Senior Enterprise Application Platform Administrator

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising is seeking an experienced Application Platforms Administrator in Omaha, Nebraska. This role is critical for ensuring the operational health, performance, security, and governance of Application Platforms, focusing on environment administration and capacity planning.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 6 years of experience, familiarity with FinOps practices, and strong troubleshooting skills. Preferred qualifications include hands-on experience with Power Platform and Microsoft Azure. Commitment to employment equity is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience administering Application Platforms in an enterprise environment.
• Familiarity with FinOps practices for SaaS and capacity‑based services.
• Strong understanding of application and platform licensing and environment strategies.

Responsibilities

• Ensure operational health, performance, security, and governance of Application Platforms.
• Collaborate with platform owners, application teams, security, and more for service delivery.
• Develop lower‑to‑mid‑level complexity solutions and reports.

Skills

Application Platforms administration

Data governance

Troubleshooting skills

Capacity planning

Analytical skills

Tools

Power Platform

Azure

M365 Admin Centers

Azure Active Directory

Power BI

Azure Monitor

Job description

Role Overview

This role is responsible for the operational health, performance, security, and governance of Application Platforms. It focuses on environment administration, capacity planning and optimization, tenant‑level configuration, monitoring, and supporting governed enterprise usage at scale. The administrator works closely with platform owners, application teams, data engineering, security, quality, and FinOps to ensure reliable, secure, and cost‑effective service delivery across the platform landscape. Additionally, the administrator may build lower‑to‑mid‑level complexity solutions and reports.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience administering Application Platforms in an enterprise environment.
• Familiarity with FinOps practices for SaaS and capacity‑based services.
• Data governance and information protection policies.
• Strong understanding of application and platform licensing and environment strategies.
• Knowledge of application platform architecture (datasets, workspaces, refresh, gateways).
• Capacity metrics and performance tuning concepts.
• Experience supporting governed, multi‑team platforms at scale.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience with Power Platform, Azure, and/or M365 Admin Centers.
• Power BI Premium or Fabric capacities.
• Azure Active Directory / Entra ID.
• Microsoft Fabric workload administration.
• Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, or custom monitoring solutions.
• CI/CD pipelines for Power Platform (Azure DevOps or GitHub).
• Microsoft certifications such as PL‑600, PL‑400, PL‑200, DP‑500, or equivalent Power BI/Fabric certification.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills.

Employment Equity Statement

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.