Power Platform Technical Advisor Architect (Part-Time)

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Power Platform Technical Advisor to provide strategic and technical guidance across an enterprise Microsoft Power Platform environment. This role will serve as an embedded advisor supporting governance architecture DevOps citizen development initiatives and AI/Copilot adoption within a rapidly evolving low-code/no-code ecosystem.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on architect and trusted advisor who can help mature and scale a complex Power Platform footprint while enabling business teams to build securely and effectively.

This is a part-time engagement estimated at approximately 20 hours per week.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide architecture guidance and best practices across the enterprise Power Platform environment including Power Apps Power Automate Dataverse and related Microsoft technologies
  
• Advise on environment strategy governance models and migration from default to managed environments
  
• Design and enforce platform guardrails governance standards and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies
  
• Support secrets management and security best practices across Power Platform and Azure integrations
  
• Establish and improve Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) processes and DevOps pipeline hygiene for low-code/no-code solutions
  
• Guide CI/CD strategy and deployment best practices using Power Platform Pipelines Azure DevOps and managed solutions
  
• Partner with internal teams and citizen developers to enable scalable and compliant solution development
  
• Provide mentoring technical enablement and governance guidance to citizen developer communities
  
• Support Dataverse configuration data modeling security roles and data management strategies
  
• Advise on Microsoft Copilot AI Builder and emerging AI capabilities within the Microsoft ecosystem
  
• Act as a trusted SME and strategic advisor for ongoing Power Platform initiatives and roadmap planning
  

Required Qualifications

• 7 years of experience within the Microsoft ecosystem including Power Platform and Azure
  
• Strong hands-on experience with:
  • Power Apps
    
  • Power Automate
    
  • Dataverse
    
  • Microsoft 365
    
  • Azure services and integrations
    
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale Power Platform governance and architecture strategies
  
• Strong understanding of ALM DevOps CI/CD and managed solution deployment practices for Power Platform
  
• Experience implementing DLP policies environment strategies and platform security controls
  
• Experience supporting or enabling citizen developer programs within enterprise organizations
  
• Familiarity with Copilot AI Builder and Microsoft AI capabilities
  
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to advise both technical and non-technical teams
  
• Ability to operate independently as a consultative technical advisor
  
• Must be available to support and collaborate during US business hours/time zones
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Power Platform certifications
  
• Experience with Power Platform CoE (Center of Excellence) toolkit
  
• Experience integrating Power Platform with Azure services and enterprise systems
  
• Consulting or enterprise advisory background preferred
  

Engagement Details

• Part-time engagement (20 hours/week)
  
• Embedded advisory/support role
  
• Resource must be available during US business hours
  
• Focus on governance architecture enablement and platform maturity
  
• Long-term strategic support preferred