Power Platform Senior Solutions Architect

As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will work directly with our clients to design and implement technical solutions that leverage Microsoft’s Business Applications tools. You’ll play an active role in leading a cross functional team, creating technical architecture solutions, building relationships with our clients, and overseeing a global development team during the implementation phase.

 

The Senior Solutions Architect is a senior leadership position with the skills and experience to lead our largest, most strategic engagements while also serving as a key participant in the business leadership of the business unit. This individual will have overall responsibility for the strategic leadership of client engagements from a delivery perspective. Additionally, the role will work closely with Business Developers, and be responsible for ongoing client development and relationship management activities.

 

This position can live anywhere nationally. Light travel (20% or less).

 

· Detailed understanding of the Power Platform and cloud architecture.

· Lead development teams in designing best-of-class strategies and solutions, and provide oversight of the implementation.

· Actively manage the technical, business and personnel aspects of consulting engagements.

· Serve as a key member of the solution delivery team by facilitating requirements/design sessions, and producing deliverables. Mentor and provide solutions delivery expertise to less experienced team members.

· Serve as an expert on licensing; and create financial plans and ROI models that explain the cost implications of adopting the Power Platform.

· Contribute to the creation of project plans and proposals, including estimated level of effort, resource requirements, schedule and budget.

· Provide thought leadership to help grow the revenue around the Power Platform Practice.

· Contribute to continuously improving the Power Platform practice through the creation of best practices, templates, and demos.

· Actively participate in new business pursuits, working closely with the Business Applications management and Sales teams to develop proposals and deliver fantastic client presentations.

· 10+ years of overall related experience with 5 plus years in Microsoft Business Applications Ecosystem.

· 5+ years of consulting experience.

· Comprehensive understanding of the Power Platform.

· Experience serving as the senior delivery resource for consulting engagements.

· Experience leading teams in Scrum, SAFe, waterfall, and hybrid environments.

· Experience in sales support role, particularly discovery meetings, demos, roadmaps, and strategy.

· Proven domain expertise with experience building business cases, communicating client-specific value propositions and establishing yourself as a trusted advisor.

· Leading technical discussions with business and technical decision makers, including detailing technical specifications, product roadmaps, deployment, and third-party integrations

· Strong written and verbal communication skills.

· Proven track record in leading teams, troubleshooting, fostering collaboration, and building client relationships.

· Expertise with relational database concepts.

· Experience with Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse and Copilot Studio.

· Experience with Dynamics, RPA and creating generative AI solutions is a plus!

· Active Microsoft certifications (PL-200, PL-400, PL-600, etc.).

· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field.

· Understanding of C#, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, and PowerShell.

· Understanding of Azure development fundamentals.

· Experience using GitHub, Azure DevOps, or other source control management tools.

· Strong technical writing and documentation skills.

· Systems integration and ETL experience.

Perficient full-time employees receive complete and competitive benefits. We offer a collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, generous work/life opportunities and an outstanding benefits package that includes paid time off plus holidays. In addition, all colleagues are eligible for a number of rewards and recognition programs including billable bonus opportunities. Encouraging a healthy work/life balance and providing our colleagues great benefits are just part of what makes Perficient a great place to work. 

 

WHO WE ARE

Perficient is a leading global digital consultancy. We imagine, create, engineer, and run digital transformation solutions that help our clients exceed customers’ expectations, outpace competition, and grow their business. With unparalleled strategy, creative, and technology capab