Technical Architect - Azure Integration
First seen by Alion on Nov 6, 2026. HSO scores C on the Alion truth index.
Role & Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement enterprise integration architectures that connect business applications, analytics platforms, and intelligent services across the Microsoft ecosystem.
- Build scalable integrations using Azure Integration Services including Azure API Management (APIM), Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Service Bus, Event Grid, and Event Hubs.
- Develop API-based, event-driven, and message-based architectures connecting ERP, CRM, Dataverse, analytics platforms, and external enterprise systems.
- Must have .NET 10, knowing principles, and a test driven approach.
- Enable AI workloads.
- Support integration patterns required for Copilot, Azure OpenAI, semantic search, and intelligent application scenarios.
- GitHub copilot, dedicated AI stack: Foundry, Citadel Arch, AI governance.
- Integrate Microsoft Business Applications including Dynamics 365 and Dataverse with Azure data platforms and enterprise systems.
- Develop secure APIs and integration workflows leveraging OAuth2, Managed Identities, and APIM policies.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep (AVM) and YAML to support consistent and repeatable deployments.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to support automated delivery across development, test, and production environments.
- Design resilient integrations with monitoring, alerting, retry logic, and observability frameworks to ensure production reliability.
- Lead solution design reviews, define integration standards, API guidelines, and reusable templates, and mentor senior engineers.
- Work with clients and stakeholders to gather requirements, estimate effort, and own technical delivery.
Preferred Candidate Profile:
- Experience: 10 - 13 years in integration, with 5+ years designing solutions on Azure Integration Services.
- Architecture: Proven experience with API-led, event-driven, and message-based patterns: pub/sub, claim-check, canonical models, saga, replay.
- Azure services: Deep hands-on knowledge of APIM, Logic Apps (Standard and Consumption), Functions, Service Bus, Event Grid, Event Hubs.
- Microsoft Business Apps: Experience integrating Dynamics 365 and Dataverse with Azure data platforms and enterprise systems.
- AI integration: Integration patterns for Copilot, Azure OpenAI, and semantic search (for example, Azure OpenAI behind APIM, AI Search, MCP).
- Security: OAuth2, Managed Identities, Key Vault, private networking, APIM policies.
- DevOps & IaC: Mandatory experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD (YAML pipelines) and Bicep, including Azure Verified Modules (AVM).
- Reliability: Monitoring, alerting, retry and error handling, and observability using App Insights and Log Analytics.
- Leadership: Experience leading integration teams, running design reviews, mentoring, and engaging stakeholders.
- Certifications: AZ-305 (Azure Solutions Architect Expert) and AZ-400 (DevOps Engineer Expert) mandatory.
Preferred / Nice-to-Have:
- AZ-204 (Azure Developer Associate).
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric or Synapse Link for Dataverse.
- Experience with Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry agent integrations.
- Experience with B2B/EDI integrations (AS2, X12, EDIFACT).
- Knowledge of API-first design, OpenAPI specifications, and contract-first development.
Mandatory Certifications:
- AZ-305 Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
- AZ-400 - Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert.
Skills
Solution Architect, Azure, .Net, CI/CD, Dataverse, Generative AI, MS Dynamics 365