Dynamics 365 F&O Platform and DevOps Engineer

Location: UK Position Type: Full-time Experience Level: 5+ years About The Role VE3 is looking for an experienced Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations Platform & DevOps Engineer to take technical ownership of D365 F&O environments, deployments, release management, Azure DevOps and platform operations. We are looking for someone who understands how a large enterprise D365 F&O platform is administered, deployed, maintained, upgraded, monitored and supported across development, test, UAT and production environments. The successful candidate will work closely with D365 developers, functional consultants, solution architects, infrastructure/cloud teams and customer stakeholders to provide a reliable and controlled engineering and release capability for Dynamics 365 F&O. The role would suit someone with a background in Dynamics AX / D365 F&O administration combined with Azure DevOps, release engineering, production deployment and Microsoft cloud technologies. Requirements Key Responsibilities D365 F&O Platform & Environment Management Manage and support Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations environments across development, test, UAT, sandbox and production. Administer D365 F&O environments through Microsoft Lifecycle Services and associated Microsoft platform services. Coordinate environment provisioning, refreshes, database movement and environment maintenance activities. Manage sandbox-to-production release processes and production deployment activities. Plan and execute application updates, platform updates, servicing activities and environment upgrades. Maintain environment configuration and ensure consistency across the D365 landscape. Support troubleshooting of application, deployment, environment and infrastructure-related issues. Coordinate planned maintenance and minimise disruption to business-critical environments. Azure DevOps & CI/CD Own and continuously improve Azure DevOps processes supporting D365 F&O engineering. Design, configure and maintain build and release pipelines. Automate build, packaging, validation and deployment processes wherever practical. Manage branching, source control, pull requests and release governance. Establish appropriate deployment gates, approvals and quality controls. Maintain release artefacts and traceability between requirements, code, builds and deployments. Work with development teams to improve deployment reliability and shorten release cycles. Troubleshoot failed builds and deployments and coordinate remediation. Release & Deployment Management Own the technical release process from development through to production. Create and maintain deployment schedules, release plans, rollback plans and implementation runbooks. Coordinate dependencies across technical and functional workstreams. Manage software deployable packages and validate packages prior to production deployment. Perform or coordinate production deployments under controlled change-management processes. Ensure releases are tested and technically validated before promotion. Support out-of-hours or scheduled production releases when required. Perform post-deployment validation and coordinate resolution of release-related incidents. Dynamics AX / D365 Technical Administration Bring strong knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics AX and Dynamics 365 F&O architecture and administration. Understand D365 application topology, environments, databases, integration points and deployment architecture. Support database refreshes, data movement and environment cloning activities. Assist technical teams with troubleshooting performance, integration and environment issues. Work with developers on D365 development lifecycle and deployment requirements. Support implementation and management of integrations between D365 F&O and other enterprise platforms. Azure & Microsoft Cloud Support Azure services used within the wider D365 solution architecture. Understand Azure identity, networking, monitoring and integration concepts relevant to enterprise D365 implementations. Work with Microsoft Entra ID for identity and access requirements. Support integration of D365 with Azure-hosted services and enterprise applications. Work alongside cloud engineering teams where D365 solutions depend on Azure services. Power Platform Understand the relationship between Dynamics 365 F&O, Microsoft Dataverse and the Power Platform. Support environments where D365 F&O integrates with Power Apps, Power Automate or Dataverse. Understand environment administration and deployment considerations across the Microsoft business applications ecosystem. Experience with dual-write or other D365 F&O/Dataverse integration approaches would be advantageous. Production Operations & Support Provide technical support for production D365 F&O environments. Diagnose deployment, integration, configuration and platform issues. Work with application support teams to perform root-cause analysis. Support incident, problem and change-management processes. Maintain operational documentation and standard operating procedures. Identify recurring issues and introduce automation or engineering improvements to reduce them. Participate in major incident resolution where D365 platform expertise is required. Monitoring & Performance Monitor platform health and identify potential operational issues. Work with Microsoft monitoring and Azure monitoring capabilities as appropriate. Analyse errors, logs, batch processes and environment telemetry. Support troubleshooting of performance issues and technical bottlenecks. Work with Microsoft support where product-level escalation is required. Security & Governance Follow secure deployment and environment-management practices. Support access control and privileged access processes for D365 environments. Maintain separation between development and production responsibilities where required. Ensure production changes are appropriately authorised, documented and auditable. Support customer security, compliance and change-control requirements. Essential Technical Skills Candidates should have strong practical experience across most of the following: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations Microsoft Dynamics AX, preferably AX 2012 D365 F&O environment administration Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services (LCS) Azure DevOps Azure Repos Azure Pipelines CI/CD Build and release management D365 software deployable packages D365 environment provisioning and servicing Production deployment Environment refreshes and database movement Source-control and branching strategies Release and change management Microsoft Azure Microsoft Entra ID Power Platform Dataverse Enterprise application support Highly Desirable Skills Experience in some of the following would be particularly useful: X++ development knowledge D365 F&O development architecture Visual Studio for Dynamics development PowerShell scripting Azure CLI REST APIs Azure Logic Apps Azure Functions Service Bus SQL Server / Azure SQL Data Management Framework Electronic Reporting Dual-write Dataverse integrations Power Automate Power Apps Application Insights Azure Monitor Infrastructure or deployment automation Microsoft FastTrack processes Large-scale D365 implementation or migration programmes The candidate does not necessarily need to be the primary X++ developer, but should understand the development lifecycle sufficiently well to work closely with developers and diagnose build, packaging and deployment issues. Experience Required We would normally expect: 5+ years of overall Microsoft Dynamics / enterprise application experience. 3+ years of hands-on Dynamics 365 F&O experience. Strong previous experience with Dynamics AX would be beneficial. Significant hands-on Azure DevOps experience. Proven responsibility for D365 production deployments. Experience supporting multiple D365 environments within enterprise programmes. Experience managing releases into production. Experience working within structured change-management and production-support processes. Experience working with geographically distributed development and support teams. Certifications Microsoft certifications are desirable, particularly: Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate Relevant Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations certifications Relevant Azure DevOps or DevOps engineering certifications Equivalent practical experience is more important than certification alone.