Solution Architect

Jobtailor; Belfast; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Belfast seeks an experienced delivery architect to shape solution strategy and lead multi-team programmes. You will be the primary technical counterpart to clients, balancing hands-on work with steering commercial delivery and roadmap decisions.

You will define target architectures on Power Platform and D365 CE, evaluate licensing impacts, and coordinate with offshore teams to deliver high-value outcomes. Strong Dataverse modelling and executive communication are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in consulting/enterprise delivery with multi-workstream ownership.
• Proven ability to shape architecture and communicate trade-offs clearly.
• Strong knowledge of D365/Power Platform licensing impacts and Dataverse patterns.

Responsibilities

• Shape solution strategy and be the primary technical counterpart to clients.
• Remain hands-on on spikes, POCs and critical flows when deadlines require.
• Define target architectures on Power Platform/D365 CE with option papers.

Skills

Enterprise delivery

Technical ownership

Executive communications

D365/Power Platform licensing

Dataverse modelling

CI/CD practices

Azure patterns

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Power Platform

D365 CE

Azure

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Responsibilities

• Shape solution strategy, manage scope and risks, and be the primary technical counterpart to clients.
• Remain hands-on where it counts (spikes, POCs, critical flows and where tight deadlines mean helping out), while steering multi-team delivery, commercials, and roadmap.
• Define target architectures on Power Platform/D365 CE; produce option papers with cost/benefit/licensing impacts and a pragmatic adoption path.
• Own technical scope, estimates, and assumptions; run change control; set quality gates and NFRs; orchestrate partner/offshore teams.
• Lead C-suite and business workshops; align competing technical priorities; communicate risk and trade-offs clearly.
• Shape bids/SoWs, delivery plans, and commercials; support account growth with value cases and phased roadmaps.
• Approve patterns for Azure integration (Functions, Logic Apps, API-M, Service Bus), identity (AAD/OAuth), and data governance.
• Design environment topology, DLP, solution layering; enforce CI/CD standards and release cadence.
• Partner with data teams on reporting; assess Copilot/AI opportunities and responsible-use guidelines.
• Ensure team produce and adhere to standards for admin guides, runbooks, support models, and operational KPIs.
• Mentor Senior consultants; build standards; turn lessons learned into reusable assets.

Qualifications

• ~10+ years across consulting/enterprise delivery with proven ownership of multi-workstream programmes; prior architect title or clear equivalent.
• Excellent facilitation, executive comms, conflict resolution, and decision papers.
• Estimation, SoWs, margin awareness, and practical knowledge of D365/Power Platform licensing impacts.
• Strong Dataverse modelling, integration/security patterns, and non-functional design (performance, availability, accessibility).
• Environment strategy, DLP, layered solutions, release governance.
• Desirable: Power Pages governance; BI for operational reporting; regulated industry experience; modern delivery (Scrum/Scaled Agile).