Technical Consultant

Description

As we continue to experience explosive growth, Codec is looking for a Dynamics 365 Consultant to join our established practice and be part of the delivery team on exciting new projects. Our team of functional and technical consultants work on the largest Dynamics 365 and Power Platform implementations in Ireland in fast paced environments where the Dynamics product is used to implement complex business processes in an accelerated manner.

What’s in it for you?

An opportunity to join Ireland’s largest Dynamics 365 team; work with great people in a fun, entrepreneurial, rewarding environment; employees are not only provided with competitive compensation but are also recognized for their achievements.
Codec are the leading Microsoft Dynamics 365 partner in Ireland and have been awarded Dynamics 365 Partner of the Year by Microsoft in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 & 2017 and 2019. Codec have also been awarded the Microsoft Country Partner of the Year award for Ireland in both 2014, 2017 and 2018.
Key Responsibilities

**Responsibilities**:
As a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Consultant you will have the following responsibilities:
Manage all aspects of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 system, taking ownership of the end-to-end CRM process including: Sales, Customer Service, Marketing and Field Service

Develop & Deliver best in-class functionality from the CRM system, including including using the latest features of Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform to implement Customer Service, Sales, Field Service, Marketing and any other implementations that involve Power Platform

Solution envisioning and design in agile and waterfall development environments primarily with Dynamics 365 as a platform, but introducing other elements of the Microsoft technology stack where necessary (Dynamics 365, ASP.NET MVC, SharePoint, SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS)

Communicate with business stakeholders and business analysts to ensure the solution design meets requirements

Maintain a “Trusted Advisor” relationship with the customer and identify opportunities for further project work for both the Microsoft CRM practice and the other Codec teams.

Take part in the pre-sales process, providing input to tenders and bids when necessary and prototyping and demoing solutions to potential customers

Work with senior members of the CRM Practice on developing and implementing operational improvements within the team

Assist in project planning process, in estimating development effort and allocation of development and testing tasks

Identify project risks and participate in defining risk mitigation and control activities.

Make recommendations on the allocation of resources to projects according to skills and capacity and provide mentoring support to developer resources

Work closely with developers to ensure implementations are in line with the proposed design and overall standards

Work as part of the development team on smaller projects towards a quality, on-time delivery

Evaluate new products and 3rd party components when the need arises to assess their fitness for purpose

Maintain lean documentation, ensuring it is kept relevant and useful

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Desired Experience & Technical Skills
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 - 2016 (5 years)
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 (5 years)
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 extension development (5 years)
- Min. 5 years.NET (C#)/ ASP.NET (MVC)
- Min. 5 years Microsoft SQL Server (2005/2008)
- Team Foundation Server

Some experience in the following technologies would be advantageous but not essential.

Microsoft SharePoint 2013/2010

Microsoft SSIS/SSAS

Unit Testing Frameworks (such as NUnit)

Windows Communication Foundation

Xamarin Mobile Development

Kingswaysoft

Customer requirements gathering

Systems analysis and design

Good understanding of core project management principles and the overall software development lifecycle

Presentation and proposal writing

About Codec Codec is an Irish, Full-Stack IT Solutions consultancy founded in 1985 and headquartered in Dublin with offices in Galway, Cork and Belfast. In addition, we have offices in London, Cologne and Sulwaki, Poland. Codec is growing rapidly, expanding our team of industry-leading experts and delivering on the promise of ”empowering business” in the public and private sectors.

Codec are Microsoft Ireland Dynamics 365 Partner of the Year 2019. We are Microsoft Ireland Country Partner of the Year 2018, Data Centre Transformation Partner of the Year 2018, Dynamics 365 Partner of the Year 2018 and Oracle Hyperion Partner of the Year UK & Ireland for 5 of the last 7 years. Having been at the forefront of IT development - both hardware and software throughout an unprecedented era of technological advancement, Codec is uniquely positioned to provide excellent service, management and leadership to public and private bodies of all sizes. Since our inception, we have partnered with an incredibly wide range of clients around the wor