CRM Enterprise / Technical / Solution Architect

3 months (initially) Remote Working (UK-based) Market Rates Outside IR35

The Opportunity:

We are supporting a well-known consultancy client who are seeking an experienced Technical Architect / Enterprise Architect / Solution Architect to undertake a detailed architecture audit and deep dive of a leading Government Agency's Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM estate.

The engagement will assess the current CRM architecture, standards, policies, documentation and supplier compliance, while providing recommendations for the future architecture and transition states.

This is a highly technical, architecture role requiring strong consulting skills with experience across Microsoft Dynamics 365, Azure, CRM architecture, omnichannel customer engagement and modern cloud-native architecture.

You will work alongside established architecture and digital delivery teams, assessing the existing Dynamics CRM landscape against defined architecture principles, policies, standards and best practice.

You will review current and target architectures, integration patterns, supplier proposals and supporting documentation, producing clear findings and recommendations for governance and future delivery.

Skills and Experience:

• Strong experience as an Enterprise Architect, Solution Architect or Domain Architect within complex digital environments.
• Extensive experience architecting Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM solutions.
• Strong Microsoft Azure architecture experience.
• Experience designing and implementing omnichannel customer support / customer relationship management solutions.
• Strong understanding and practical experience of MACH architecture principles.
• Experience with cloud-native, microservices, API-first and headless architectures.
• Experience evaluating and comparing technical solutions from multiple suppliers.
• Experience working within formal architecture governance frameworks, such as Technical Design Authorities.
• Strong experience producing Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
• Experience defining as-is, to-be and transition architectures.
• Strong architecture documentation and diagramming skills, including system context, integration and data-flow views.
• Experience developing CRM domain strategy and architecture across both B2C and B2B environments.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate architectural findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.