Power Platform Administrator / Senior Software Engineer - Remote

Power Platform Administrator / Senior Software Engineer
Contractual Remote Opening
Experience - 5 to 7 years Mandatory

What roles and responsibilities will be performed by the selected candidate?

• Administer, govern, and support the Microsoft Power Platform tenant, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, and Copilot Studio.

• Provision and manage Power Platform environments (Dev, QA, Prod, Sandbox) and Managed Environments in line with enterprise standards.

• Define and enforce Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies, connector governance, and tenant-level security settings.

• Administer Copilot Studio, including agent provisioning, environment and channel configuration, authentication, generative AI settings, and usage governance.

• Automate administrative and operational tasks using PowerShell and the Power Platform CLI.

• Collaborate with makers, developers, security, and business stakeholders to enable secure and scalable low-code solutions.

• Support ALM, monitoring, capacity and license management, troubleshooting, and incident resolution across the platform.

Technical Expertise and Responsibilities

• Strong hands-on experience with the Power Platform Admin Center (PPAC), including environment strategy, security groups, Managed Environments, and tenant settings.

• Design and implement DLP policies, connector classification, and governance frameworks for citizen and pro developers.

• Advanced PowerShell scripting using Microsoft.PowerApps.Administration.PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, and related modules to automate administration and reporting.

• Experience with the Power Platform CLI (PAC CLI) for solution management, environment operations, and automation.

• Proven experience administering Copilot Studio, including agent lifecycle management, environment routing, data policies, authentication, channel publishing, and generative AI and knowledge source governance.

• Monitor Copilot Studio usage, message and capacity consumption, and analytics to ensure responsible and cost-effective AI adoption.

• Strong understanding of Dataverse administration, including security roles, business units, teams, auditing, and storage capacity.

• Implement and maintain the Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit for inventory, compliance, and adoption insights.

• Establish ALM practices using solutions, Power Platform Pipelines, and Azure DevOps CI/CD.

• Manage Power Platform licensing, capacity add-ons, and pay-as-you-go billing policies.

• Configure and manage connectors, custom connectors, connection references, environment variables, and on-premises data gateways.

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, conditional access, service principals, and app registrations as they relate to Power Platform.

• Monitor platform health, service incidents, flow failures, and API request limits; troubleshoot and resolve issues proactively.

• Implement best practices for security, compliance, auditing, and data privacy across the platform.

• Define platform standards, naming conventions, onboarding processes, and maker guidelines.

• Provide technical guidance and support to makers and development teams on Power Apps, Power Automate, and Copilot Studio solutions.

• Must be able to collaborate and effectively communicate with onshore counterparts to address technical gaps, requirement challenges, and other complex scenarios.

• Collaborate with IT, Security, and DevOps teams to ensure the platform aligns with overall enterprise architecture.

• Drive continuous improvement and automation initiatives within the Power Platform function.

• Stay updated with Power Platform and Copilot Studio release waves, emerging features, and industry trends.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

What is the expectation from the candidate’s current role/profile?

Administer and govern enterprise Power Platform and Copilot Studio environments.

• Minimum 4 years of experience in Microsoft Power Platform, with a strong focus on administration and governance.

• Should be currently managing Power Platform tenant or environment administration in an enterprise setup.

• Hands-on experience administering Copilot Studio agents in production, including security, governance, and capacity management.

• Strong PowerShell scripting skills for automating admin tasks, reporting, and bulk operations.

• Should have worked in an onshore-offshore model managing challenging scenarios.

• Experience implementing DLP policies, Managed Environments, and the CoE Starter Kit.

• Experience with ALM for Power Platform using solutions, pipelines, and Azure DevOps.

• Ability to work with ambiguity and vague requirements and transform them into deliverables.

• Good combination of technical and interpersonal skills with strong written and verbal communication; detail-oriented with the ability to work independently.

• Help define platform architecture, governance frameworks, best practices, and processes.

• Microsoft certifications such as PL-200, PL-400, PL-600, or MS-102 will be an added advantage.

• Experience with Azure services (Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Key Vault) and Power BI administration will be an added advantage.

Pay: Up to ₹150,000.00 per month

Application Question(s):

• What is your current location ?
• How many years of Experience do you have in Power Platform Administration (Admin Center, Environments, Tenant Settings) ?
• How many years of Experience do you have in PowerShell Scripting (Power Platform Admin modules, PAC CLI) ?
• How many years of Experience do you have in Copilot Studio Administration & Governance ?
• Do you have Experience in DLP Policies, Managed Environments & Connector Governance ?
• Do you have Experience in Dataverse Administration ?
• Do you have Experience in Power Apps & Power Automate ?
• Do you have Experience in CoE Starter Kit, Licensing & Capacity Management ?
• Do you know ALM / Microsoft Entra ID / Azure Services / Terraform Scripting / Power BI Administration ?
• What is your notice period ?
• Are you willing to work in contractual remote position ?

Work Location: Remote