Microsoft Power Platform & Power Automate Desktop Developer

Cognizant; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PL-500

Job summary

Cognizant in Chennai seeks a Microsoft Power Platform and Power Automate Desktop Developer with 3–9 years of hands-on experience. You will design, build, and maintain RPA solutions that automate desktop and web apps, integrating with Power Platform tools and delivering scalable automations across departments.

You will lead automation development teams, perform code reviews, and collaborate with business analysts and IT to ensure solutions meet security and governance standards.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience automating desktop and web apps with Power Automate Desktop.
• Ability to design scalable automation solutions and integrate with Power Platform tools.
• Experience leading automation teams and performing code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy PAD-based RPA workflows.
• Build attended and unattended automations for desktop, web, and legacy apps.
• Integrate PAD with Power Automate Cloud for end-to-end automation.
• Utilize UI automation, image recognition, and OCR for complex tasks.
• Automate tasks involving Excel, Outlook, SAP and browser apps.
• Configure triggers, schedules, and error-handling logic.
• Deploy automations via gateways and machine groups.
• Monitor performance, troubleshoot, and optimize bots.
• Document workflows and designs; collaborate with analysts and IT.
• Ensure data security, governance, and best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Code review

Communication

Tools

Power Automate Desktop

Power Automate Cloud

Power Apps

Dataverse

Power Platform

Copilot

Copilot Studio

ALM

CI/CD

Job description

Microsoft Power Platform and Power Automate Desktop Developer

3 – 9 years

Job Summary

A skilled Power Automate Desktop Developer to design, build, and maintain robotic process automation (RPA) solutions that streamline manual, repetitive business processes. The candidate must have hands‑on experience automating desktop and web‑based applications using Microsoft Power Automate Desktop, integrating with Power Platform tools, and delivering scalable automation solutions across departments. Candidate is expected to have experience leading automation development teams and performing code review activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy RPA workflows using Power Automate Desktop (PAD)
• Build both attended and unattended automation flows for desktop, web, and legacy applications
• Integrate Power Automate Desktop flows with Power Automate Cloud flows for end‑to‑end automation
• Work with UI automation, image recognition, and OCR to handle complex application interactions
• Automate tasks involving Excel, Outlook, SAP, browser‑based apps, and other enterprise systems
• Configure and manage triggers, schedules, and error‑handling/exception logic within flows
• Deploy and manage automation via Power Automate gateways and machine groups
• Monitor flow performance, troubleshoot failures, and optimize existing automations
• Document process workflows, technical designs, and support/maintenance procedures
• Collaborate with business analysts, IT teams, and end users to ensure solutions meet requirements
• Ensure compliance with data security, governance, and RPA best practices
• Provide ongoing support, maintenance, and enhancements for deployed bots
• Power Apps (Canvas & Model‑Driven), Power Automate (Cloud & Desktop), Power BI, Dataverse.
• Strong technical skills, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Preferred

Certifications: PL‑500

Core Skills

Power Platform | Power Automate Desktop | Power Automate | Power Apps | Dataverse | Copilot | Copilot Studio | ALM | CI/CD