Title: Azure Cloud Architect

Location: 5600 Cox Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060

Interview Type: Either Phone or In Person

Work Arrangement: Remote

Rate: Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

*local Richmond VA candidates strongly preferred

Skills required/Desired:

Azure Power Apps – Required 5 Years

Azure Power Pages - Required 5 Years

Dynamics 365 Required 5 Years

Technical Program or Technical Product management Required 10 Years

cloud and hybrid, on-premises infrastructures, architecture designs, industry standards, and/or technology management Required 10 Years

Seeking an experienced Dynamics 365/Power Platform Architect and Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead the development and implementation of a governance strategy and framework for all Dynamics 365 and Power Platform solutions, within the single tenant, shared with over 60 independent executive branches.

This resource will be responsible for understanding the Power Platform environments strategy designed by Client.

Furthermore the SME/Platform Architect will provide technology guidance, road maps, principles, standards, and best practices.

Responsibilities

• 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 architect 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 architecture 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 architectures, and identity/permissions security models.
• Contribute to the Product features roadmaps and to 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 architectural 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

• 5 years in-depth knowledge and experience with Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Platform, Power BI, Power Pages, Power Apps, and Power Automate.
• 10 years' experience with cloud and hybrid, on-premises infrastructures, architecture designs, industry standards, and/or technology management.
• 15 years of experience in technology industry and IT consulting services.
• 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

ABOUT Ztek:

Website: www.ztekinc.com

Ztek Consulting Inc is a minority- and woman-owned business enterprise that leverages a unique blend of human talent, machine learning algorithms, and artificial intelligence to provide customized talent management solutions for clients. Ztek’s diversity-focused hiring models have proven successful, particularly in hiring veterans. The company's veteran-focused hiring and deployment program, Z-V.E.T, matches skilled veterans with clients' needs in various areas.

Disclaimer:

Ztek is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Ztek is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us at hrd@ztekinc.com Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Ztek encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Ztek does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. 1324b.

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Ztek is a minority and woman-owned business enterprise that provides customized talent management solutions for clients.