Dynamics 365 CRM / Associate Director, Solution Architecture

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Director, Solution Architecture.

In this role, you will: 

• Define end-to-end solution architecture for CRM platforms, including microservices, integrations, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Lead architecture ownership, producing artefacts such as HLD/LLD, API contracts, and data flow designs.
• Own engineering delivery assurance, including coding standards, CI/CD readiness, and production quality.
• Lead integration across CRM, legacy systems, and third-party vendors using scalable, secure patterns.
• Design and deliver enterprise-grade AI solutions using Azure OpenAI (and GCP Vertex AI where relevant).
• Establish AI architecture patterns (e.g., RAG, prompt orchestration, model routing, evaluation frameworks).
• Drive operational excellence through monitoring, observability, incident management, and performance optimisation.
• Support future-state architecture and cloud/AI roadmap decisions across CRM and integration ecosystems.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Strong experience in Azure cloud services (Functions, APIM, Service Bus, Application Insights) and integration patterns.
• Deep expertise in AI engineering, including Azure OpenAI, RAG design, prompt engineering, and model evaluation
• Proven experience designing CRM integration architectures, including APIs, event-driven patterns, and workflow orchestration.
• Strong software engineering background (.NET/Python, microservices, testing, and performance optimisation).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and DevOps practices.
• Expertise in observability and production readiness (monitoring, SLAs/SLOs, resilience testing).
• Understanding of cross-cloud architecture, including GCP Vertex AI and multi-cloud considerations.
• Strong stakeholder communication, problem-solving, and ability to drive architecture decisions across teams.

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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Issued by – HSBC Software Development India