Power Platform Architect (Deerfield, IL)

Cedent; Deerfield (IL); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health and wellness benefits

Job summary

A leading IT consulting firm is looking for a Power Platform Architect with extensive technical consulting experience to enhance customer solutions. The role involves designing solutions using Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI, alongside ensuring compliance with operational standards. Candidates should have significant experience with Power Platform technologies and excellent communication skills, ideally certified in Microsoft technologies. This position offers opportunities for professional growth and innovation in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6-7 years of technical consulting experience related to Power Platform.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform capabilities and architecture.
• Certifications in Microsoft technologies are preferable.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical engagements for Power Platform and Dynamics 365 solutions.
• Design and deliver architecture design sessions and rapid prototypes.
• Drive user adoption and provide architectural support.

Skills

Technical consulting experience

Working knowledge of Power Platform

Excellent communication skills

Agile frameworks

Innovative solution design

Education

Power Platform Solution Architect Certification

Microsoft Azure certifications

Tools

Azure

Power Apps

Power BI

Power Automate

Job description

Must be local to South Florida or willing to relocate. 3x a week on-site in the Boca Raton, FL area.

• Drive best-in-class adoption and develop methods to improve the customer experience through the implementation of Power Platform capabilities
• Responsible for developing, implementing, automating, and scaling the system design, system administration and system deployment to deliver best-in-class services using Azure and the Power Platform
• Design end-to-end solutions using Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI and Power Virtual Agents
• Research and conduct pilot programs and recommend go/no-go decision
• Provide expert-level solutions for the most complex issues related to Power Platform escalated from junior developers and systems analysts
• Demonstrate knowledge of the Microsoft Power Platform, architecture, capabilities, implementation requirements, integrations, and future roadmaps
• Demonstrate ability to collaborate between business units, architecture, operations, and security on the development and implementation of solutions that meet operational and compliance standards while meeting relevant regulatory requirements
• Act as a Power Platform subject-matter expert and champion power platform
• Identify elements of an Enterprise technical strategy and plan
• Recognize the impact of technical decisions on outcomes
• Understand customer vision and translate business objectives to outcomes
• Be responsible for architecting and designing Power Platform tenants/environments, liaising with IT, Security, and other technical groups to ensure all integration needs are met
• Effectively communicate with and influence key stakeholders across the enterprise, at all levels of the organization
• Learn new technologies and be aware of industry standards and trends

6-7+ years of technical consulting experience.

• Working knowledge of the entire Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, Power BI and Dataverse.
• Ability to work in a team environment to analyze, recommend, design and deliver solutions that solve problems presented by the user community.
• Ability to prioritize and deliver solutions in a timely manner, usually under pressure and shifting priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and comfortable presenting technical concepts to peers.
• Technical lead experience including the ability to coordinate the development efforts of a small team.
• Experience developing applications and using multiple connectors leveraging Power Platform, including Power Automate, Power Apps (Model-Driven and Canvas), and Power BI, SharePoint Online, Dynamics 365 F&O, Azure DevOps.
• Experience building Power Apps Portals (Power Pages) and leveraging Power Automate to create new and improved business process flows.
• 3+ years of professional experience with any of the following: Power Platform, Power Apps (Model-Driven and Canvas), Power Automate; C#, PowerShell, JavaScript/TypeScript; software development experience leveraging DevOps strategies focused on CI/CD, automated testing, version control or related.
• Experience with Dataverse, SQL Server or other relational databases.
• Experience working within Agile frameworks.
• Microsoft Power platform certified or willing to obtain certification is preferable.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and deliver technical engagements for business partners focused on Power Platform and Dynamics 365. These include architecture design sessions, development and implementation of rapid prototypes and solutions.
• Demonstrate functional knowledge and technical expertise in Dynamics 365 and Power Platform solutions.
• Demonstrate the value of the Power Platform and Dynamics 365 for planning, building, deploying, and operating business outcome driven technical solutions.
• Establish governance and processes to enable sustainable business development including hybrid support model.
• Work with the product owners and other team members across the enterprise to drive new technology initiatives.
• Provide technical/architectural support and drive successful user adoption.

Qualifications:

• Must have a minimum of 7 years of professional experience in solution development using a combination of Power Platform and Multi-Cloud technologies
• Experience contributing to solution design activities and foundational knowledge of O365 platform, including Power Platform, Azure AD, Azure logic, Exchange and SharePoint
• Ability to gather, analyze and translate business and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint
• Guide customer down a prescriptive solution design and manages through the technical implementation decision points
• Experience building solutions using technologies such as Power Automate, RPA, PowerApps (canvas and model driven app), Dataverse, Power Virtual Agents, Power BI, SQL, Forms, SharePoint online, Dynamics 365 CRM, Azure, Web Services
• Willingness to think outside of the box to provide innovative solutions to customers
• Ability to impart your knowledge to both pro-developers and citizen developers
• Work with architects and other developers to ensure access and security profiles meet the needs of the solution and all policies/restrictions are in place
• Collaborate with architecture and development teams to ensure that all solutions are aligned to pre-defined architecture/design or Microsoft recommended best practices for Power Platform
• Expert knowledge of current versions of the following products: Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, Azure
• Knowledge of APIs between different MS applications
• Familiarity with Power Platform governance, administration, and DevOps
• Strong verbal, writing and presentation skills
• Ability to make solutions look good – attention to UX/UI design and solutions that are visually pleasing to users
• Experience with CI/CD for Power Platform solutions
• Experience in building and using custom connectors and APIs in Power Platform
• Experience with designing and architecting Power BI analytics/reporting solutions
• Power Platform Solution Architect Certification: PL-600 or has the ability to obtain

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience with object-oriented programming technologies like .Net is highly preferred
• Microsoft Azure certifications plus

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