Cloud EDI/Dynamics 365 F&O/AX Specialist (41138)
Summary
Designs, builds, and supports cloud-based EDI and ERP integrations linking Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, legacy Dynamics AX, external trading partners, and enterprise/SaaS systems, using Azure Integration Services, APIs, and EDI standards like X12 and EDIFACT. Also supports AX-to-D365 migration and ongoing integration monitoring and modernization.
Summary/Objective: The Cloud EDI / Dynamics 365 F&O / AX Specialist is responsible for designing, implementing, supporting, and continuously improving reliable cloud-based EDI and ERP integrations across Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, legacy Microsoft Dynamics AX environments, enterprise applications, and external trading partners. The role ensures accurate, secure, and scalable data exchange for business-critical processes, supports migration and modernization from AX to D365 F&O where applicable, and enables end-to-end digital transformation through well-architected Azure integration solutions.
Specific Responsibilities and Essential Functions:
Key activities:
- Design, develop, and support Cloud EDI integrations for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and Microsoft Dynamics AX using Azure Integration Services, middleware, APIs, event-driven architectures, and batch interfaces.
- Implement and maintain integrations between D365 F&O, AX, ERP-adjacent systems, SaaS platforms, data platforms, and external trading partners.
- Develop and support EDI transaction flows such as orders, invoices, shipment notices, acknowledgements, and related logistics or financial documents using X12, EDIFACT, and customer-specific formats.
- Configure, monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize integration processes across Azure, EDI providers, D365 F&O, and AX environments.
- Collaborate with business analysts, functional consultants, application owners, infrastructure teams, and external trading partners to translate business requirements into sustainable integration designs.
- Ensure integrations comply with security, data protection, auditability, and enterprise architecture standards.
- Create and maintain interface specifications, mapping documentation, technical designs, runbooks, and support procedures.
- Support unit, system, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing for EDI and D365 F&O / AX integrations.
- Contribute to integration modernization, AX-to-D365 transition activities, and continuous improvement of Cloud EDI architecture and best practices.
Authority:
- Define and propose Cloud EDI and D365 F&O / AX integration architectures within governed standards.
- Approve integration design choices, mapping approaches, and support patterns in collaboration with architecture, application, and business teams.
- Recommend changes that improve EDI reliability, ERP process continuity, monitoring, and operational risk reduction.
- Request access, tools, environments, partner documentation, and test data necessary to perform Cloud EDI, D365 F&O, and AX integration activities.
Responsibility:
- Reliable execution and support of assigned Cloud EDI, D365 F&O, AX, and related data flows.
- Maintaining secure, compliant, monitored, and audit-ready integration designs across cloud and legacy ERP landscapes.
- Ensuring data consistency, completeness, traceability, and recoverability across trading partner, EDI, ERP, and connected systems.
- Documenting mappings, error handling, business rules, dependencies, support procedures, and operational ownership.
- Following ICT governance, change control, lifecycle management, and release management processes for D365 F&O, AX, and integration platforms.
Value of responsibility:
- Operational continuity: Stable EDI and ERP integrations support order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, logistics, finance, and manufacturing processes.
- Customer and partner satisfaction: Reliable EDI flows ensure accurate and timely communication with key customers, suppliers, logistics providers, and other trading partners.
- Data quality: Controlled movement of transactional and master data supports reporting, reconciliation, analytics, and business decision-making.
- Business agility: Modern Cloud EDI and D365 F&O integration capabilities enable faster onboarding of partners, business process changes, and ERP modernization initiatives.
- Risk reduction: Secure, well-monitored integrations reduce downtime, data loss, manual rework, compliance exposure, and migration risk.