The Portal Solutions Architect is a highly visible, cross-functional leader who shapes how our customers experience our digital platforms. This role owns the end-to-end architecture and delivery of secure, scalable, customer-facing web portals that support enterprise reverse logistics — translating complex business and customer needs into elegant, durable technical solutions.
Layman’s terms: You will be designing and customizing our client's client portal which allows for tracking of shipments to interact with our client's major automotive client. The environment is a Microsoft shop. Their current client portal is homebuilt on PHP.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
- Technical & Architectural Leadership: Own the architectural vision and technical direction for portal solutions built primarily on Microsoft cloud and business application technologies (Azure, Dynamics 365 CRM and Business Central), guiding internal and external development teams, reviewing designs, and ensuring best practices in security, scalability, and maintainability.
- Solution Design & Prototyping: Lead the design of complex web applications and integrations, providing architectural guidance and hands-on support for proof-of-concepts and critical-path issues when needed.
- Integration Oversight: Oversee integrations across web applications and enterprise platforms, including APIs, Azure services, identity and SSO (Entra ID, OAuth, SAML), CRM, ERP, and Power Platform solutions, ensuring secure, reliable, and loosely coupled system design.
- Delivery Partnership & Risk Management: Collaborate with the PMO to support delivery timelines and execution, while maintaining ownership of technical dependencies, architectural decisions, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Quality & Continuous Improvement: Partner with QA and internal teams to ensure high-quality delivery, participate in design and code reviews, and drive continuous improvement through retrospectives and process enhancements.