Senior Microsoft Azure & Power Platform Architect/Developer

Arch Systems, LLC; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Arch Systems, LLC seeks a Senior Microsoft Azure & Power Platform Architect/Developer to design, build, and establish a new enterprise application using Microsoft Power Platform, Dataverse, and Azure event-driven services. The role combines solution architecture with hands-on development, overseeing end-to-end technical solutions including security, ALM/DevOps, deployment, and troubleshooting.

This is not a configuration-only position; strong Azure, Dataverse, and Power Apps experience is

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Microsoft application development, cloud engineering, or solution architecture.
• 4+ years of hands-on Microsoft Power Platform experience.
• Microsoft PL-400: Power Platform Developer Associate certification.
• Advanced hands‑on experience with Dataverse.
• Strong experience designing and developing enterprise Power Apps solutions.
• Experience designing and implementing solutions using Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with event‑driven architecture and asynchronous processing.
• Experience integrating Power Platform/Dataverse with Azure and external enterprise systems.
• Strong knowledge of application security, identity, APIs, data architecture, ALM, and DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and establish an enterprise Power Platform, Dataverse, and Azure solution.
• Provide end-to-end technical leadership: architecture, development, integration, security, and deployment.
• Not a Power Apps configuration-only position; requires hands-on development and architecture experience.
• Define data models, security roles, and governance for enterprise Power Platform solutions.
• Implement ALM, DevOps pipelines, and deployment strategies across environments.
• Develop and integrate APIs, connectors, and server-side extensions within Azure and Dataverse.
• Create architecture diagrams, data models, and deployment documentation; lead technical reviews.

Skills

Solution architecture

Hands-on development

Azure integration

Dataverse data modeling

Power Apps development

Security and identities

ALM/DevOps

API design

Event-driven processing

Performance troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IS/Engineering

Tools

Power Platform

Dataverse

Azure

Azure DevOps

Power Platform Pipelines

APIs

Custom Connectors

Web API

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Microsoft Azure & Power Platform Architect/Developer to design, build, and establish a new enterprise application using Microsoft Power Platform, Dataverse, and Azure event-driven services.

The ideal candidate will combine solution architecture and hands-on development experience. This role will be responsible for the end-to-end technical solution, including Power Apps, Dataverse data architecture, Azure integration, APIs, security, event-driven processing, ALM/DevOps, deployment, and troubleshooting.

This is not a Power Apps configuration-only position. The candidate must have strong software development, integration, Azure, Dataverse, and architecture experience.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Microsoft application development, cloud engineering, or solution architecture.
• 4+ years of hands-on Microsoft Power Platform experience.
• Microsoft PL-400: Power Platform Developer Associate certification — current or previously obtained.
• Advanced hands‑on experience with Microsoft Dataverse.
• Strong experience designing and developing enterprise Power Apps solutions.
• Experience designing and implementing solutions using Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with event‑driven architecture and asynchronous processing.
• Experience integrating Power Platform/Dataverse with Azure and external enterprise systems.
• Strong knowledge of application security, identity, APIs, data architecture, ALM, and DevOps.

Key Technical Skills

Microsoft Power Platform

• Power Apps – Model-Driven and Canvas Apps
• Microsoft Dataverse
• Dataverse data modeling, relationships, keys, and business rules
• Dataverse security roles, teams, business units, and ownership models
• Power Automate
• Dataverse Web API
• Custom APIs and Custom Connectors
• Solutions and solution layering
• Environment variables and connection references
• Power Platform ALM and environment management

Hands‑on architecture/development experience with several of the following:

• Managed Identities
• Azure DevOps Repos and Pipelines

The candidate must understand how Azure services integrate with Power Platform and Dataverse, not simply have general Azure infrastructure experience.

Demonstrated experience designing systems where application or data events trigger downstream processing using loosely coupled components.

Experience with:

• Publish/Subscribe architecture
• Queues and Topics
• Event producers and consumers
• Asynchronous processing
• Webhooks
• Event Grid
• Retry and exception handling
• Transaction and data consistency
• Application telemetry and monitoring
• Design the end‑to‑end architecture for a new Power Platform application.
• Design Dataverse tables, relationships, security, and data access patterns.
• Develop Model-Driven and/or Canvas Power Apps.
• Design and implement Azure‑based event‑driven integrations.
• Develop Dataverse plug‑ins, Custom APIs, connectors, and server‑side extensions.
• Integrate Power Platform with Azure SQL, enterprise APIs, legacy applications, and external systems.
• Implement authentication and authorization using Microsoft Entra ID and managed identities.
• Establish DEV, TEST/UAT, and PROD environments.
• Implement Power Platform ALM using managed solutions, environment variables, connection references, and deployment pipelines.
• Establish source control and CI/CD using Azure DevOps and/or Power Platform Pipelines.
• Troubleshoot performance, integration, and application issues.
• Create architecture diagrams, data models, interface specifications, and deployment documentation.
• Conduct technical design and code reviews.
• Support production deployment and transition to operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Enterprise or Federal Government Power Platform experience
• Azure DevOps and Agile/SAFe experience
• Experience modernizing legacy applications using Power Platform and Azure
• Experience migrating SQL/legacy data into Dataverse
• Experience with NIST, RMF, or Federal security requirements

Desired Candidate Profile

The successful candidate should be able to independently translate:

The individual will serve as a senior technical authority while remaining directly involved in architecture, development, integration, configuration, troubleshooting, and deployment.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Engineering, or a related technical discipline preferred.

Equivalent technical education, certifications, and directly relevant enterprise development experience may be considered.