Senior Technical Architect

Description:

🏗️ We’re Hiring: Senior Technical Architect – Dynamics CRM & SharePoint On-Prem Upgrade
📍 Toronto, ON (Hybrid, 2 days onsite)
🕒 Contract
🏛️ Client: Ontario Justice Sector Organization
Lead the on-premises upgrade of a business-critical Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SharePoint system (no cloud migration). You’ll set the upgrade approach, lead teams and vendors, and provide independent technical assurance through to cutover.
What you’ll do:
🔹 Lead the Dynamics CRM 2016 to D365 CE 9.1 On-Prem and SharePoint 2013 to Subscription Edition upgrades
🔹 Create the upgrade approach, environment strategy, architecture docs, RICE inventory, and cutover and rollback plans
🔹 Assess SQL Server, SSRS, Windows Server, security, authentication, and integration dependencies
🔹 Move the Dynamics–SharePoint integration to server-to-server
🔹 Coordinate development, infrastructure, database, testing, and vendor teams
🔹 Identify risks, challenge vendor recommendations, and brief leadership
Must Haves:
✅ Leading IT implementations and upgrades from technical and delivery perspectives
✅ Creating project and technical artifacts (plans, schedules, environment strategy, RICE)
✅ Leading technical teams
✅ Dynamics CRM implementation, development, administration, and upgrades
✅ Leading Dynamics CRM 2016 (8.x) to D365 CE 9.x On-Prem upgrades
✅ Leading SharePoint 2013 to Subscription Edition upgrades through intermediate stages
✅ Dynamics–SharePoint customization and integration, and modernizing SQL Server, SSRS, and Windows Server
Nice to have:
➕ Active Directory, IIS, certificates, authentication, high availability, backup and recovery
➕ Microsoft certifications in Dynamics, SharePoint, or architecture
➕ Justice, healthcare, or other regulated-sector experience