Power Platform Architect - Discovery & Architecture Lead

Scrumconnect Limited; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Scrumconnect Consulting in Newcastle upon Tyne seeks a Power Platform Technical Architect to lead a four-week discovery into service-desk and chatbot options. You will design the target architecture, assess Microsoft capabilities and ensure security, supportability and government-grade standards.

You will guide developers on solution structure, non-functional requirements and reusable patterns, while evaluating integration with identity, document management and reporting services.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to design end-to-end Power Platform solutions.
• Experience delivering option assessments and architecture diagrams.
• Strong security, governance and data privacy knowledge.
• Experience in UK government, public sector or security-conscious environments.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical architecture approach for the discovery.
• Assess Power Platform capabilities for form intake, workflows, dashboards, and chat interactions.
• Evaluate Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, Power Pages and Copilot Studio where appropriate.
• Define data model for requests, users, documents, queues, approvals and audit history.
• Define environment management, deployment pipelines and development/test/prod governance.
• Provide guidance on non-functional requirements and reusable design patterns.
• Identify risks, dependencies and decisions requiring stakeholder input.
• Support effort estimates, licensing considerations and delivery roadmap.

Skills

Technical leadership

Solution architecture

Discovery planning

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Power Apps

Power Automate

Dataverse

Power BI

Dynamics 365 Customer Service

Microsoft Copilot Studio

Azure

Microsoft Entra ID

SharePoint

Purview

Job description

Scrumconnect Consulting in Newcastle upon Tyne seeks a Power Platform Technical Architect to lead a four-week discovery into service-desk and chatbot options. You will design the target architecture, assess Microsoft capabilities and ensure security, supportability and government-grade standards.

You will guide developers on solution structure, non-functional requirements and reusable patterns, while evaluating integration with identity, document management and reporting services.