Technical Lead/Architect FinOps

Candidate Description

An experienced Technical Lead and Solutions Architect with more than nineteen years in software engineering, this professional specialises in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and Azure-centric enterprise architectures. Having navigated sectors from retail pharmacy to defence aerospace, they blend deep ERP expertise with modern cloud-native design, consistently championing high-performance, scalable and secure solutions. Their approachable leadership style and cross-disciplinary insight have enabled seamless collaboration across developers, analysts and stakeholders.

Demonstrating technical acumen across Azure Integration Services, Service Bus, Logic Apps and Terraform-driven IaC, this professional has orchestrated complex migrations, upgrades and green-field builds. Key achievements include leading a major upgrade to Dynamics 365 FinOps, re-engineering ePOS into mPOS with real-time integrations, and migrating on-prem workloads to Azure while cutting operational spend. A strong DevOps advocate, they have established CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, enforced Azure Well-Architected best practices, and driven Power BI modernisation onto Azure Data Lake.

Beyond hands-on delivery, this professional provides strategic direction, mentors cross-functional squads and liaises directly with major technology providers on product road-maps. Adept at Agile, Scrum and SAFe frameworks, they thrive in fast-moving environments, distilling complex requirements into pragmatic architecture. Their blend of leadership, domain knowledge and passion for continuous improvement makes them a valuable catalyst for organisations pursuing digital transformation on the Microsoft stack.