Infrastructure / Integration Lead Software Engineer

(Solution Architect - Microsoft Platform)

Location: United States (Remote)
Employment Type: Contract or Contract to Hire

Position Overview

We are seeking an Infrastructure / Integration Lead Software Engineer with strong solution architecture and technical leadership experience to design and deliver enterprise scale solutions across Microsoft Dynamics 365, the Power Platform, and integrated enterprise systems.

This role blends hands on architecture, integration engineering, and cloud platform leadership, with supporting DevOps exposure. The ideal candidate is architecture first, capable of guiding teams, defining standards, and making key technical decisions, while remaining hands on where needed.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Integration Leadership

• Lead the architecture and design of enterprise solutions spanning Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and external systems


• Define integration patterns, API strategies, and event driven architectures


• Serve as the technical authority for system design, scalability, reliability, and performance


• Review code and architectural designs to ensure alignment with best practices and standards


• Act as an escalation point for complex technical and integration challenges

Platform & Integration Engineering

• Design and implement integrations using Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and enterprise platforms


• Develop and support integrations using REST APIs, messaging, and integration services


• Ensure secure, scalable, and resilient integration solutions across hybrid environments


• Own architecture decisions for system interoperability, data flow, and performance optimization

Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure Support

• Architect and support hybrid cloud solutions across on premises and cloud environments


• Utilize Microsoft Azure as the primary cloud platform, with AWS exposure as a secondary environment


• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tools and practices


• Support automation of deployments, configurations, and infrastructure provisioning


• Partner with platform and DevOps teams rather than operating as a DevOps only engineer

Leadership, Mentorship & Governance

• Mentor and guide engineers, enforcing architectural consistency and technical best practices


• Establish coding standards, integration guidelines, and governance models


• Collaborate cross functionally with product, infrastructure, security, and data teams


• Provide clear technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and playbooks


• Communicate technical concepts clearly to engineering teams and leadership stakeholders

Security, Reliability & Operations

• Ensure solutions meet enterprise security, compliance, and data protection requirements


• Support high availability, disaster recovery, and resiliency strategies


• Monitor production systems and integration platforms for performance and reliability


• Participate in system, architecture, and security reviews

Required Qualifications

Core Experience

• 7 years of experience in software engineering, integration, or infrastructure roles


• 5 years of hands on experience with Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform
  
  
  
  • Power Apps
  
  
  • Power Automate
  
  
  
  


• Proven experience serving as a technical lead or lead software engineer


• Strong experience mentoring and guiding engineers

Cloud & Integration Expertise

• Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure, including services such as:
  
  
  
  • Azure Functions
  
  
  • Logic Apps
  
  
  • Service Bus
  
  
  • API Management
  
  
  
  


• Hands on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)


• Strong understanding of APIs, microservices, and event driven systems


• Experience designing and supporting enterprise integrations

Nice to Have Qualifications

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)


• Exposure to containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)


• Familiarity with data platforms (e.g., data integration or analytics services)


• Experience working in large scale, enterprise environments


• Cloud certifications (Azure, AWS, Dynamics 365)

Key Skills & Competencies

• Solution Architecture & System Design


• Integration Engineering & API Strategy


• Cloud Platforms (Azure primary, AWS secondary)


• Technical Leadership & Mentorship


• DevOps & CI/CD Collaboration


• Infrastructure Automation Concepts


• Hybrid Cloud & Migration Strategies


• Reliability, Performance & Scalability


• Security & Compliance Awareness