Dynamics and Power Platform Solution Architect
Reporting to: Director of Data, Analytics and Digital Engineering
Location: Cape Town or Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Working Hours: 40 hours per week
Purpose of the role
The focus of this role is to deliver and contribute to the growth of our Business Applications group by helping organisations adopt Microsoft Power Platform at an SME level with a focus on Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents as well as Dynamics 365. Working within a highly progressive and collaborative team consisting of technical and commercial colleagues to deliver services and projects for our clients.
The role will include both internal and external power platform work to mature ourselves into a digitally mature organisation as well as create lasting impact and business value for our clients. The role will work directly with the Director of Data Analytics and Digital Engineering to scope work and deliver true lasting change.
We are seeking passionate and enthusiastic solution architects at all levels who are excited by digital transformation and keen to take an active part in the growth of the company.
About Zenzero
We are a dynamic and fast-growing company that truly values and is reliant upon our people, our culture and our commitment to excellence. Being the best means having the best people, and getting the best people means being the best place to work.
If you think you are a result oriented, positive self-starter, then Zenzero is the place for you.
We like to laugh, we like to do things together and among all the challenges of growing a fast-paced business, we promote people being themselves, allowing them to focus on outcomes and substance rather than form.
Primary Duties:
Work with business and technical stakeholders to lead future product direction and technology capability. Design and deliver end-to-end technical solutions using Power Platform as well as Dynamics. Communicate with Business Analysts to understand business requirements and challenges. Working as part of consultancy projects and within high-performing, collaborative teams. Learn and utilise exciting new technologies and how they integrate with the Microsoft Power Platform
Client Delivery
Drive innovation and collaboration with the newest advancements and features within the Power Platform. Guiding customers in the end-to-end project lifecycle and to ensuring the success of key projects.
Defining or assisting the team with best practice integration approach for data from different data sources.
Creating high-level solution design diagrams for customers and the delivery team including presenting these designs back to customers.
Typical projects and services include:
Designing and developing automated and digital processes using power platform
Solve business process challenges through the use of cloud solutions
Design and implement new digital pipelines to enable the unification of multiple data sources and build business logic to enable reporting across an organisation
Performing maturity assessments across our clients’ digital capability, providing guidance on how to better utilise and leverage technology, using your experience and industry best-practices to form recommendations
Appling advanced Power Platform techniques to solve complex business challenges and answer questions such as how a client could generate more revenue or how they could increase customer satisfaction
We do not expect you to be an expert in all areas and we understand that experiences vary based on the background and years of experience.
Below we list some of the skills we are looking for:
Be inquisitive about how technology can be used to solve business problems and better understand the world around us
Expertise in process design and solution architecture
Experience in working across all of MS Power Platform
Experience creating ETL pipelines in tools such as SQL
Knowledge of optimal design of digital processes and models to enable end-to-end reporting
Strong interpersonal skills and able to develop great relationships with stakeholders
Comfortable capturing business requirements and understanding their value
A desire to use technology to drive transformation in our clients, whether that be improving operational performance, reducing risk, growing their customer base or improving service levels
Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to develop clear requirements and specifications and communicate complex technical information to both technical and non-technical colleagues.
Growth and development
Promotion is solely based on your own performance, and we give you every opportunity to progress though our Personal Development and Personal Review Plans
You decide on the training you need. We invest in you, to ensure you remain the best in the business, through formal training, coaching, and mentoring. We have a training points system to give you the flexibility to either use days off or a set budget for further education.
What can Zenzero offer you?
Our projects offer you the ability to deliver tangible benefits for clients whilst developing both your softer skills (i.e., through exposure to senior stakeholders across a wide range of industries) and technical capacities (i.e., through hands on experience on several leading products and tools in the data space).
Lastly, we recognise the importance of work-life balance and we know that the ‘ideal’ balance will vary from person to person and will change at different stages of our working lives. If you require flexible working, please talk to one of our recruiters about the flexibility you may need.
Role Specification
Knowledge
Essential
Power Platform including Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI.
Wider Azure stack, such as LogicApps, Azure Service Bus, Azure Functions, Azure DataBricks, Azure DataLakes and DevOps.
Stakeholder and customer management skills.
Desirable
C#, Python, SQL, .Net, D365 CRM, CRM Plugins, PCF Controls, Azure Functions, Azure API Management Gateway, Power Virtual Agents, PowerBI, Customer Insights Knowledge of PowerBI dashboards and reporting.
Microsoft Solution Architecture of Power Platform
Knowledge of best practise in project delivery such as Agile methodology
Experience
Essential
Experience in delivering project work to clients
Experience of working with clients to build requirements for cloud solutions
Experience in working with the Microsoft Power Platform
Experience of working in a collaborative team
Desirable
Experience of small – medium enterprise market
Experience of scoping cloud solution projects and being able to estimate effort
Experience of coaching and/or providing training to colleagues in your field of expertise
Essential Skills
Ability to communicate effectively and manage expectations of clients
Ability to lead a project and work as part of a team
Ability to converse at ease with customers and colleagues as well as provide advice
Ability to keep learning from others and through specified training
Essential Leadership Competencies
Ability to take the initiative - Seeing something that needs to be done and stepping up to complete and finish the task, with minimal direction from others.
Ability to make decisions - Forming sound, evidence-based judgements, making choices, assessing risks, and taking accountability for results.
Resilience - Being flexible and adapting positively, to sustain performance when the situation changes, workload increases, tensions rise or priorities shift.
A stakeholder focus - Consulting with, listening to, and understanding the needs of those who your work impacts, and using this knowledge to shape what we do and to manage others’ expectations.
A commitment to excellence - Setting high standards for oneself and others, guiding, motivating, and developing them, to achieve high performance.
How to apply
If this sounds of interest, please follow the ‘Apply now’ button below, where you will be asked to fill in an application form and attach your CV.
Please note: Whilst we try and provide feedback, unfortunately we are unable to respond individually to each applicant. If you do not hear from us within 14 days of submitting your details you may assume you have not been selected on this occasion. We have an approved supplier process so no recruitment agencies please.