Senior Power Platform Administrator

Transform technology into opportunity as a Senior Power Platform Administrator at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

As a Senior Power Platform Administrator, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of our customers. You will play a crucial role in:

• Administering and governing enterprise Microsoft Power Platform environments, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse, and Copilot Studio
• Managing Power Platform environments across development, test, and production, including environment provisioning, configuration, security, and lifecycle management
• Establishing and enforcing Power Platform Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies and connector governance
• Managing environment security roles, permissions, access controls, and service accounts
• Administering Dataverse environments, including security roles, capacity, auditing, and environment-level settings
• Deploying, configuring, maintaining, and monitoring the Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit
• Implementing Power Platform governance standards, policies, guardrails, and environment strategies
• Monitoring platform health, usage, capacity, performance, and adoption through Power Platform Admin Center and other administrative tools
• Managing and monitoring Power Platform capacity, including Dataverse database, file, and log capacity
• Supporting Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) processes and solution deployment across development, test, and production environments
• Supporting Power Platform pipelines and other enterprise deployment processes
• Managing connectors, connection references, gateways, custom connectors, and integrations with Microsoft 365 and enterprise systems
• Supporting the administration and monitoring of on-premises data gateways used by Power Platform solutions
• Supporting Power Platform licensing, capacity planning, service agreements, and procurement activities
• Maintaining auditing, analytics, inventory, and administrative reporting for Power Platform environments and solutions
• Supporting citizen developer programs by establishing appropriate governance, security, development standards, and operational guardrails
• Reviewing platform usage and identifying abandoned, inactive, orphaned, or noncompliant applications, flows, environments, and connections
• Supporting troubleshooting and resolution of platform, environment, connector, gateway, access, and deployment issues
• Developing and maintaining standard operating procedures (SOPs), governance documentation, and technical documentation for Power Platform operations and maintenance
• Enforcing change and configuration management processes
• Collaborating with Power Platform developers, SharePoint administrators, architects, security teams, and business stakeholders to support secure and scalable solutions
• Presenting and communicating technical and governance concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Serving as a technical resource for troubleshooting, consultation, governance guidance, and mentoring of junior staff

Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Senior Power Platform Administrator must have:

Education: BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field required

Experience:

• 6+ years of related experience with enterprise-scale systems or platform administration required
• Demonstrable hands-on experience administering, managing, configuring, securing, and governing Microsoft Power Platform in an enterprise environment
• Experience supporting multiple Power Platform environments and enterprise applications across development, test, and production

Required Skills

• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Power Platform administration and governance, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse, and Copilot Studio
• Strong proficiency with Power Platform Admin Center and environment administration
• Experience defining and managing enterprise Power Platform environment strategies across development, test, and production
• Strong knowledge of Power Platform Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies, connector classification, and connector governance
• Strong understanding of Dataverse administration, security roles, permissions, capacity management, auditing, and environment configuration
• Experience deploying, configuring, and operating the Microsoft Power Platform CoE Starter Kit
• Experience monitoring Power Platform usage, health, capacity, performance, and adoption
• Understanding of Power Platform licensing, capacity, and service limits
• Experience supporting Power Platform Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), solutions, environment variables, connection references, and deployment processes
• Knowledge of Power Platform pipelines and enterprise deployment practices
• Experience administering on-premises data gateways and supporting connections to enterprise data sources
• Understanding of Microsoft Entra ID, security groups, service accounts, authentication, and role-based access controls as they relate to Power Platform
• Working knowledge of SharePoint Online, Microsoft 365, Azure, SQL Server, and their integration with Power Platform
• Ability to use PowerShell and other administrative tools to automate platform administration, monitoring, and reporting
• Understanding of platform governance, security, compliance, auditing, and change/configuration management
• Understanding of Agile methodology
• Ability to troubleshoot complex Power Platform environment, access, connector, gateway, and deployment issues
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate technical and governance concepts to individuals with diverse technical backgrounds and job responsibilities
• Ability to work effectively with developers, architects, security teams, administrators, and business stakeholders
• Ability to serve as a support resource to mentor, coach, and develop junior staff
• Willingness to stay current on Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft 365, Azure, AI/Copilot capabilities, security, governance, and emerging technologies

Required Certification(s)

• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200) -or- Power Platform Solution Architect (PL-600)

Security Clearance Level: Must be able to pass a background check to obtain a position of Public Trust

Location: Remote

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

● Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

● Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home

● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore a career in software development at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your dedication to advancing innovation.

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