Power Platform Architect

Position: Power Platform Architect

Duration: 1+ year

Location: Saint Paul, MN

Project Schedule

• Anticipated Project Start Date: April 2026
• Anticipated End Date: August 2027

Description of Project

Minnesota Information Technology Services (MNIT) is partnering with agencies to deliver innovative, user-friendly, and secure Power Platform solutions that streamline workflows and improve data integration across the department. Contracted resources will play a vital role in modernizing and enhancing the department’s digital tools and processes by designing, developing, and implementing custom Power Platform solutions. The resources will collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, design solutions, and ensure the successful deployment of applications that align with the department's operational and strategic goals. The team will be given a set of tasks to complete in intervals as each product progresses towards production launch.

MNIT is seeking vendors who have the capacity to provide multiple consultants who satisfy the resource needs listed below. MNIT is seeking vendors who can provide these resources both onshore and offshore. All offshore work must be completed during standard onshore hours.

The need for resources is expected to vary throughout the contract. The vendors will need to be able to quickly increase the number of resources when required and be willing to reduce the number of resources based on MNIT’s needs. Additionally, MNIT is looking to collaborate with the selected vendors in the management of those resources and outreach to stakeholders regarding project milestones. Vendor will need to identify a main contact who will oversee the resources placed.

Vendors must be able to provide resources that meet the qualifications listed in the Buyer Attachment. Individual resources being provided will be memorialized using a work request document that will define the resource being provided, the qualifications, and the sample tasks. Each work request documents the individual projects and will be signed by the vendor and the state.

Work environment timeline needs will vary by project and position.

Resource Need

This request is for multiple vendors to provide a flexible staffing model to meet the ongoing needs of the the State.  The selected vendor must be able to source all the resource types listed in the event.  The anticipated need for each resource type is unknown currently.  The resource types being requested under the solicitation are:

•  Power Platform Software Architect
•  Power Platform Software Developer

Mode of Interview

The State will conduct interviews. The State reserves the right to remove a vendor from consideration if the vendor is unavailable for interview as requested by the State. Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams. At a minimum, a company executive along with the resource who would oversee the resources placed under this contract must attend the interview.

Resource Categories and Skills

Sample Tasks

• Develop software with Power Platform on Azure Government Cloud as the primary infrastructure.
• Lead architecture and design discussions and decisions with business partners, business analysts, project management, and junior developers.
• Configure data gateway(s) to write and retrieve data between any Power Platform components and an Azure Managed MS SQL database and/or Azure BLOB / File Storage
• Coordinate with Power Platform administrators to set up user authentication for Power Platform and Office 365 components using Azure Active Directory.
• Participate on an agile-minded development team with State staff to design, code, test, deploy, and train staff.
• Assist with product backlog refinement, story development, and story sizing/estimating.
• Participate in sprint planning, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
• Build user interface(s) with Power Apps and/or Power Pages.
• Perform knowledge sharing/transfer.
• Write or supply product technical architecture documentation.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience developing Microsoft Power Apps, model-driven and canvas apps.
• Experience in other Power Platform components like Power Automate and Power Pages.
• Experience using product/agile frameworks and methodologies.
• Experience in managing a dataset with various data sources, formats, and structures.
• Experience developing Microsoft Power BI reports and dashboards.
  • Tableau or other visualization experience may substitute.
• Experience in mentoring other developers, particularly during Power Platform development.
• Experience gathering business requirements.
• Experience using people-centric UX design and best practices in product development.
• Experience designing a seamless user experience across devices. 
• Experience designing a seamless user experience for multilingual support.
• Experience making applications ADA accessible to meet WCAG 2.1 standards.
• Experience developing automated build/deployment processes with a DevOps mindset.