Senior Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE & Power Platform Engineer

Description

Codec is seeking an experienced Senior Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE & Power Platform Engineer to join a dedicated team responsible for the ongoing development, enhancement and evolution of a business-critical Microsoft application platform supporting essential public services.

The successful candidate will play a key role in designing, developing and enhancing solutions built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CE), Dataverse and the Power Platform. Working within a highly collaborative multidisciplinary team, the role will focus on delivering new functionality, improving existing capabilities, modernising business processes and driving continual improvement across a complex enterprise application estate.

The solution integrates extensively with Microsoft Azure services and external systems, offering the opportunity to work across a broad technology stack that includes Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Azure Integration Services and modern DevOps practices.

In addition to development and enhancement activities, the role will provide technical expertise in the investigation and resolution of complex application and integration issues, acting as a senior escalation point where deep product knowledge is required.

This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong Dynamics professional who enjoys solving complex business challenges, working on enterprise-scale solutions and contributing to the long-term evolution of a strategically important Microsoft platform.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Design & Development

Design, develop and enhance enterprise solutions built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE, Dataverse and the Microsoft Power Platform.

Deliver new application capabilities, workflow automation and business process improvements aligned to customer requirements.

Develop and maintain custom plugins, integrations, workflows and Power Platform components.

Contribute to solution architecture discussions and technical design decisions.

Identify opportunities to improve performance, scalability, maintainability and supportability across the application estate.

Participate in technical design workshops and collaborate with functional consultants, architects and customer stakeholders.

Application Enhancement & Continuous Improvement

Lead the technical implementation of approved change requests and enhancement initiatives.

Analyse existing functionality and recommend improvements to user experience, process efficiency and operational effectiveness.

Refactor and optimise existing solution components to reduce technical debt and improve long-term maintainability.

Support the introduction of new Microsoft capabilities and platform features where appropriate.

Contribute to the ongoing evolution and modernisation of the solution architecture.

Dynamics 365 & Power Platform Engineering

Develop and maintain:

Dynamics 365 CE customisations

Dataverse solutions

Model-Driven Apps

Power Automate solutions

Custom integrations

Role-based security models

Plugin and workflow extensions

Ensure solutions are secure, scalable and aligned with Microsoft best practices.

Maintain appropriate development standards, documentation and coding practices.

Azure Integration Collaboration

Work closely with Azure Integration Engineers to deliver and maintain end-to-end business processes spanning Dynamics 365, Dataverse and Azure services.

Contribute to the design and troubleshooting of integrations involving:

Azure Data Factory

Logic Apps

Azure SQL

Azure Storage

WebJobs

Application Insights

Support root cause analysis of complex cross-platform issues affecting business-critical processes.

DevOps, Release & Quality Management

Support solution deployment and release activities using Azure DevOps.

Participate in code reviews and contribute to development quality standards.

Promote automation and repeatable deployment practices.

Collaborate with testing resources to ensure solutions are fully validated prior to release.

Contribute to CI/CD improvements and application lifecycle management practices.

Technical Leadership & Escalation Support

Act as a senior technical resource within the delivery team.

Provide expert analysis and resolution of complex application issues and defects where deep product knowledge is required.

Participate in major incident investigations and root cause analysis activities.

Support knowledge sharing and mentoring within the wider engineering team.

Contribute to technical documentation, design artefacts and operational runbooks.

Stakeholder Engagement

Work directly with customer stakeholders, business users and delivery teams to understand requirements and shape technical solutions.

Translate business requirements into practical and scalable technical designs.

Provide technical input into roadmap discussions, enhancement planning and service improvement initiatives.

Build trusted relationships with customers through proactive technical engagement and quality delivery.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Primary Technical Skills (Essential)

The successful candidate will possess strong hands-on experience designing, developing and

delivering Microsoft Business Applications solutions, with particular expertise across Dynamics 365

CE and the Microsoft Power Platform.

Microsoft Business Applications

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CE)

Microsoft Dataverse

Microsoft Power Platform

Model-Driven Application Development

Power Automate

Business Process Automation

Dynamics 365 Security Model

Solution Design & Customisation

Development & Engineering

C# Plugin Development

Custom Workflow Activities

JavaScript & Client-Side Customisation

Custom API Development

Dataverse Development

Integration Design & Development

Solution Layering & Environment Strategy

Application Lifecycle Management

Azure DevOps

Source Control (Git)

CI/CD Concepts

Solution Deployment & Release Management

Environment Management

DevOps Best Practices

Architecture & Solution Design

Requirements Analysis

Technical Design Documentation

Solution Architecture Principles

Performance Optimisation

Secure Application Design

Scalable Enterprise Solution Development

Azure & Integration Technologies (Highly Desirable)

Exposure to Azure integration technologies would be highly advantageous, particularly within

enterprise application and data integration environments.

Integration Services

Azure Data Factory (ADF)

Azure Logic Apps

Azure Service Integrations

API-Based Integrations

Azure Storage Services

Event-Driven Integration Patterns

Data & Automation

Azure SQL

Data Migration & Transformation

Data Integration Solutions

Reporting & Analytics Integrations

Monitoring & Operational Insight

Azure Application Insights

Azure Monitor

Performance Monitoring & Diagnostics

Root Cause Analysis

Application Hosting & Runtime Services

Azure App Services

Azure WebJobs

Azure Functions (Desirable)

DevOps & Cloud Engineering

Infrastructure & Application Deployments

Azure DevOps Pipelines

Release Automation

Cloud-Native Development Practices

Experience

Essential

Proven experience developing Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE and Power Platform solutions.

Strong hands-on experience with Dataverse, Model-Driven Apps and Power Automate.

Experience developing custom plugins and integrations using C# and Microsoft best practices.

Experience delivering enhancements and new functionality within enterprise application environments.

Experience working with Azure DevOps and modern ALM practices.

Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Highly Desirable

Exposure to Microsoft Azure integration technologies.

Experience with Azure Data Factory, Logic Apps or Azure SQL.

Experience working within complex, integrated Microsoft application estates.

Experience in Managed Services or regulated environments.

About Codec

Established over 40 years ago, Codec is a multi-award-winning Microsoft Solutions Partner, trusted by public and private sector organisations to deliver impactful digital transformation. With offices in Dublin, Belfast, Cologne, and across Germany, our team of over 300 experts specialises in harnessing the full potential of Microsoft technologies - including Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Azure, and Copilot - to drive innovation, automation, and operational excellence. Codec combines deep industry expertise with a proven track record to help organisations unlock the power of AI and modern cloud solutions

Though originally best known as a hardware reseller, since 2010 Codec has focused on building an outstanding software consulting business with a team of experts implementing enterprise solutions using products from Microsoft and Oracle. Our customer base, revenues and average contract values have grown steadily year on year and we continue to invest in the provision of new product and service offerings.

Our team is a careful mix of recent graduates and experienced professionals from a variety of diverse cultural backgrounds. We are a melting pot of seasoned consultants supported by the best talent from the local universities. We have a thriving placement student academy and graduate recruitment programme which grows year on year.

This company is an equal opportunities employer