Solution Architect Lead D365 Power Platform Azure

STAFFXPERT LLC is seeking a Solution Architect Lead on behalf of our client in Washington, DC to provide hands-on technical architecture and engineering leadership for a large-scale platform built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Azure.

The ideal candidate will lead solution architecture, platform engineering, AI/agentic development, security, cloud integration, DevOps, and continuous platform improvement. This role requires a highly hands-on technical leader with experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale, mission-critical solutions in regulated or government environments.

• Own solution and platform architecture, including Dataverse data models, solution design, environment strategy, integrations, and technical standards.

• Perform hands-on development using Dynamics 365, Power Platform, C#/.NET, custom APIs, plug-ins, PCF controls, TypeScript/JavaScript, and Power Fx.

• Design and secure integrations between Microsoft Government Community Cloud (GCC) and commercial Azure environments.

• Implement Azure identity, managed identities, service principals, Key Vault, private networking, and API gateway solutions.

• Lead AI and agentic development using Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, and Copilot Studio.

• Design and implement RAG/grounding, tool calling, agent orchestration, prompt engineering, AI evaluation, and human-in-the-loop workflows.

• Establish responsible AI, data protection, audit, and security controls for regulated environments.

• Lead application and platform security, including least privilege, threat modeling, secure SDLC, vulnerability management, and compliance.

• Manage Dynamics 365 and Power Platform release cycles, upgrades, testing, and continuous improvement.

• Drive DevOps maturity through Azure DevOps CI/CD, source control, automated testing, and deployment pipelines.

• Own data architecture, interoperability, data quality, and reporting requirements.

• Troubleshoot complex performance, integration, security, solution-layering, and platform issues.

• Communicate technical architecture and recommendations to executive leadership, technical stakeholders, and external partners.

• Mentor technical resources and support knowledge transfer across teams.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related technical discipline.

• 16+ years of progressive IT experience.

• 8+ years of solution or enterprise architecture experience with enterprise-scale, mission-critical systems.

• 7+ years of hands-on Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE, Dataverse, and Power Platform experience.

• 5+ years of lead/principal architect experience across full D365 implementation lifecycles.

• 4+ years of Microsoft Azure architecture and hands-on development experience.

• 2+ years of production generative AI/agentic development using Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, or Copilot Studio.

• 2+ years of experience with RAG/grounding, tool calling, agent orchestration, and AI evaluation.

• 5+ years of application security experience in regulated environments.

• 2+ years of experience with government cloud environments such as GCC, GCC High, or Azure Government.

• 5+ years of pro-code D365 extensibility using C#/.NET plug-ins, custom APIs, and PCF controls.

• 2+ years of cross-cloud or cross-tenant architecture experience.

• 4+ years of Power Platform ALM, solution layering, and Azure DevOps CI/CD.

• 3+ years of experience supporting production systems through vendor platform release cycles.

• Strong executive communication and technical leadership skills.

• Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Customer Service (MB-230)

• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert (PL-600)

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400)

• TOGAF 9/10 certification

• Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102)

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)

• CISSP or CCSP certification

• Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)

• Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer (DP-600) or Azure Data Engineer (DP-203)

• Experience with Health and Human Services, child welfare, Medicaid/MMIS, integrated eligibility, behavioral health, or public health systems.

• Experience with federal child welfare reporting, including AFCARS, NCANDS, NYTD, CFSR, or Title IV-E.

• Experience with Power Pages/portal architecture and external-user security.

• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Synapse, Data Factory, and Power BI.

• Public-sector or government delivery experience.

• Experience mentoring technical teams and transferring knowledge to internal stakeholders.