Senior Microsoft Azure & Power Platform Architect/Developer

Job Description

Position Summary

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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.

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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.

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

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Required Qualifications

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• 8+ years of experience in Microsoft application development, cloud engineering, or solution architecture.

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• 4+ years of hands-on Microsoft Power Platform experience.

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• Microsoft PL-400: Power Platform Developer Associate certification — current or previously obtained.

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• Advanced hands-on experience with Microsoft Dataverse.

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• Strong experience designing and developing enterprise Power Apps solutions.

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• Experience designing and implementing solutions using Microsoft Azure.

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• Experience with event-driven architecture and asynchronous processing.

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• Experience integrating Power Platform/Dataverse with Azure and external enterprise systems.

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• Strong knowledge of application security, identity, APIs, data architecture, ALM, and DevOps.

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Key Technical Skills

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Microsoft Power Platform

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• Power Apps – Model-Driven and Canvas Apps

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• Microsoft Dataverse

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• Dataverse data modeling, relationships, keys, and business rules

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• Dataverse security roles, teams, business units, and ownership models

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• Power Automate

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• Dataverse Web API

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• Dataverse plug-ins

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• Custom APIs and Custom Connectors

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• Solutions and solution layering

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• Environment variables and connection references

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• Power Platform ALM and environment management

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Azure

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

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• Azure Functions

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• Azure Service Bus

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• Azure Event Grid

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• Azure Logic Apps

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• Azure API Management

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• Azure Key Vault

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• Azure SQL

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• Azure Storage

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• Application Insights / Azure Monitor

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• Microsoft Entra ID

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• Managed Identities

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• Azure DevOps Repos and Pipelines

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

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Event-Driven Architecture

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

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Experience with:

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• Publish/Subscribe architecture

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• Queues and Topics

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• Event producers and consumers

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• Asynchronous processing

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• Dataverse event handling

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• Webhooks

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• Azure Functions

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• Service Bus queues/topics

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• Event Grid

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• Retry and exception handling

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• Dead-letter queues

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• Idempotent processing

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• Transaction and data consistency

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• Application telemetry and monitoring

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Architecture & Development Responsibilities

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• Design the end-to-end architecture for a new Power Platform application.

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• Design Dataverse tables, relationships, security, and data access patterns.

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• Develop Model-Driven and/or Canvas Power Apps.

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• Design and implement Azure-based event-driven integrations.

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• Develop Dataverse plug-ins, Custom APIs, connectors, and server-side extensions.

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• Develop using C#, .NET, JavaScript/TypeScript, REST, JSON, and Microsoft APIs as applicable.

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• Integrate Power Platform with Azure SQL, enterprise APIs, legacy applications, and external systems.

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• Design synchronous vs. asynchronous processing patterns.

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• Implement authentication and authorization using Microsoft Entra ID and managed identities.

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• Establish DEV, TEST/UAT, and PROD environments.

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• Implement Power Platform ALM using managed solutions, environment variables, connection references, and deployment pipelines.

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• Establish source control and CI/CD using Azure DevOps and/or Power Platform Pipelines.

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• Troubleshoot performance, integration, and application issues.

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• Create architecture diagrams, data models, interface specifications, and deployment documentation.

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• Conduct technical design and code reviews.

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• Support production deployment and transition to operations.

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Preferred Qualifications

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• Microsoft PL-600 – Power Platform Solution Architect Expert

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• Microsoft Azure architecture/developer certification

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• Enterprise or Federal Government Power Platform experience

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• Azure DevOps and Agile/SAFe experience

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• Experience modernizing legacy applications using Power Platform and Azure

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• Experience migrating SQL/legacy data into Dataverse

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• Experience with NIST, RMF, or Federal security requirements

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Desired Candidate Profile

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The successful candidate should be able to independently translate:

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Business Requirement → Solution Architecture → Dataverse Data Model → Power App → Events/APIs → Azure Integration → Security → ALM/DevOps → Production Deployment

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

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Education

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

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