Microsoft Dynamics AX/365 Solutions Architect

Microsoft Dynamics AX/365 Software development, Code & Data upgrades, Project management, Software Development Life-cycle management with Azure DevOps/Team Foundation Server incl. Build & Release management, ALM

Technical Lead for Project Springboard, implementing Dynamics AX 2012 R3 across the US. Responsible for Development and Release Management, Functional and Technical Design as well as Technical Project Management. DevOps practice Lead.

Accomplished as project manager roll out of AX 2012 R2 for US subsidiary onto international business solution.Solutions architect supporting US division with business process analysis, design and application development.• Project manager for rolling out US business division onto AX 2012 R2. Rollout was consisting of a GAP/Fit analysis, requirement specification, development, testing, and training, as well as migrating the data from AX 2009 to AX 20012.• Solutions architect for designing and building viable IT solutions for complex business needs ranging from software applications to complex infrastructure solutions and support.• Analysis, conceptual and architectural design, development and management of application customizations and new software development.• Consultation, technical and development support for business solution and infrastructure, functional and technical requirements specification and review, development testing and documentation.

Led technical upgrade of international business solution from AX 4.0 to AX 2012 R2. Development coordinator of international development team responsible for development management including establishing and optimizing development life cycle process and procedures as well as AX 2012 code deployment process automation. Head engineer for AX 2012 R2 Data upgrade framework.• Development manager, responsible for the technical upgrade, the development life cycle process as well as incident/bug management• Managed diverse sub projects for upgrading code of the highly customized AX system, the data upgrade of all historical data for the five legal entities overseas, report upgrade from X++ to SSRS as well as security upgrade to the new role based security model• Worked together with business analyst on the concept for implementing the security framework• Managed and worked together with our developers on the various technical aspects of upgrading. The most challenging area was the data upgrade.• Revised old development process and established a fully integrated development lifecycle process with integration to Team Foundation Server (DevOps) for development, source code as well as deployment management.

Led technical team with a role spanning analysis and definition of requirements thru to design, development, testing, deploying and maintaining Dynamics AX software solutions. Assigning tasks and ensure software quality and performance. Overseeing and administering ERP system landscape operations and maintenance. • Oversaw a team of Dynamics AX developers, business analysts and database administrators.• Responsible for multiple Dynamics AX implementations, upgrades, modifications and customizations.• Provided guidance and insight on development techniques and methodologies.• Responsible for quality control by establishing policies and guidelines to ensure code standards and appropriate testing processes, release plans for live operations and code documentation.• Collaboration with high level executives to ensure the project is running efficiently and on time.• Execution of full lifecycle project management on projects and tasks including, but not limited to, analysis of requirements, clarifying requirements, developing wireframes, estimating scope, scheduling and functional team hand-offs.• Extensive interaction with business users, management and developers to review requirements to solve business needs within the ERP system and other systems throughout the enterprise.• Worked closely with internal and external technical teams to accomplish project requirements and testing within specified timeframes in order to ensure successful delivery of the project.• Maintained regular communication with both the users and internal teams.• Responsible for creating appropriate internal and external documentation to support projects and communicate project and task goals, issues, timelines, and creating meeting notes for project team and business users. • Assured consistency across all project work and communication.

Core responsibilities include the support and improvement of business operations, processes, and resources by analysis, design, development, planning and managing infrastructure, architecture systems, and software development. Project lifecycle management and business process optimization is a key competence.• Code management and migration, performing regular code reviews and frequent code deep-dives.• Data translation and migration. Data interoperability between different platforms.• Standard report adaptation and custom report development with various platforms and technologies.• Deployment, administration, and configuration of ERP systems.• ERP system account and user permission management.• Analyzing, planning, executing, and managing Dynamics AX upgrade projects.

Implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX solutions, as well as mainly architecting and developing a prototype of a Microsoft Dynamics AX based healthcare solution. Development, system customization, and prototyping in Dynamics AX for presales activities.• Prototyping including analysis, conceptual, and architectural design, and iterative development of healthcare solution based on Microsoft Dynamics AX platform.• Development of Prototype for a Patient Health Record based on a Microsoft Dynamics AX.• Microsoft Dynamics AX product and module implementation at customers, including business process analysis and remodeling, data migration and key-user training, as well as documentation, based on Microsoft Sure Step methodology. Accomplished implementation of Financial Accounting, Project Management and Trade and Logistic Modules.• Responsible for Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 System Upgrade to version 2009 including planning, design, execution, integration testing and support.• Supervision and project management of Microsoft Dynamics AX development projects.• Interface prototyping for SAP and Dynamics AX interoperability and data exchange.• In charge of presales product presentations and demonstrations of Microsoft Dynamics AX for small and midsize business, including international Customer Relationship Management.• Presales product presentations and demonstrations of Microsoft Dynamics AX for small and midsize businesses including Customer Relationship Management across Germany.• Responsible for installation and configuration of Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 in a 3-tier server environment, including Enterprise Portal.• Microsoft Dynamics AX product and module implementation.

Developer for the SAP R/3 Business Solution, project focus on SAP Document Management System implementation and interface development to Excel. First level customer technical support for any customer functional or technical issues in the modules material management, and sales and distribution.• Architecting, designing and building viable IT solutions for complex business needs ranging from software applications to complex infrastructure solutions and support.• Implementation of SAP Document Management System for data exchange of BOMs between SAP R/3 and MS Excel using SAP ABAP/4, SAP-RFC, OLE2-Interface and MS Excel VBA.• SAP Report and form development with SAP ABAP/4, SAP Smart Forms and SAP Script.• SAP data migrations for rollout of SAP R/3 using ABAP/4, Batch-Input and LSMW.• SAP customer technical support for SAP business applications.

Developer for the SAP R/3 business solution and IT key user for coordination support of external SAP consultants and developers team.• Diverse SAP program and report development with SAP ABAP/4 based on custom user requirements.• In charge of SAP form development project to implement corporate identity across all business units.• Business process analysis, requirements gathering and Gap/Fit analysis.