D365 F&O Environments and Release Manager

North West England, United Kingdom

Permanent
£50000 - £70000 per annum

D365 F&O Enviroments and Release Manager 
Remote position (2 days on site initially during handover period)
Global Food Manufacturer
£50,000 - £70,000

My exclusive client, a global lead in the food industry is at the forefront of ERP transformation. They are embarking on a significant project to migrate their systems to Dynamics 365 F&O, ensuring seamless operations and heightened efficiency across all business units.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to join our team as a D365 Environments and Release Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing Dynamics 365 environments, overseeing release management processes, and ensuring the stability and availability of our D365 applications. This role requires a strong background in business-as-usual (BAU) operations, along with robust system administration skills.

You will be a D365 Envrionments and Release Manager or a D365 F&O Support Consultant who has strong experience in managing envriomenments and has a good understanding of the processes. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple Dynamics 365 environments, including development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Monitor and maintain the health, performance, and security of D365 environments.
• Coordinate with development, testing, and support teams to ensure environment availability and readiness for various activities.
• Develop and maintain release management processes for D365 applications, ensuring smooth and efficient deployment of changes across environments.
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate releases, including deployment activities and rollback procedures.
• Work closely with development teams to understand release requirements and dependencies.
• Provide day-to-day support for D365 environments, including troubleshooting issues, performing system maintenance tasks, and implementing enhancements.
• Proactively identify and address potential issues or bottlenecks to ensure uninterrupted business operations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyse requirements for BAU activities and system improvements.
• Administer and configure Dynamics 365 applications, including security settings, user roles, and customizations.
• Manage integrations between D365 and other systems, ensuring data integrity and smooth data flows.
• Implement and enforce best practices for system administration and maintenance.

Experience:

• Extensive experience managing Dynamics 365 environments, including deployment and administration.
• Strong background in release management, with proven experience coordinating complex release processes.
• Proficiency in system administration tasks, such as user management, security configuration, and customisation.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot issues in D365 environments.
• Strong experience in data migration and implementations of D365.
• Solid understanding of business processes and the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Certifications in Dynamics 365 and/or relevant Microsoft technologies are a plus.

Requirements:

• 3+ years’ experience of managing system/software environments.
• Experience implementing/configuring/updating software/system environments.
• Proven ability to create innovative solutions to solve complex business requirements, and streamline/automate business processes.
• Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving, organisational, interpersonal, communication skills.
• Creation of Functional and Technical Specifications documentation for improvement projects including specifications for configuration changes, data migration, and system integrations.
• Building and configuring of business workflows.
• Schedules work to be done and follows up to ensure completion within deadlines

CLICK APPLY / send your up to date CV to Raimico.hitchen@opusrs.com