Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O Platform & Solution Architect

Altorfer CAT•Cedar Rapids, IA

2d•$120,000 - $220,000

About The Position

Altorfer is seeking an experienced Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O Platform & Solution Architect to provide technical leadership, architecture, governance, and operational expertise for its Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and NAXT ecosystem. The role works collaboratively with the broader Dynamics 365 team, functional leads, business stakeholders, IT teams, and external partners to design, implement, support, and continually improve the Dynamics platform. It provides architectural guidance while ensuring solutions align with business needs and enterprise technology standards; business process decisions remain with the appropriate business and functional teams. The position partners across application development, Infrastructure, Security, Data & Analytics, Microsoft Power Platform, and strategic technology partners. It is ideally based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, but Altorfer is also open to qualified candidates in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, or Missouri. Candidates located outside Cedar Rapids should anticipate spending approximately one week per month there for collaboration and project work; the schedule may vary with project needs, business priorities, weather, and travel considerations. Additional travel to Altorfer locations may be required. The stated working hours are 7–4 AM, Monday through Friday, with other hours based on business needs. The role primarily works in an office environment and requires some travel.

Requirements

Strong experience implementing, supporting, or architecting Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations in an enterprise environment.
Strong understanding of Dynamics 365 architecture, configuration, security, environments, and application lifecycle management.
Experience with Microsoft Dataverse and integrations between Dynamics 365 applications.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps and Power Automate.
Experience designing, supporting, or troubleshooting enterprise integrations, APIs, and data flows.
Familiarity with Microsoft Azure technologies used within enterprise application architectures.
Understanding of enterprise identity concepts, including service accounts, application registrations, authentication, authorization, and least-privilege access.
Experience with release management, testing, change management, deployment, and production support processes.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root-cause-analysis skills.
Ability to translate business requirements into sustainable technical designs while considering security, integration, operational support, and long-term maintainability.
Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across business, functional, and technical teams.
Ability to provide technical leadership through expertise, collaboration, communication, and influence.
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong technical documentation and knowledge-sharing skills.
Commitment to teamwork, cross-training, and building shared organizational knowledge.
Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record: no more than two minor violations within the past three years and no major violations within the past five years. A Motor Vehicle Report will be performed on the final candidate.
Ability to sit at a desk for extended periods, intermittently answer telephone calls and use a keyboard or other written means of communication, and walk, bend, and lift up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Experience with NAXT or another Dynamics 365-based dealer management solution.
Experience with Dynamics 365 Dual-write.
Experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD practices.
Experience with automated or regression-testing frameworks.
Experience with Azure integration technologies and enterprise API patterns.
Experience developing monitoring and operational-health solutions.
Experience supporting multiple Dynamics environments across development, testing, UAT, training, and production.
Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, or Azure certifications.

Responsibilities

Provide collaborative technical leadership for Altorfer’s Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and NAXT platforms, helping establish architecture, technical standards, and long-term platform direction.
Partner with business and functional teams to understand requirements and translate them into secure, scalable, supportable technical solutions.
Facilitate solution design across Dynamics 365 F&O, NAXT, Dataverse, Power Platform, Azure, and connected enterprise systems.
Collaborate on development, test, UAT, training, and production environment strategy, including provisioning, refreshes, deployments, upgrades, and validation.
Coordinate Dynamics 365, NAXT, ISV, and Microsoft platform releases with affected teams, including technical validation, regression testing, deployment readiness, and recovery planning.
Provide architectural guidance for integrations involving Dual-write, Dataverse, APIs, Azure integration services, BYOD, ETL, Caterpillar systems, AGCO, CLAAS, Lasernet, and other enterprise platforms.
Partner with Security and Infrastructure teams on service accounts, application registrations, integration identities, access design, authentication, and least-privilege practices.
Work across application, infrastructure, data, and support teams to establish monitoring, alerting, operational-health visibility, and escalation processes for critical platform components and integrations.
Lead and participate in troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for complex issues spanning Dynamics, NAXT, Power Platform, Azure, integrations, data, and connected systems.
Identify opportunities to improve reliability and efficiency through automation, regression testing, repeatable deployments, and automated validation.
Maintain and promote technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, support runbooks, and technical standards.
Use Azure DevOps and Altorfer processes to coordinate technical work, dependencies, architectural decisions, and technical debt.
Collaborate with Dynamics 365 CE resources where F&O, CE, Dataverse, Dual-write, Power Platform, security, integrations, and release activities intersect.
Work with Microsoft, XAPT, Caterpillar, ISVs, and other technology partners while promoting knowledge transfer to internal Altorfer resources.
Cross-train and mentor team members, share technical knowledge, and help reduce dependencies on individual subject-matter experts.
Stay informed about evolving Microsoft Dynamics 365, NAXT, Power Platform, Azure, automation, and integration capabilities, and help evaluate opportunities that provide value to Altorfer.