Senior Power Platform Administrator

GD Information Technology • Bossier City, TX

2d • Onsite

About The Position

GDIT is hiring a Senior Power Platform Administrator to administer and govern enterprise Microsoft Power Platform environments for mission-critical government projects. The role covers Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse, and Copilot Studio, across development, test, and production environments. The administrator will establish governance and security practices, manage platform operations and capacity, support deployment processes, and help deliver secure, scalable solutions in collaboration with technical teams and business stakeholders.

The position is based onsite in Bossier City, Louisiana, with 40 scheduled hours per week and less than 10% travel. The successful candidate must be able to pass a background check to obtain a Public Trust. GDIT offers a likely salary range of $79,900–$108,100, with compensation based on experience, location, and possibly contractual requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree 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 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 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, and 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, including the ability to explain technical and governance concepts to people with diverse technical backgrounds and responsibilities.
• Ability to work effectively with developers, architects, security teams, administrators, and business stakeholders.
• Ability 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.
• Must hold Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200) or Power Platform Solution Architect (PL-600).
• Must be able to pass a background check to obtain a position of Public Trust.
• U.S. citizenship is not required.

Responsibilities

• Administer and govern enterprise Microsoft Power Platform environments, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse, and Copilot Studio.
• Manage development, test, and production environments, including provisioning, configuration, security, and lifecycle management.
• Establish and enforce Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies, connector governance, 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 (CoE) Starter Kit.
• Implement governance standards, policies, guardrails, and environment strategies.
• Monitor platform health, usage, capacity, performance, and adoption using the Power Platform Admin Center and other administrative tools.
• Manage Dataverse database, file, and log capacity; support licensing, capacity planning, service agreements, and procurement activities.
• Support Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), solution deployments, Power Platform pipelines, and other enterprise deployment processes.
• Manage connectors, connection references, gateways, custom connectors, and integrations with Microsoft 365 and enterprise systems.
• Administer and monitor on-premises data gateways used by Power Platform solutions.
• Maintain auditing, analytics, inventory, and administrative reporting for environments and solutions.
• Support citizen developer programs through 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 standard operating procedures, governance documentation, and technical documentation for 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.
• Communicate technical and governance concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Provide troubleshooting, consultation, governance guidance, and mentorship to junior staff.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plan options, including options with Health Savings Accounts.
• Dental plan options.
• Vision plan.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.
• Personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance.
• Wellness packages.
• Full-flex work weeks where possible.
• AI-powered career tool identifying career steps and learning opportunities.
• Internal mobility team focused on career goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior