Senior Developer Software - Microsoft D365 F&O

Title: Senior Developer Software - Microsoft D365 F&O

Employee Working Location: Hybrid (Canada)

Employment Status: Permanent Full-time

The Canadian Red Cross (Red Cross) - an inspirational not for profit organization, helps people and communities in Canada and around the world in times of need and supports them in strengthening their resilience. As a Canada's Best Employers 2024 , we are committed to having an accessible, diverse, inclusive, and barrier-free work environment.

In this role, you will:

• Design, build, and maintain high-traffic, scalable services and solutions based on the Dynamics 365 platform focused on quality and efficiency
• Collaborate with Business Systems Analysts, business subject matter experts and operational staff to clarify requirements and overcome obstacles to meet the team goals
• Analyze complex business requirements and convert technical and functional requirements into system-level design specifications to develop high-performance software.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members on all aspects of process design and development
• Work with the project team to define user story acceptance criteria, break down complex stories into tasks, develop estimates, and plan and deliver solutions.
• Take End-to-End ownership of delivery, including crafting technical specifications, writing readable and extensible code, and developing runbooks and methods for capturing and analyzing post-release metrics
• Take ownership of the code/design and perform code reviews for the timely completion of high-quality, well designed and well-written code
• Write concise technical documentation for the configuration and developed components and customizations
• Collaborate with teams across the organization to investigate and solve software, system design, implementation, performance, scalability and maintainability issues
• Communicate on the status of work plans and tasks to design, develop, and test assigned project work
• Apply quality assurance methods in all aspects of software development
• Develop unit test code as part of overall quality assurance best practices
• Work closely with Business Systems Analysts and QA to resolve issues and with the infrastructure (IS) team for building and deploying the code across the various development and production environments
• Troubleshoot production issues with team members to identify and address problems
• Contribute to the definition of the organization-wide software development standards for all application tiers used for service-oriented architecture development
• Contribute to improvements in the organization's software development methodology and practices
• Maintain currency in technological trends and directions continually upgrading personal technical skills through research, education and self-motivated experimentation.
• Mentor and coach intermediate developers, providing them guidance and sharing knowledge of evolving industry best practices and standards.
• Help identify risks to the organization's systems and advise on mitigation

What we are looking for:

• Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent education/experience
• 6+ years of development experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365 or AX
• 1+ year of development experience with Dynamics 365 Finance and operation, life cycle service (LCS)
• Experience in Microsoft Platform (D365, SharePoint, PowerShell, Exchange, Apps)
• Ability to use/install/setup 3rd party modules with D365
• Experience with Azure functions, service bus and logic apps
• Working knowledge and deep understanding of Azure DevOps repos, GitHub and its continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• Demonstrates strong coding skills using Dynamics AX X++ and its related technologies/tools.
• Working experience with the following modules: AR, Sales, AP, Procurement, GL, FA, Cash and Banking, Inventory, Product Information Management, Warehouse Management, Travel and Expenses
• Experienced in AX 2012 and its latest releases.
• Reviews the Functional design of given business requirements for the technical solution and detailed technical design (TDD)
• Produces high-quality TDD documents as per set standards and templates.
• Drive/Assist Technical design on the GAP requirements with other technical teams to ensure technical quality is consistent.
• Engage in discussions with functional consultants for design clarifications.
• Work closely with the rest of the development teams to assist them in development to adhere to project timelines.
• Ensures no deadlines of projects are slipped and takes ownership of given deadlines.
• Delivers high-quality X++ code with defined quality standards and guidelines.
• Reports his/her progress periodically to the lead/project manager and assists them in reporting. Works with minimal supervision and self-driven
• Should be able to demonstrate confidence in quickly taking over development work in a more scope-based model than continuing in staff augmentation mode.
• Experience using JIRA for daily team task management.
• Technical leadership developing specialized business solutions from high-level requirements, through to implementation into production, incorporating stakeholder feedback and technical standards
• Experience working in both Waterfall and Agile environments
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Sound knowledge of current information systems theories, concepts, and techniques
• In-depth knowledge of writing concise technical documentation
• Strong communication skills are required for interacting with people of varying levels of technical expertise

Working Conditions:

• Ability to work from home as the primary workspace.

  Some travel across Canada may be required for meeting with clients, stakeholders, or off-site personnel/management.

• As we work with and support people (managers, colleagues, beneficiaries/customers, volunteers, donors and external partners) and communities in Canada and around the world, applicants whose first language is not English may be required to perform the responsibilities of the role in English.

• Eligibility to work in Canada: At this time , we welcome applications from candidates eligible to work in Canada. If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of Canada, we encourage you to carefully review your visa to find out whether you are eligible to work in the job you are considering applying for. Refer to our FAQ for more information.

• If you are selected for this role, you will be required to complete a successful pre-employment screening process which includes a satisfactory Enhanced Police Information Check (E-PIC).