authority on complex D365 F&O issues, troubleshooting critical performance bottlenecks, data integrity problems, and architectural gaps.

• Bridge the gap between business requirements and technical execution, translating complex functional demands into efficient technical solutions.

• Mentor, guide, and lead teams of technical developers, functional analysts, and systems integrators.

• Drive the adoption of modern practices, including the use of Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI) and Azure services.

Integration & Data Migration Strategy

• Architect seamless integration solutions connecting D365 F&O with third-party legacy applications, MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems), PLM, WMS, and external APIs.

• Design robust data migration strategies, outlining ETL pipelines, data validation, and historical data reconciliation frameworks.

• Implement high-capacity data architectures using D365 Data Management Framework (DMF), OData, BYOD (Bring Your Own Database), and Azure Data Lake storage.

Stakeholder & Change Management

• Serve as a trusted advisor to C-level executives, steering committees, and business unit heads, clearly communicating technical risks, timelines, and architectural trade-offs.

• Conduct feasibility assessments and Cost-Benefit Analyses (CBA) for requested customizations versus standard product capabilities.

• Assist with change management and business process engineering to ensure users maximize the value of the standard D365 features.

*Required Skills & Qualifications*

*Technical Competencies*

• D365 Core Development: Advanced expertise in X++, C#, .NET, and SQL Server.

• Microsoft Cloud Stack: Deep understanding of Azure Integration Services (Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Service Bus, API Management) and Microsoft Power Platform.

• LCS & ALM: Expert-level mastery of Microsoft Lifecycle Services (LCS) for environment administration, diagnostic tools, and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).

• Security & Compliance: Strong knowledge of D365 security role design, licensing compliance, and data privacy principles.

*Functional & Domain Knowledge*

• Supply Chain Management (SCM): Inventory, Procurement, Sourcing, Warehousing, and Logistics.

• Manufacturing: Discrete and Process manufacturing, Production Control, and Capacity Planning.

• Finance: General Ledger, AP, AR, Asset Management, Costing, and Localized Tax compliance in Malaysia.

• Experience with large-scale industrial, engineering, or manufacturing enterprise operations is highly desirable.

Professional & Interpersonal Skills

• Proven track record of leading at least 3-4 full lifecycle, multi-phase global implementations of D365 F&O as a Lead/Principal Architect.

• Outstanding communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas to non-technical business partners.

• Excellent command of English (written and spoken)

*Education & Certifications*

Certifications (Highly Valued):

• Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect (MB-700)

• Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Finance Functional Consultant Associate (MB-310) or Supply Chain Management (MB-330)