ALM Architect – Power Platform & Azure DevOps
Location: Remote (Supporting California Public Sector Engagement)
Role Summary
We are seeking an experienced ALM Architect to design and implement a scalable Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) framework for enterprise Microsoft Power Platform applications. The ideal candidate will define branching strategies, CI/CD standards, environment management, release governance, and deployment automation using Azure DevOps and Microsoft Power Platform best practices.
The architect will work closely with business stakeholders, solution architects, development teams, and DevOps engineers to establish a standardized ALM operating model supporting multiple parallel workstreams and enterprise application delivery.
Responsibilities
- Assess current ALM processes, repositories, deployment pipelines, and environment strategies.
- Define target-state ALM architecture and enterprise operating model.
- Design branching, merging, integration, and release management strategies.
- Establish governance models for shared components, reusable assets, and solution ownership.
- Define CI/CD standards and deployment automation using Azure DevOps.
- Design environment strategy across Development, QA, UAT, and Production.
- Implement quality gates, code review standards, and deployment controls.
- Guide managed and unmanaged solution deployment strategies.
- Collaborate with technical and business teams to align ALM practices with enterprise delivery goals.
- Develop roadmap and recommendations for long-term scalability and governance.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of software engineering, DevOps, solution architecture, or platform engineering experience.
- Strong experience with Microsoft Power Platform.
- Hands-on experience with:
- Power Apps
- Dataverse
- Power Pages
- Power Automate
- Deep expertise in Azure DevOps:
- Azure Repos
- Azure Pipelines
- YAML Pipelines
- Git Branching Strategies
- Strong experience designing enterprise ALM frameworks.
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and release management processes.
- Experience with managed and unmanaged Power Platform solutions.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Public Sector or Government project experience.
- Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE) experience.
- Enterprise governance and compliance framework experience.
- Microsoft Power Platform, Azure, or DevOps certifications.
- Experience supporting large-scale multi-team delivery environments.
Key Skills
Power Platform, Power Apps, Dataverse, Power Pages, Power Automate, Azure DevOps, Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, YAML, Git, CI/CD, ALM, Application Lifecycle Management, Release Management, DevOps, Solution Architecture, Governance, Environment Strategy, Managed Solutions, Unmanaged Solutions, CoE, Public Sector, Microsoft Dynamics 365.
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