Application/Software Architect

The Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) is building a modern and user-friendly Grants & Contributions platform that will effectively deliver and manage consistent data across an enterprise which will facilitate greater innovation. The IM/IT and business transformation teams will develop the solution together, putting emphasis on the client experience by leveraging a human-centred design engagement strategy. A Gs&Cs wide platform solution will significantly increase the Department’s capacity for
analytics, knowledge management, results-based management, reporting and reduce the technical debt
involved in maintaining systems close to obsolescence.

Mandatory requirements

• Experience developing strategies and implementation roadmaps, designing architectures for three (3) complex IM/IT transformational projects implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Online and/or Power Platform solutions;
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience designing architectures to migrate MS Dynamics on-Premise legacy solutions to MS Dynamics 365 Online including the data migration;
• Experience designing one (1) complex architecture integrating at least three (3) or more of the following Microsoft Power Platform components: Power Apps – Canvas Apps; Power Apps – Model Driven Apps; Power Virtual Agents; Power BI; AI Builder/ Artificial Intelligence; Power Automate etc
• Experience architecting one (1) Cloud Platform, compliant with the Protected B / Medium Integrity and Medium availability rating as per ITSG-33 standard;
• Experience developing and maintaining each of the following architectures: Business Architecture; Application Architecture; Data Architecture; Technology Architecture; Security architectures;
• Certification: Azure Fundamentals, Power Platform Fundamentals, Microsoft 365 Fundamentals
• Experience architecting and implementing Power Pages (or Power Portals) that are open to the public, using both anonymous and secured authentication mechanisms.

General tasks

• Evaluation of existing procedures and methods, identify and document database content,
• structure, and application sub-systems, and develop data dictionary;
• Define and document interfaces of manual to automated operations within application
  sub-systems, to external systems and between new and existing systems;
• Monitor industry trends to ensure that solutions fit with government and industry
  directions for technology;
• Create MS Dynamics 365 cloud architecture solution proposals for individual and
  integrated projects;
• Develop and enhance MS Dynamics 365 and Power Platform cloud implementation
  strategies and architectural alignment activities;
• Categorize and group tenancies and projects (including existing projects) to maximize
  possibilities for data re-use and benefits of common technical requirements across
  business lines;
• Determine the feasibility of meeting specific project requirements;
• Determine the scope for a solution;
• Evaluate Dynamics 365 apps and AppSource options to solve requirements;
• Address functional gaps through alternate approved solutions;
• Develop cloud architectures diagrams and documents, including: Application architecture/ Information architecture /Technology architecture /Security Architecture;
• Work with the enterprise architecture team to ensure cloud architectural alignment and
  the identification/validation of prototypes;
• Performing fit-gap analysis between the high-level business needs and the application
  out of the box capability;
• Design customizations and identify opportunities for Power Platform component reuse;
• Create transition plans and architectures;
• Analyze functional requirements to identify information, procedures and decision flows;
• Map / integrating dynamics solutions and data models into cloud architecture; Develop
  prototypes for clients;
• Develop architectures (solution, data and technical);
• Advise on plugin development strategies;
• Integrate code between MS Dynamics 365, PowerApps and other DFATD systems;
• Perform fit-gap analysis into DFATD MS Dynamics 365 and Power Platform ecosystem,
  including re-use of existing architectural components and entities;
• Support the Business Solutions team ongoing activities related to projects, development
  and support;
• Contribute to the migration of on premise MS Dynamics solutions to the cloud;
• Log and update daily development work within Azure DevOps
• Develop software with an understanding of current Key Principles of Agile Software
  Development;
• Create and execute change requests, as requirements and priorities often change rapidly
• Provide explanation of technical concepts clearly and concisely to non-technical team
  members;
• Perform knowledge transfer to employees;
• Provide coaching as and when needed;
• Collect lessons learned from other similar previous on premise to cloud CRM projects
  and develop into principles;
• Comply and ensure compliance with the Business Solutions’ architectural baseline and
  solution stacks;