Senior Architect – Microsoft Power Platform, Fabric & Ai-Powered Analytics (F/M/D)
Siemens Energy
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Siemens Energy seeks a Senior Architect to lead Microsoft Power Platform, Fabric and AI-powered analytics. You will shape platform strategy, governance, and architecture, driving secure, scalable solutions and strong adoption across the enterprise.
You will mentor teams, manage ALM/DevSecOps, and coordinate with Microsoft and internal stakeholders to maximize business value. Hybrid Portugal-based role with international impact.
Qualifications
- Bachelor-level degree or higher in CS/IT or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years designing and governing enterprise-scale low-code, automation, data, analytics, or AI platforms.
- Deep expertise in Microsoft Power Platform and Fabric.
- Experience with SAP, ServiceNow, and Azure services.
- Fluent English; Portuguese is an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute platform strategy and architecture for Power Platform and Fabric.
- Governance, security, and data protection across environments.
- Lead platform operations, ALM, DevSecOps, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Mentor architects and developers globally.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and partners like Microsoft.
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Job ID 300390 Location Portugal Lisboa Amadora
- Country: PORTUGAL
- State/Province/County: Porto
Remote vs. Office Hybrid (Remote/Office) Company Siemens Energy Unipessoal Lda. Organization EVP Global Functions Business Unit Digital Core Full / Part time Full-time Experience Level Professional / Experienced
This role is structured around four core areas: Platform Strategy & Architecture, Governance & Security, Platform Operations & Service Delivery, and Adoption & Enablement. This framework ensures the end-to-end lifecycle management of the platforms, from high-level design and security to operational excellence and driving business value through user adoption.
- Own and manage the end-to-end lifecycle of Microsoft Power Platform services, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, AI Builder, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric, and Power BI.
- Define and execute the platform strategy, target architecture, standards, and technology roadmap aligned with digitalization, automation, and AI goals.
- Design secure, scalable, and responsible AI-enabled solutions leveraging Copilot, Fabric Data Agents, and AI-assisted analytics.
- Establish and maintain enterprise-wide reference architectures, reusable patterns, and certified semantic models to accelerate delivery.
- Define integration architectures for SAP, ServiceNow, Microsoft 365, Azure services, APIs, and hybrid data environments.
- Establish and maintain governance frameworks for environments, connectors, licensing, security, compliance, data protection, and application lifecycle management.
- Govern Microsoft Fabric capacities, OneLake architecture, workspaces, enterprise reporting standards, and licensing strategies.
- Drive adoption of responsible AI principles, compliance requirements, auditing, traceability, and human oversight.
- Ensure alignment with Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Purview, role-based access controls, and other corporate security policies.
- Lead platform operations to ensure availability, reliability, scalability, performance, and continuous improvement.
- Oversee application lifecycle management (ALM), DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, source control, and automated testing.
- Track platform health, adoption, capacity utilization, licensing consumption, and measurable business outcomes.
- Manage relationships with internal stakeholders, managed service providers, and strategic partners like Microsoft.
- Drive enterprise-wide adoption of low-code, analytics, and AI technologies through enablement programs, workshops, and communities of practice.
- Develop and evolve a Power Platform Center of Excellence operating model balancing citizen and professional development.
- Lead the assessment, onboarding, and governance of new Power Platform, Fabric, and AI use cases.
- Mentor architects, developers, analysts, and citizen developers globally to increase platform maturity and innovation capability.
- Advise senior stakeholders on technology decisions, business value, feasibility, risks, and investment priorities.
- University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years experience as a subject matter expert in designing and governing enterprise-scale low-code, automation, data, analytics, or AI platforms.
- Deep expertise in Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, AI Builder, Copilot Studio, Managed Environments, and Power Platform Administration.
- Strong expertise in Microsoft Fabric and Power BI, including OneLake, lakehouses, warehouses, data pipelines, semantic models, DAX, Power Query, Direct Lake, and enterprise gateways.
- Proven experience designing AI-enabled solutions and analytics platforms grounded in trusted enterprise data.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 Copilot, responsible AI practices, governance frameworks, security, compliance, and value realization.
- Practical experience with enterprise ALM, DevSecOps, CI/CD, environment management, automated testing, Azure DevOps, GitHub, and release management.
- Experience with enterprise integrations, Azure services, APIs, SAP, ServiceNow, and hybrid data landscapes.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills with the ability to influence senior executives and business leaders.
- Product-oriented mindset with a focus on governance, adoption, operational excellence, user experience, and measurable outcomes.
- University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Fluent English; Portuguese is an advantage.
- Microsoft certifications in Fabric, Power Platform, Copilot Studio, AI, Azure Architecture, or related technologies are beneficial.
Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion, and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character—no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.
Here are examples of the rewards and benefits Siemens Energy offers:
- Competitive salary and meal allowance
- Fair compensation for international work
- Health insurance coverage
- Remote work permitted within the country
- Additional 5 “Pontes” days off and Birthday off if it falls on a weekday, when not abroad (only applies for Portugal)
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