Power Platform Technical Architect

Power Platform Technical Architect

Location: Scotland (Candidates must be based in Scotland)

Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days per week onsite

Contract: Outside IR35

Rate: £475 - £525 per day

Duration: Initial 6 months with extension potential

I'm partnering with a leading Microsoft Partner to appoint an experienced Technical Architect to support a major enterprise Power Platform programme. This role offers the opportunity to lead architecture, performance optimisation, and technical delivery across a complex Power Platform estate, working alongside senior stakeholders and specialist teams in a highly collaborative environment.

This position would suit a seasoned architect who combines strong technical leadership with hands-on expertise across Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, integrations, and platform governance.

As Technical Architect, you will take ownership of the overall technical architecture, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, high-performing, and aligned with enterprise standards. You'll work closely with business stakeholders, technical leads, developers, and SMEs to drive successful delivery while continuously improving platform performance and user experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end technical architecture and design of Microsoft Power Platform solutions, including Power Apps, Power Automate, security models, and downstream integrations.
• Assess and evaluate platform performance across Power Platform applications, identifying bottlenecks, latency issues, and scalability concerns.
• Investigate application telemetry, workflow activity, API usage patterns, and operational metrics to diagnose and resolve performance-related challenges.
• Produce detailed technical assessments and actionable recommendations, prioritising improvements based on business value, risk, and delivery effort.
• Act as the primary technical authority, ensuring solutions align with architectural principles, security requirements, and governance frameworks.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and subject matter experts to align technical enhancements with wider platform strategy and roadmap objectives.
• Translate business and data requirements into comprehensive technical specifications, solution designs, and integration models.
• Provide leadership and guidance to development and QA teams throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
• Serve as the key escalation point for complex technical issues, supporting teams through design, build, testing, and deployment phases.
• Oversee technical planning, sprint activities, dependency management, design reviews, and architecture governance processes.
• Maintain high-quality architecture documentation, integration specifications, data mappings, and deployment runbooks to support ongoing platform support and evolution.

Required Experience

• Strong expertise across:
• Power Apps (Canvas and Model-Driven Apps)
• Power Automate
• Dataverse
• Power Platform governance and security frameworks
• Demonstrable experience identifying, troubleshooting, and remediating performance issues within enterprise Power Platform environments.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration architecture, including REST APIs, data distribution patterns, and system interoperability.
• Experience delivering solutions within complex business environments involving compliance, audit, governance, or entitlement requirements.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating business needs into practical technical solutions.
• Experience creating architecture, technical documentation, solution designs, and integration specifications.
• Strong Agile delivery experience, working within structured project and programme environments.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working on HR, workforce management, talent management, compensation, or organisational change programmes.
• Background within financial services or other highly regulated industries.
• Power BI experience, particularly around operational reporting and compliance dashboards.
• Knowledge of Java-based API services and enterprise integration frameworks.
• Familiarity with Snowflake and modern cloud data platforms.
• Microsoft Power Platform certifications would be advantageous.

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