Technical Architect

Job description

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities

Solution Architecture and Design

• Define end-to-end solution architecture using Microsoft Power Platform.
• Design scalable, secure, and high-performing enterprise solutions using Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Microsoft Dataverse, and Copilot Studio.
• Establish architecture standards, design patterns, reusable components, and technical guardrails.
• Create conceptual, logical, integration, security, and deployment architecture artifacts.

Dataverse and Data Modeling

• Design enterprise-grade Dataverse data models, tables, columns, lookup relationships, and business rules.
• Define strategies that minimize data duplication and support data consistency across applications.
• Design Dataverse security roles, field-level security, ownership models, and auditing approaches.
• Plan data migration, archival, retention, and performance optimization strategies.

Integration Architecture

• Design integrations between Power Platform and Azure services, REST APIs, SQL Server, SharePoint, Dynamics 365, and legacy enterprise applications.
• Define integration patterns for synchronous and asynchronous processing, error handling, monitoring, and resiliency.
• Design secure authentication and authorization using Microsoft Entra ID and supported identity providers.
• Evaluate when to use standard connectors, custom connectors, APIs, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, and API Management.

Governance and Application Lifecycle Management

• Establish Power Platform governance and Center of Excellence practices.
• Define environment strategy across Development, SIT, UAT, Training, and Production.
• Lead solution packaging, source control, managed solution deployment, and CI/CD implementation using Azure DevOps and Git.
• Define data loss prevention policies, connector governance, monitoring, support, and operational standards.

Security and Compliance

• Design role-based access, least-privilege controls, data protection, and secure external access patterns.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, privacy, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Define logging, monitoring, auditing, vulnerability remediation, and production support requirements.

AI and Copilot Solutions

• Architect intelligent business solutions using Copilot Studio, AI Builder, Azure OpenAI, and relevant Power Platform AI capabilities.
• Design responsible AI controls, human oversight, data grounding, security, and monitoring for AI-enabled solutions.
• Identify practical automation and conversational AI opportunities aligned with business outcomes.

Technical Leadership and Stakeholder Management

• Facilitate discovery sessions, architecture workshops, design reviews, and technical governance forums.
• Translate business and non-functional requirements into architecture decisions and implementation roadmaps.
• Provide technical direction, mentoring, and design guidance to developers and delivery teams.
• Support effort estimation, risk assessment, dependency management, quality assurance, releases, and production stabilization.
• Prepare architecture documents, technical design specifications, deployment guides, and knowledge-transfer materials.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Microsoft Power Platform

• Power Apps: Canvas apps and model-driven apps
• Power Automate: cloud flows, approvals, error handling, and monitoring
• Power Pages: portal architecture, security, authentication, Liquid, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap
• Microsoft Dataverse: data modeling, relationships, security, business rules, auditing, and performance
• Copilot Studio and AI Builder
• Solutions, environment variables, connection references, managed solutions, and deployment pipelines

Microsoft Cloud and Integration

• Azure Functions, Logic Apps, API Management, Service Bus, Storage, Key Vault, and Microsoft Entra ID
• REST APIs, web services, custom connectors, SQL Server, SharePoint, and Dynamics 365 integration
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, API security, integration patterns, and error handling

Development and DevOps

• Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD pipelines, source control, automated deployments, and environment management
• Experience with custom connectors, plugins, PCF controls, or Azure extensions is desirable

Architecture and Delivery

• Enterprise and solution architecture, data modeling, integration architecture, security architecture, and performance optimization
• Experience leading architecture for complex, multi-application enterprise programs
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, documentation, presentation, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to balance out-of-the-box capabilities, configuration, low-code development, and custom development

Preferred Certifications

• PL-600: Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect Expert
• PL-400: Microsoft Power Platform Developer Associate
• PL-200: Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate
• PL-900: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals
• Relevant Microsoft Azure architecture or development certification

Key Competencies

• Solution architecture and design thinking
• Technical leadership and mentoring
• Stakeholder management and consultative communication
• Governance, security, compliance, and risk management
• Strategic thinking, problem solving, and decision making
• Agile delivery, estimation, and continuous improvement

• Qualifications: BE
• Range of Year Experience-Min Year: 8
• Range of Year Experience-Max Year: 16