Power Platform and Azure DevOps Expert - remote from EU

About the Role

This is an experienced architect-level position. The appointed resource will be expected to serve as the Power Platform administrator, administering and supporting approximately 100 Power Platform environments. A significant part of the role will involve establishing guidelines and providing direction to approximately 150 developers across multiple teams and throughout the organization.

Requirements

At least 2 years of demonstrable experience is required for each of the following mandatory requirements:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering or a related field
• Proven experience as a Power Platform architect, administrator or DevOps lead in an enterprise environment
• Demonstrable experience of leading multiple teams
• Deep practical knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform suite (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages)
• Strong experience with Azure DevOps, including pipeline creation, variable groups, service connections, and release management
• Strong experience with Git-based ALM for Power Platform, including solution unpacking/packing and automated versioning
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive mindset toward governance and automation
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with cross-functional technical and business teams
• Extensive hands-on experience administering enterprise-scale Power Platform environments across a full DTAP pipeline (DEV, TEST, ACC/UAT, PRE-PROD, PROD)
• Experience designing enterprise-scale governance and ALM strategies, including DLP policies, managed environments, and environment groups
• Demonstrated expertise in Dynamics 365 solution architecture, including advanced knowledge of solution layering, dependencies, patches, upgrades, and holding solutions
• Proven experience decomposing large, monolithic Dynamics 365 solutions with multiple inter-dependencies into modular, independently deployable units
• Experience designing and operating Git-based ALM workflows for Power Platform, including full solution unpacking/packing, automated versioning, and repository-only deployments
• Experience building and maintaining Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for Power Platform solution deployment, connection reference activation, and flow management
• Experience managing Dynamics 365 security, including security roles, business units, application users

Preferred Certifications

The following certifications are non-mandatory:

• Microsoft Certified: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect)
• Microsoft Certified: PL-400 (Power Platform Developer)
• Microsoft Certified: AZ-400 (DevOps Engineer Expert)
• Microsoft Certified: AZ-104 (Azure Administrator)

Highly Valued (Not Mandatory)

• Experience integrating Azure Key Vault with Azure DevOps pipelines for secure credential, secret, and certificate management
• Experience deploying master and configuration data across environments using Configuration Migration Tool, PAC CLI, KingswaySoft SSIS Integration Toolkit, or equivalent tooling
• Experience with enterprise Dynamics 365 implementations (>500 users) in regulated environments requiring strict auditability and controlled deployments
• Experience managing Power Pages and Dynamics 365 AI features security, including user experience profiles, table permissions, and portal web roles

Key Responsibilities

Power Platform Administration & Governance

• Administer multiple Power Platform environments, covering strategy design, lifecycle management, environment groups, and managed environments governance
• Design and implement Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies with environment-specific governance, connector classification, and compliance best practices
• Establish and maintain Power Platform governance standards, development and deployment standards, and monitor platform usage, capacity, and health

Dynamics 365 Solution Architecture & ALM

• Demonstrate expert understanding of managed vs unmanaged solutions, solution segmentation, dependencies, patches, upgrades, holding solutions, and solution layering concepts
• Identify and resolve solution layer conflicts, customization precedence issues, and dependency chains across environments
• Analyse large Dynamics 365 implementations, identify cross-solution dependencies, and decompose monolithic solutions into modular deployment units to minimise risk
• Manage multi-team development environments, multiple release streams, feature branching strategies, hotfix releases, and parallel development approaches

Source Control & Git Integration

• Manage Azure Repos with branching strategies, pull request governance, and code review processes for Power Platform development
• Implement solution unpacking/packing using Power Platform Build Tools and PAC CLI, ensuring fully repository-based deployments with no manual production releases

Deployment Automation

• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and release orchestration for environment promotion of Power Platform solutions
• Automate deployment of Dynamics 365 solutions, Power Apps, Power Pages, Power Automate flows, environment variables, and connection references
• Automate connection reference deployment and activation, environment-specific configuration, post-deployment validation, and connector authentication handling
• Manage automated activation of Power Automate flows, environment migration, service account configuration, and deployment validation

Master Data & Environment Configuration Deployment

Highly valued but not mandatory:

• Deploy configuration data, reference data, lookup data, security configuration, and application configuration across environments
• Use Configuration Migration Tool, PAC CLI, deployment settings files, KingswaySoft SSIS Integration Toolkit or other similar tools for deployment automation
• Synchronise master data across environments, maintain DTAP consistency, automate configuration deployment, and prevent manual configuration drift

Security & Access Management

• Apply deep knowledge of Dynamics 365 security roles, teams, business units, field-level security, record ownership models, and hierarchical security
• Manage service principals, application users, non-interactive access, API authentication, and least-privilege access models
• Configure Power Pages web roles, table permissions, authentication providers, external user access, API security, and portal governance (valued but not mandatory)
• Conduct security reviews, design least-privileged access solutions, troubleshoot access issues, and support audit and compliance requirements

Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipelines

• Build CI/CD pipelines from scratch for Power Platform deployments, optimise existing pipelines, troubleshoot deployment failures, and standardise deployment frameworks
• Integrate Power Platform pipelines with Azure AD, service principals, Key Vault, and monitoring platforms within Azure DevOps (valued but not mandatory)

Azure Key Vault Integration

Valued but not mandatory:

• Manage secure credential storage, certificates, managed identities, and service principals via Azure Key Vault
• Implement Key Vault linked variable groups, secret rotation practices, and credential-free deployment approaches in CI/CD pipelines

Automated Quality Controls

Valued but not mandatory:

• Create automated pipelines for solution checker execution, code quality gates, dependency validation, deployment validation, security validation, and policy compliance checks
• Implement approval gates, deployment stage controls, segregation of duties, and release auditing

Monitoring & Operations

• Integrate deployments with Application Insights, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Power Platform Admin Centre monitoring
• Implement alerting mechanisms, deployment health monitoring, production diagnostics, audit reporting, and disaster recovery and environment restore management

Agile Collaboration

• Actively participate in SAFe Agile ceremonies, supporting backlog refinement, planning, and reviews
• Work with cross-functional teams including developers, analysts, and product owners to deliver governed, automated, and auditable Power Platform solutions

Delivery Details

• Mode: Remote from EU with occasional visits
• Eligibility: Only EU Citizens can apply