Power Platform Administrator

Bright Horizons•Newton, MA

1d•$93,000 - $123,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Power Platform Administrator is responsible for the administration, governance, and strategic enablement of the Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, CopilotStudio, and related AI capabilities. This role partners across IT, FinOps, compliance, and business teams to ensure the platform is secure, scalable, cost effective, and aligned with organizational objectives while enabling innovation, automation, and data driven decision making. This is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week onsite at our headquarters in Newton, MA. Bright Horizons is a leading education and care company that helps employees thrive at work and at home by partnering with employers to offer high-quality child care, elder care, and educational support. Our workplace reflects this commitment—with collaborative environments, meaningful benefits, and a culture that supports both career growth and personal well-being. Whether you’re caring for children or powering the systems and partnerships that make it all possible, at Bright Horizons, you’re the difference.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
In lieu of a degree, an additional 3 years of experience may be considered
3 years Power Platform experience (Azure preferred)

Nice To Haves

Experience administering Dynamics 365 environments and Power Platform–D365 integrations
Familiarity with Microsoft Managed Environments, pipelines for ALM, and advanced DLP configurations
Working knowledge of Azure Active Directory, Azure integration services, or on-premises data gateways
Experience with FinOps principles and Microsoft licensing optimization (capacity vs. PAYGO models)
Hands-on experience with the CoE Starter Kit — deployment, customization, and reporting
Exposure to multi-region, multi-regulatory environments (US, UK, EU)

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end administration of the Power Platform tenant, including development, test, user acceptance, and production environments
Implement and maintain the 4-zone environment strategy, including data loss prevention (DLP) policy enforcement, application lifecycle management (ALM) pipelines, and Managed Environments
Manage the environment provisioning lifecycle and drive continuous improvements in operations efficiency and service delivery
Administer on-premises data gateway patching, monitoring, and security controls
Maintain the Center of Excellence (CoE) toolkit and reporting framework to support platform governance and adoption
Govern Power Platform assets, including applications, flows, and AI enabled solutions, ensuring compliance with governance standards and remediation of noncompliant assets
Enforce FERPA and GDPR obligations across US, UK, and NL environments
Identify, prioritize, and resolve governance, security, and compliance issues within the platform environments
Drive DLP policy design, Power Pages security hardening, and connector access controls
Serve as the primary contact for Power Platform security assessments and audit responses
Govern Copilot Studio agents, AI Builder models, and Agent Builder deployments in alignment with enterprise AI strategy and governance requirements
Develop and manage capacity allocation and consumption strategies to optimize licensing, utilization and cost efficiency.
Define and enforce guardrails for AI agent publishing, data access, and external connector usage
Monitor AI-related consumption, flag anomalies, and collaborate with FinOps to optimize licensing and billing
Support business units extending D365 via Power Platform for reporting, automation, and integrations
Manage Power Platform environments tied to D365 Sales, Customer Service, and related workloads
Partner with the D365 team to accelerate the platform maturity curve following the February 2026 launch
Enable and govern Power Pages portals connected to D365 environments
Provide ALM support and environment guidance to citizen developers and business unit makers
Deliver onboarding, training, and best-practice guidance to platform users and makers
Review and approve environment, connector and platform requests in alignment with governance policies and standards
Collaborate with the Azure team on hybrid connectivity and infrastructure dependencies
Partner with the FinOps team to monitor Power Platform licensing spend, capacity utilization, and cost optimization opportunities
Identify and resolve licensing, billing and capacity management issues to ensure effective platform operations
Produce monthly platform spend and utilization reports for IT leadership