Job Description

Working hours:

35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration:

Permanent

Location:

Gloucester

Job Ref:

203784

About the role

Benefact Group

, are looking for a

Dynamics 365

Technical Architect

to join our

Gloucester

office.

You will support and lead the design of D365 solutions that meet business and customer requirements, aligning to architecture and implementation best practices, standards and principles. This role bridges engagement between solution architecture and engineering teams, to advise on implementation approach and best use of platform to achieve strategic organisational objectives.

Key responsibilities
Develop and technically author appropriate solution designs, ensuring fit-for-purpose, balancing technical decisions with user needs and commercial constraints
Creation and adoption of low-code standards, security and implementation practices and technology toolchain
Provide technical consultancy for D365 platform
Lead on proof of concept and innovation work where required, either independently, leading a team or with delivery partners
Act as a technology and development practice coach and mentor
Knowledge, skills and experience

Extensive experience and in-depth technical knowledge of the D365 platform and Microsoft cloud
Experience of working as an architect, working alongside engineering teams, solution & enterprise architecture
Experience of enterprise integration practices, data management, CI/CD, test automation and platform monitoring
Experience of technical authoring, developing and embedding coding standards, patterns and practices
Strong communicator with the ability to converse and translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders
Microsoft D365 Architect certified
Familiar with scaled agile delivery and CI/CD practices
Experience in general insurance or financial services is desirable but not essential
What we offerA competitive salary - let's discuss it
Hybrid working
Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution


Generous annual bonus scheme up to 30%


28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme


A range of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance


200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice


Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year


Employee Assistance Programme


Full study support to gain professional qualifications
Access to virtual GP
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
About us

Benefact Group

is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away 250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK's number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group's size.
We believe it's essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.

Directory of Social Change's UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26*