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Microsoft Dynamics AX Technical Specialist – Brentford – up to £55,000+ benefits

My client, a leading financial services provider are going through a transformation and are looking for a MS Dynamics AX Technical Specialist to join their growing team. The project office is based in Brentford, London and are offering a full-time position.

Reporting to the IT Development Manager you will be responsible for;

• Providing third line support for all Production and Development environments and upgrade to new versions as required
• To create/maintain documentation of complete environments, including system diagrams, failover testing, capacity planning, troubleshooting and service specification
• Be the Subject Matter Expert for all Microsoft Dynamics AX related technology needs

Further duties include;

• Design, implement, deliver, and support the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 environment and associated services
• Responsible for on-going developments and service improvements with recommendations where appropriate.
• To ensure the business remains compliant with industry best practices and regulatory requirements and to implement the necessary changes
• FRES change management process to be adhered to
• Design, implement, deliver & support the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 environment and associated services
• Keep industry knowledge of advances in technology within the AX space current and help the business translate these into potential capabilities
• Be the subject matter expert and design authority representative for all Dynamics AX related solutions
• Analyse business requirements and produce technical specifications to IT applications standards
• Implement change control process for production releases
• Setup, document, and test onsite failover for all production environments
• Day to day support where necessary of any allocated application service
• Create and maintain documentation to a high standard, including software standards, service specifications, release notes and IT implementation checklists for all software releases
• Arrange and undertake regular meetings with business owners
• Develop, Unit test & performance test scripts for the AX environment
• Responding to assigned service desk incidents (3^rd line)
• Need to ensure the code delivered by the external vendor adheres to the quality standard
• Performance monitoring and analysis
  
  

Skill-sets & Education;

• Degree-level qualification, preferably in IT related discipline, or equivalent combination of specialised training.
  
  
• Certified in a development qualification, or a desire to obtain the qualification.

• Strong knowledge and experience of design and development of solutions using Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.

• Demonstrable experience in the primary support of MS Dynamics AX.NET environments.

• Good general knowledge and development experience with the Microsoft Stack (SQL Server, Dynamics CRM, BizTalk, AppFabric, SharePoint) will be a bonus.

• Experience in leading a team is advantageous as this role will initially involve working alongside our offshore partners.

• Experience of SOA enabling technologies is advantageous

• Knowledge of the scrum and waterfall methodologies

• Knowledge and experience with TFS

• Knowledge and experience with Microsoft LCS code analysis tool.