Dynamics 365 F&O Platform & DevOps Engineer

VE3; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

VE3, Maidenhead, UK, seeks an experienced Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations Platform & DevOps Engineer to take technical ownership of D365 F&O environments, deployments, release management, Azure DevOps and platform operations.

The role involves administering, deploying, maintaining, upgrading, monitoring and supporting D365 F&O across development, test, UAT and production environments with close collaboration to developers, consultants and infrastructure teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Microsoft Dynamics / enterprise application experience.
• Strong hands-on with Dynamics 365 F&O administration and deployment.
• Experience delivering through Azure DevOps and release engineering.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations environments across development, test, UAT, sandbox and production.
• Coordinate environment provisioning, refreshes, database movement and upgrades.
• Own and improve Azure DevOps processes for D365 F&O engineering.
• Design, configure and maintain build and release pipelines.
• Ensure deployment gates, approvals and quality controls.

Skills

D365 F&O

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Release management

Environment provisioning

LCS

Release governance

PowerPlatform

Dataverse

Tools

LCS

PowerPlatform

Dataverse

CI/CD tools

Job description

Maidenhead, United Kingdom | Posted on 30/09/2026

VE3 is a technology and business consultancyfocused on delivering end-to-end technology solutions and products. We havesuccessfully serviced enterprises across multiple markets, including the publicand private sectors. Our services span all aspects of business, providing aholistic approach to managing an organization. We are committed to providingtechnical innovations and tools that empower organizations with criticalinformation to facilitate decision-making that results in businesstransformation through cost savings and increased operational efficiency. Ourcommitment to quality is adopted throughout the organization and sets thefoundation for delivering our full suite of capabilities.

Job Description

Location: UK

Position Type: Full-time

Experience Level: 5+ years

About the Role

VE3 is looking for an experienced Dynamics 365Finance & Operations Platform & DevOps Engineer to take technicalownership of D365 F&O environments, deployments, release management, AzureDevOps and platform operations.

We are looking for someone who understands how a largeenterprise D365 F&O platform is administered, deployed, maintained,upgraded, monitored and supported across development, test, UAT and productionenvironments.

The successful candidate will work closely with D365developers, functional consultants, solution architects, infrastructure/cloudteams and customer stakeholders to provide a reliable and controlledengineering and release capability for Dynamics 365 F&O.

The role would suit someone with a background in DynamicsAX / D365 F&O administration combined with Azure DevOps, releaseengineering, production deployment and Microsoft cloud technologies.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Manageand support Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations environmentsacross development, test, UAT, sandbox and production.
  
• AdministerD365 F&O environments through Microsoft Lifecycle Services andassociated Microsoft platform services.
  
• Coordinateenvironment provisioning, refreshes, database movement and environmentmaintenance activities.
  
• Managesandbox-to-production release processes and production deploymentactivities.
  
• Planand execute application updates, platform updates, servicing activitiesand environment upgrades.
  
• Maintainenvironment configuration and ensure consistency across the D365landscape.
  
• Supporttroubleshooting of application, deployment, environment andinfrastructure-related issues.
  
• Coordinateplanned maintenance and minimise disruption to business-criticalenvironments.
  
• Ownand continuously improve Azure DevOps processes supporting D365 F&Oengineering.
  
• Design,configure and maintain build and release pipelines.
  
• Automatebuild, packaging, validation and deployment processes wherever practical.
  
• Managebranching, source control, pull requests and release governance.
  
• Establishappropriate deployment gates, approvals and quality controls.
  
• Maintainrelease artefacts and traceability between requirements, code, builds anddeployments.
  
• Workwith development teams to improve deployment reliability and shortenrelease cycles.
  
• Troubleshootfailed builds and deployments and coordinate remediation.
  

Release & Deployment Management

• Ownthe technical release process from development through to production.
  
• Createand maintain deployment schedules, release plans, rollback plans andimplementation runbooks.
  
• Coordinatedependencies across technical and functional workstreams.
  
• Managesoftware deployable packages and validate packages prior to productiondeployment.
  
• Performor coordinate production deployments under controlled change-managementprocesses.
  
• Ensurereleases are tested and technically validated before promotion.
  
• Supportout-of-hours or scheduled production releases when required.
  
• Performpost-deployment validation and coordinate resolution of release-relatedincidents.
  

