` Job: Cloud Consultant

Location: Richmond, VA – Remote -- (Candidate MUST be in Eastern Time Zone with PREFERENCE given to those close to Richmond, VA)

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Interview: VIRTUAL

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Length: 6 month contract with rolling extensions.

Our client CAI/Virginia Department of Social Services is looking for a Cloud Consultant for a REMOTE position based out of Richmond, VA.

Responsibilities:

• The Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS),Information Technology Department (ITD) is seeking an experienced Dynamics 365/Power Platform Consultant and Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead the development and implementation of a governance strategy and framework for all DSS Dynamics 365 and Power Platform solutions, within the single Commonwealth of Virginia (COV) tenant, shared with over 60 independent executive branches.
• This individual will be the Power Platform technical liaison between DSS stakeholders, DSS IT, DSS vendors and the Virginia Information Technology Agency (VITA).
• This resource will be responsible for understanding the Power Platform environments strategy designed by VITA, and ensure DSS vendors and citizen developers comply with the DSS governance strategy.
• Furthermore, the SME/Platform Consultant will provide technology guidance, road maps, principles, standards, and best practices.
• Work with business stakeholders, vendors, and engineering teams to implement a technical architecture, governance framework, and best practices to develop efficient solutions, product capabilities and repeatable processes.
• Act as primary platform Consultant and technical lead for Dynamics 365 and M365 Power Platform suite (Power Pages, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Virtual Agents)
• Work on highly complex projects and turnkey solutions that require in-depth knowledge across multiple specialized architectural domains, including Azure IaaS, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure DevOps, Okta Identity management, azure storage accounts and Azure app registrations.
• Analyze 3rd-party products to document overall solution and system architecture, and identity/permissions security models.
• Contribute to the Product features roadmaps and to DSS's Power Platform Community of Practice (CoP models)
• Ensure high-quality platform deliverables in accordance with the platform roadmap and capabilities
• Define delivery documentation including best practices, design, build and operations guides, as well as the management processes and procedures
• Lead efforts in defining, documenting and estimating the following for enterprise applications.
• Design/Implement Enterprise Security/technology Patterns
• Align architecture strategy with business goals.
• Develop and communicate architectural policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures.
• Promote the governance framework, outcomes, and results to the organization and senior leadership.
• Review and/or analyze and develop architectural requirements as needed for the organization.
• Ensure the conceptual completeness of the technical solutions.
• Review existing business processes and establishes metrics to improve business processes, as well as support of all arch disciplines under their direction.
• Tackle complex and ambiguous problems that span numerous systems and organizations
• Collaborate with project management and IT leaders to ensure progress towards architectural alignment with project goals and requirements.
• Resolve conflict productively across teams.

Requirements:

• 10 years of experience in technology industry and IT consulting services.
• Experience with cloud and hybrid, on-premises infrastructures, architectural designs, industry standards, and/or technology management.
• in-depth knowledge and experience with Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Platform, Power BI, Power Pages, Power Apps, and Power Automate.
• Experience managing end-to-end product deployment from concept, development, and successful launch.
• Experience leading programs with full customer journey impact covering program planning, risk assessment, cost, and delivery.
• Proven Experience in managing delivery of services / products related to M365 and MS technology in a GCC environment.
• Proven ability to create product roadmap, best practices, development and deployment standards for M365 and its products.
• Demonstrated communication and influencing skills at all levels of the organization and across technical and non-technical teams.
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering & Process Automation.

Thanks & Regards,

Abhinav Upadhyay

Talent Acquisition Specialist-North America

Desk: 3024851526-526

Email: abhinav@steneral.com
Website: www.steneral.com

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $55.00 - $60.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Richmond, VA 23173