job summary:
Our enterprise client has a contract hybrid opportunity for a Senior Power Platform Engineer to support, administer, secure, govern and enhance enterprise Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse and Copilot Studio.
This candidate will have ownership of platform operations, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), automation, and agent lifecycle controls, partnering with Infrastructure, Security, Architecture, Microsoft 365, and business teams to enable reliable services and responsible for enterprise solutions.
We prefer NJ hybrid candidates but remote is possible.
location: Bridgewater, New Jersey
job type: Contract
salary: $60 - 75 per hour
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education: Associates
responsibilities:
Power Platform Administration & Operations
Administer Power Platform Admin Center; manage environment provisioning, groups, lifecycle, security, Dataverse, connectors, and gateways across Development, Test/UAT, and Production.
Monitor service health, performance, failures, usage, and capacity; assess Microsoft releases and maintain operational standards, runbooks, and support documentation.
Provide Tier 3 troubleshooting across apps, flows, Power Fx, Dataverse, authentication, APIs, and connectivity; coordinate complex incidents with Microsoft Support.
Governance & Security
Implement DLP policies, connector classifications, environment controls, and least-privilege access in partnership with Security, Risk, Privacy, Compliance, and Architecture.
Maintain resource inventory and ownership; identify and remediate orphaned, inactive, high-risk, or non-compliant apps, flows, connections, environments, and agents.
Establish citizen-development and production standards, including governance of standard, premium, custom, and third-party connectors, auditing, and enterprise data access.
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
Engineer controlled Development ? Test/UAT ? Production releases using Power Platform Pipelines and approved CI/CD tooling; prevent unapproved direct production changes.
Manage solution packaging, managed/unmanaged solution standards, dependencies, environment variables, connection references, and deployment configurations.
Implement source control, versioning, automated validation and testing, release approvals, rollback, migration, and change-management practices.
Copilot Studio & Agent Governance
Administer Copilot Studio and agent development, testing, promotion, publication, sharing, and retirement across approved enterprise channels.
Govern agent tools and toolkits, knowledge sources, topics, actions, APIs, connectors, and flows; validate authentication, permissions, and least-privilege data access.
Monitor agent performance, failures, usage, and capacity; partner with AI Governance and Security on responsible AI, data protection, auditing, and lifecycle controls.
Engineering, Automation & Enablement Review Canvas and model-driven apps, cloud flows, and integrations for security, scalability, supportability, and performance; develop reusable patterns and components.
Automate administration, compliance checks, ownership changes, and cleanup using PowerShell, PAC CLI, Power Platform APIs, Microsoft Graph, and Azure DevOps.
Maintain logging, alerts, and dashboards; forecast Dataverse database, file, and log capacity and licensing needs, including premium connectors and AI consumption.
Mentor makers, developers, and support teams; document standards and provide architecture guidance for integrations with enterprise systems, REST APIs, and Azure services.
qualifications:
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years in enterprise technology, application/cloud engineering, or platform administration, including 4+ years of hands-on Microsoft Power Platform experience.
- Strong enterprise administration experience with Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, Power Platform Admin Center, environments, DLP, and connector governance.
- Demonstrated ALM delivery across Development, Test/UAT, and Production using solutions, Power Platform Pipelines, Azure DevOps, GitHub, or equivalent CI/CD tools.
- Working knowledge of Copilot Studio and enterprise agents; hands-on PowerShell, PAC CLI, REST API, custom connector, and enterprise integration experience.
- Strong understanding of Entra ID, authentication, authorization, service principals, and enterprise security; ability to troubleshoot across application, identity, data, and connectivity layers.
- Strong technical documentation, communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a large, regulated enterprise; advanced Copilot Studio administration and AI/agent governance.
- Experience with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, API Management, Key Vault, Microsoft Graph, GitHub Actions, or Power BI administration and integration.
- Knowledge of privacy, information protection, data residency, retention, and auditing; relevant Microsoft Power Platform or Copilot Studio credentials preferred.
skills:
Tier 3,API Management,Application Lifecycle Management,APIs,AI,cloud engineering,CI/CD,Dataverse,logging,data access,information protection,database,enterprise integration,enterprise systems,enterprise technology,GitHub,GitHub Actions,architecture guidance,Key Vault,versioning,Azure DevOps,Azure services,Copilot Studio,Microsoft Graph,Power Automate,Logic Apps,Microsoft 365,model-driven,Power BI,Power Apps,Power Pages,REST APIs,REST API,runbooks,Azure Functions,source control,integrations,authentication,PowerShell,communication,troubleshoot,UAT,Administration,Architecture,auditing,automation,automated,Automate,partnership,change-management,enterprise security,dashboards,responsible AI,data protection,forecast,Governance,AI Governance,Infrastructure,innovation,packaging,Mentor,mentoring skills,Power Platform,least-privilege access,publication,compliance checks,Risk,Security,promotion,scalability,stakeholder management,inventory,technical documentation,testing
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
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