Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Faraz Ahmed

Solution Architect and AI Engineer

Eighteen plus years as a consultant, solution architect and project manager in enterprise Microsoft delivery, across three focused practice areas: enterprise and solution architecture, Microsoft 365 and SharePoint development, and production generative AI.

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18+years in delivery
Microsoftcertified architect
UKbased, open to relocate

Available for new roles

Five focused specialisms

What I do

My career spans five connected disciplines. Each is shown on its own below, so it is clear where I add value rather than blurring everything into one list.

Enterprise and Solution Architecture

End to end delivery across ERP, CRM and the Power Platform. I shape, design and lead Microsoft business application programmes, with deep work in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, pricing and trade agreements, integration and migration.

D365 Finance and Operations
Power Platform
Salesforce
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Integration and Migration
Pre sales and Delivery

Signature work: KaDeWe and TeamViewer (Germany), Dubai South and Etihad Insurance (UAE).

Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Development

Hands on SharePoint Framework engineering. Web parts and extensions in TypeScript and React, Microsoft Graph and PnPjs, Teams integration and Power Automate, delivered from build through to app catalog deployment.

SharePoint Framework (SPFx)
TypeScript and React
Microsoft Graph
PnPjs and Graph Toolkit
Power Automate
Teams and Outlook

Signature work: intranet, provisioning and document portals across the UK, EU, US and MEA.

AI Engineering and Generative AI

Generative AI taken from advice to production. Multi model LLM stacks, retrieval augmented generation, agentic flows, and an evaluation harness that gates every release on quality, latency, cost and safety.

LLMs and Prompt Engineering
RAG and Vector Search
Agents and Tool Use
Azure OpenAI
Evaluation and LLMOps
Responsible AI

Signature work: Speak by Chattriix, an AI native platform architected and built end to end, alongside further AI delivery for clients under contract.

Project and Programme Management

Delivery leadership across the full lifecycle. PMP certified with PgMP in progress, I have led projects and programmes with budget and timeline ownership, governance, and onshore and offshore teams, with stakeholders up to CXO level.

PMP certified
PgMP in progress
Programme governance
Budget and timeline ownership
Onshore and offshore teams
Agile, Scrum and Sure Step

Signature work: programme delivery across enterprise Microsoft and ERP rollouts in the UK, EU, US and MEA.

Pre-sales and Advisory

Winning work and shaping solutions. Over 250 pre-sales engagements: discovery and problem shaping, demos and prototypes, RFI, RFP and SOW authoring, and ROI and TCO modelling for stakeholders up to CXO level.

250+ pre sales engagements
Discovery and shaping
Demos and prototypes
RFI, RFP and SOW
ROI and TCO modelling
CXO advisory

Signature work: solution shaping and bids across enterprise Microsoft, ERP and AI programmes.

How I deliver

Consulting, architecture and delivery

Beyond the technology, I shape, lead and deliver. Eighteen plus years of consulting, solution architecture and programme management, now amplified by careful and sensible use of AI tools across the lifecycle.

18+years delivering

~250consultative engagements

~80enterprise programmes

to £6m+programme value

PMPcertified, PgMP in progress

Solution Architecture

End to end design across ERP, CRM, Power Platform, Microsoft 365 and AI. Domain driven design, integration and migration, and the right call on configuration, customisation or scope.

Project and Programme Management

PMP certified, PgMP in progress. Budget and timeline ownership, governance, and onshore and offshore team leadership, with stakeholders up to CXO level.

Consulting and Advisory

Discovery and problem shaping, pre sales, RFI, RFP and SOW authoring, and ROI and TCO modelling, across financial services, retail, public sector, charity and more.

AI Assisted Delivery

Extensive, appropriate and sensible use of AI tools across the delivery lifecycle, with human gates for quality, and enabling teams to adopt AI safely and productively.

About

Enterprise depth, modern craft

I am a Microsoft certified consultant and solution architect with eighteen plus years across enterprise Microsoft delivery. My background runs through ERP and CRM, the Power Platform, SharePoint and Microsoft 365, and increasingly the design and engineering of production generative AI.

Across that time I have contributed to roughly 250 consultative engagements and around 80 enterprise programmes, working as consultant, lead and project manager with stakeholders up to CXO level. I keep my technology craft current and hands on, which is how I now ship AI features rather than only advising on them.

I am based in Greater Manchester and open to UK hybrid, London and remote roles, and open to relocate, on a permanent or contract basis.

At a glance

LocationGreater Manchester, UK
Experience18+ years
FocusArchitecture, M365, AI
SectorsFinance, Retail, Public, Charity
AvailabilityPermanent or contract, open to relocate

Career

Experience

A single, honest timeline across consulting, delivery and product engineering.

In the field

Selected engagements

A quick view across all three practice areas, each tagged by discipline. For detailed build breakdowns, see the Featured projects below.

Deep dives

Featured projects

End to end builds across Power Platform, AI, Dynamics 365, Salesforce and Odoo. Open any project to see what I did, the architecture, the lifecycle and the outcomes.

Capabilities

Skills and tools

Grouped by practice area, not piled into a single list.

Certifications

Credentials

Education

Contact

Let us talk

Open to permanent or contract roles in enterprise architecture, Microsoft 365 and SharePoint development, and AI engineering. The fastest way to reach me is by email.

Email farazalig.fa@gmail.com

Location Greater Manchester, UK