Solution Architect for MS Dynamics 365 ERP

Solution Architect JD:  Gather requirements • identify operational and organizational challenges that impact a business • identify existing business processes and opportunities to optimize business processes • categorize business requirements and perform gap fit analyses • review and validate business requirements throughout the solution lifecycle  Define the solution architecture • map business requirements to functional components • evaluate whether to build versus buy for selected business requirements • select solution design patterns  Describe and document the solution blueprint • define an organization and organization locations including intercompany information • document the implementation timeline including roll-out strategies • define the business process catalog and document solution gaps • define instances, environments, and solution components • develop a disaster recovery strategy • identify required integration and interface details • define required business intelligence and reporting components • identify required security roles • Select a deployment strategy • select a deployment model and identify instances and environments required for the selected deployment mode • segment solution development and delivery into logical phases • provide alternative methodologies and approaches for deploying modifications • determine solution maintenance cadence and timelines  Define an application lifecycle management (ALM) strategy • define a code management and data flow strategy • determine which build automation capabilities to implement  Determine a data management strategy • define data quality and data validation process • define data cleansing and transformation strategies • develop a data migration strategy for master, transactional, reference, parameter, and document data entities • develop data cut-over and data retention plans • Define the security architecture  Manage implementations • Describe Lifecycle Services (LCS) tools • understand the use cases and capabilities of different LCS tools • understand the use cases and capabilities Business Process Modeler (BPM) • understand the use cases and capabilities LCS Methodologies  Determine licensing requirements • determine the types of licenses required • estimate the number of licenses required by using the License Sizing estimator • describe the process for estimating ongoing software licensing costs  Define a testing strategy • define a regression testing strategy • identify opportunities for automated testing • review use cases and test coverage for all scenarios • determine when to use RSAT versus SysTest framework versus Postman versus ATL and other tools  Define a performance testing strategy • define performance goals and requirements • identify performance monitoring and testing tools • define performance benchmarks and success criteria • design a performance and load testing strategy • troubleshoot performance issues