Dynamics AX / D365 Technical Administration

• Bringstrong knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics AX and Dynamics 365 F&Oarchitecture and administration.
  
• UnderstandD365 application topology, environments, databases, integration points anddeployment architecture.
  
• Supportdatabase refreshes, data movement and environment cloning activities.
  
• Assisttechnical teams with troubleshooting performance, integration andenvironment issues.
  
• Workwith developers on D365 development lifecycle and deployment requirements.
  
• Supportimplementation and management of integrations between D365 F&O andother enterprise platforms.
  
• SupportAzure services used within the wider D365 solution architecture.
  
• UnderstandAzure identity, networking, monitoring and integration concepts relevantto enterprise D365 implementations.
  
• Workwith Microsoft Entra ID for identity and access requirements.
  
• Supportintegration of D365 with Azure-hosted services and enterpriseapplications.
  
• Workalongside cloud engineering teams where D365 solutions depend on Azureservices.
  

Power Platform

• Understandthe relationship between Dynamics 365 F&O, Microsoft Dataverse and thePower Platform.
  
• Supportenvironments where D365 F&O integrates with Power Apps, Power Automateor Dataverse.
  
• Understandenvironment administration and deployment considerations across theMicrosoft business applications ecosystem.
  
• Experiencewith dual-write or other D365 F&O/Dataverse integration approacheswould be advantageous.
  

Production Operations & Support

• Providetechnical support for production D365 F&O environments.
  
• Diagnosedeployment, integration, configuration and platform issues.
  
• Workwith application support teams to perform root-cause analysis.
  
• Supportincident, problem and change-management processes.
  
• Maintainoperational documentation and standard operating procedures.
  
• Identifyrecurring issues and introduce automation or engineering improvements toreduce them.
  
• Participatein major incident resolution where D365 platform expertise is required.
  

Monitoring & Performance

• Monitorplatform health and identify potential operational issues.
  
• Workwith Microsoft monitoring and Azure monitoring capabilities asappropriate.
  
• Analyseerrors, logs, batch processes and environment telemetry.
  
• Supporttroubleshooting of performance issues and technical bottlenecks.
  
• Workwith Microsoft support where product-level escalation is required.
  

Security & Governance

• Followsecure deployment and environment-management practices.
  
• Supportaccess control and privileged access processes for D365 environments.
  
• Maintainseparation between development and production responsibilities whererequired.
  
• Ensureproduction changes are appropriately authorised, documented and auditable.
  
• Supportcustomer security, compliance and change-control requirements.
  

Essential Technical Skills

Candidates should have strong practical experienceacross most of the following:

• MicrosoftDynamics 365 Finance & Operations
  
• MicrosoftDynamics AX, preferably AX 2012
  
• MicrosoftDynamics Lifecycle Services (LCS)
  
• CI/CD
  
• Buildand release management
  
• D365environment provisioning and servicing
  
• Environmentrefreshes and database movement
  
• Source-controland branching strategies
  
• Releaseand change management
  
• PowerPlatform
  
• Dataverse
  
• Enterpriseapplication support
  

Highly Desirable Skills

Experience in some of the following would beparticularly useful:

• X++development knowledge
  
• PowerShellscripting
  
• RESTAPIs
  
• ServiceBus
  
• DataManagement Framework
  
• ElectronicReporting
  
• Dual-write
  
• PowerAutomate
  
• PowerApps
  
• ApplicationInsights
  
• MicrosoftFastTrack processes
  
• Large-scaleD365 implementation or migration programmes
  

The candidate does not necessarily need to be theprimary X++ developer, but should understand the development lifecyclesufficiently well to work closely with developers and diagnose build, packagingand deployment issues.

Experience Required

We would normally expect:

• 5+years of overall Microsoft Dynamics / enterprise application experience.
  
• 3+years of hands-on Dynamics 365 F&O experience.
  
• Strongprevious experience with Dynamics AX would be beneficial.
  
• Provenresponsibility for D365 production deployments.
  
• Experiencesupporting multiple D365 environments within enterprise programmes.
  
• Experiencemanaging releases into production.
  
• Experienceworking within structured change-management and production-supportprocesses.
  
• Experienceworking with geographically distributed development and support teams.
  

Certifications

• RelevantDynamics 365 Finance & Operations certifications
  
• RelevantAzure DevOps or DevOps engineering certifications
  

Equivalent practical experience is more important thancertification alone.