Senior Power Platform Administrator
About The Position
GDIT is hiring a Senior Power Platform Administrator to administer and govern enterprise Microsoft Power Platform environments supporting mission-critical government projects. The role covers Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse, and Copilot Studio, with responsibility for environment provisioning, configuration, security, lifecycle management, governance, monitoring, capacity, and deployment across development, test, and production environments. The administrator supports governance and citizen developer programs, manages Dataverse security and capacity, operates the Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter Kit, and supports ALM, solution deployment, pipelines, connectors, gateways, and integrations with Microsoft 365 and enterprise systems. The role also involves licensing and capacity planning, auditing and reporting, identifying inactive or noncompliant resources, troubleshooting issues, documenting operational procedures, enforcing change and configuration management, and collaborating with developers, administrators, architects, security teams, and business stakeholders. The position serves as a technical resource for consultation, troubleshooting, and mentoring junior staff. This is a remote position with a 40-hour scheduled work week and less than 10% travel required. Applicants must be able to pass a background check to obtain Public Trust. The likely salary range is $79,900–$108,100, with actual compensation dependent on experience, geographic location, and possibly contractual requirements.
Requirements
- BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 6 years of related experience with enterprise-scale systems or platform administration.
- 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.
- Strong proficiency with 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 DLP policies, connector classification, and connector governance.
- Strong understanding of Dataverse administration, including 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 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 people with diverse technical backgrounds and job responsibilities.
- Ability to work effectively with developers, architects, security teams, administrators, and business stakeholders.
- Ability to support, 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.
- Must be able to pass a background check to obtain a position of Public Trust.
Responsibilities
- Administer and govern enterprise Microsoft Power Platform environments, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse, and Copilot Studio.
- Manage environments across development, test, and production, including provisioning, configuration, security, and lifecycle management.
- Establish and enforce Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies and connector governance.
- Manage environment security roles, permissions, access controls, and service accounts.
- Administer Dataverse environments, including security roles, capacity, auditing, and environment-level settings.
- Deploy, configure, maintain, and monitor the Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter Kit.
- Implement governance standards, policies, guardrails, and environment strategies.
- Monitor platform health, usage, capacity, performance, and adoption using Power Platform Admin Center and other administrative tools.
- Manage and monitor Dataverse database, file, and log capacity.
- Support ALM processes and solution deployment across development, test, and production environments.
- Support Power Platform pipelines and other enterprise deployment processes.
- Manage connectors, connection references, gateways, custom connectors, and integrations with Microsoft 365 and enterprise systems.
- Support administration and monitoring of on-premises data gateways used by Power Platform solutions.
- Support Power Platform licensing, capacity planning, service agreements, and procurement activities.
- Maintain auditing, analytics, inventory, and administrative reporting for Power Platform environments and solutions.
- Support citizen developer programs through appropriate governance, security, development standards, and operational guardrails.
- Review usage and identify abandoned, inactive, orphaned, or noncompliant applications, flows, environments, and connections.
- Troubleshoot and resolve platform, environment, connector, gateway, access, and deployment issues.
- Develop and maintain SOPs, governance documentation, and technical documentation for Power Platform operations and maintenance.
- Enforce change and configuration management processes.
- Collaborate with developers, SharePoint administrators, architects, security teams, and business stakeholders to support secure and scalable solutions.
- Present and communicate technical and governance concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Serve as a technical resource for troubleshooting, consultation, governance guidance, and mentoring junior staff.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Competitive pay.
- Paid time off, including vacation, sick and personal time, and holidays.
- Full-flex work weeks where possible.
- Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts.
- Dental plan options.
- Vision plan.
- Paid parental leave.
- Military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
- Paid Family Leave of up to 160 hours in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.
- Short- and long-term disability benefits.
- Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.
- Personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
- AI-powered career tool identifying career steps and learning opportunities.
- Internal mobility team focused on helping employees achieve career goals.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
