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Planet Technologies · 2 days ago

Power Platform Strategist

Western, VA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $165K/yr

5+ years exp

Planet Technologies is the Nation’s leading Microsoft services provider to the public sector, seeking a highly motivated individual to join as a Power Platform Strategist. This role involves providing strategic and technical leadership in Power Platform projects, facilitating cross-area project strategies, and collaborating with teams to enhance the Power Platform ecosystem.

CRMEnterprise SoftwareSecurity

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Be a strategic and technical leader in Power Platform

Define and manage technical strategy on Power Platform projects and effectively communicate that strategy to leadership and Project Teams

Possess passion of knowledge of the breadth and depth of the ever-evolving Power Platform ecosystem, and deploys that deep understanding in challenging thought work with Clients (e.g., Power Platform visioning, strategy development, governance, relationship management, etc.)

Facilitate cross-area, integrated project strategies and executions with other teams, e.g., cloud engineering, modern workplace, development, security and compliance teams

Champion Power Platform's citizen developer culture by fluently connecting the division's Power Platform work with IT transformation and organizational change management factors and teams

Identify gaps and proactively coach division and Project Team members to keep our Power Platform approaches current and effective

Collaborate and share knowledge across divisions of Planet Technology to deepen our practice in this area

Must be able and willing to work within Pacific or Mountain work hours

Meets with Clients in discovery, planning/design, and training/enablement contexts

Can perform as well as facilitate others in the design, development, and implementation of solutions, e.g

Solution envisioning and requirements analysis, including fit/gap analysis

Security strategy, compliance strategy, data migration strategy, and application lifecycle management

Develop using out of the box product features, custom development, and/or use of third party tools

Perform tasks across the full development lifecycle, e.g., discovery, planning, analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment, maintenance

Create solutions that balance best practice with Client requirements, preferences, and needs

Produces clear and accurate documentation

Takes responsibility for a team's technical delivery, regardless of personally performing the technical work

Naturally identifies gaps and coaches Project Team members without being asked

Comfortable delegating tasks and can do so appropriately

Communicates effectively when technical activities or needs evolve on a project

Understands risk and can effectively identify and escalate risk

Demonstrated ability to hold a vision and advocate for the types of work and approaches to work that a team or technical area should be or wants to be doing

Demonstrated ability to generate and communicate opinions to management on the staffing, staff development, technical resources, and other factors needed for a team or technical area to succeed

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Handles constantly changing conditions with calm confidence

High level of initiative and accountability for deliverables and deadlines

Knows that developing heads down is ideal, but can still operate effectively when consulting conditions become reasonably chaotic

Clear grasp on limits of personal knowledge, yet can comfortably navigate conversations that stretch these limits

Confident asking for help

Enjoys problem solving

Likes to learn and naturally keeps aware of new developments in the field

Welcoming personality

A positive ‘can-do’ attitude with a strong commitment to customer support

Establishes trust through actions

Ability to communicate technical aspects to non-technical stakeholders

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

An active and proactive team member e.g., speaks up, shows up prepared

Extensive skills in identifying and assessing a variety of business contexts, researching and determining solutions to problems, providing technical recommendations, and other business analysis skills, e.g

Knows and uses an effective business analysis framework in their work

Expertise in classic BA tools (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, other modeling tools a plus)

Performs analysis of qualitative and quantitative data

In-depth functional knowledge and technical expertise in the Power Platform, including Power BI, PowerApps, Power Automate, Power Pages, and Power Virtual Agents

Confidently proficient in Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, and Power Virtual Agents

Can leverage Dataverse, on-premise, and other data sources

Able to work with Data Gateways and connectors and build custom connectors

Comfortable working with Dataflows, PowerQuery ETL, and the Common Data Model

Experience with SQL

Comfortable working with XML, JSON, and Azure App Registrations

Able to work with solutions and Azure DevOps sprints/pipelines across Dev, Test, and Prod environments

Have an understanding of Microsoft licensing for different Power Platform solutions

Candidates must be US Citizens as this work entails working with State and Local Government Agencies

Qualification

Power Platform developmentBusiness analysisTechnical strategyPower BIPowerAppsPower AutomatePower PagesPower Virtual AgentsSQLAzure DevOpsSoft skillsProblem solvingTeam collaborationCommunication skills

Required

5-7+ years experience, including Power Platform development, and consulting contexts

Must be able and willing to work within Pacific or Mountain work hours

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Handles constantly changing conditions with calm confidence

High level of initiative and accountability for deliverables and deadlines

Knows that developing heads down is ideal, but can still operate effectively when consulting conditions become reasonably chaotic

Clear grasp on limits of personal knowledge, yet can comfortably navigate conversations that stretch these limits

Confident asking for help

Enjoys problem solving

Likes to learn and naturally keeps aware of new developments in the field

Welcoming personality

A positive ‘can-do' attitude with a strong commitment to customer support

Establishes trust through actions

Ability to communicate technical aspects to non-technical stakeholders

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

An active and proactive team member e.g., speaks up, shows up prepared

Knows and uses an effective business analysis framework in their work

Expertise in classic BA tools (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, other modeling tools a plus)

Performs analysis of qualitative and quantitative data

In-depth functional knowledge and technical expertise in the Power Platform, including Power BI, PowerApps, Power Automate, Power Pages, and Power Virtual Agents

Confidently proficient in Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, and Power Virtual Agents

Can leverage Dataverse, on-premise, and other data sources

Able to work with Data Gateways and connectors and build custom connectors

Comfortable working with Dataflows, PowerQuery ETL, and the Common Data Model

Experience with SQL

Comfortable working with XML, JSON, and Azure App Registrations

Able to work with solutions and Azure DevOps sprints/pipelines across Dev, Test, and Prod environments

Have an understanding of Microsoft licensing for different Power Platform solutions

Candidates must be US Citizens as this work entails working with State and Local Government Agencies

Preferred

A plus is formal training or certification in business analysis

A plus is proven additional technical proficiency some or all of our target areas, e.g., AZ-900 - Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, AZ-204 - Azure Developer Associate, AZ-400 - DevOps Engineer Expert, MS-900 - Microsoft 365 Fundamentals, MB-910 - Dynamics 365 Fundamentals (CRM), SC-900 - Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals

Experience with Microsoft and related technologies including: .NET, C#, Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, JavaScript, FetchXML, Data and 3rd party tools e.g., XRMToolBox, SOAPUI, VSCode, etc.; Able to read/write data using SOAP and REST API's, including private API's via Data Gateway and Azure KeyVault authentication

Has a core set of cross-platform development skills and can easily pick up development roles on non-Power Platform projects if needed

Ability to create nice looking presentations and other documentation that effectively visualizes concepts and ideas