- Company Name
- UK Health Security Agency
- Job Title
- Senior Specialist - Power Platform
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Senior Specialist – Power Platform
**Role Summary:**
Lead technical specialist for Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Virtual Agents, Dataverse, APIs, Connectors). Design, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable, high‑availability platform environments. Provide expert guidance, incident response, training, and continuous improvement across the organization.
**Expectations:**
- Deliver 24/7 platform reliability, meeting defined SLAs/OLAs.
- Act as single source of truth for Power Platform strategy, governance, and best practices.
- Mentor and supervise junior engineers; collaborate with cross‑functional technology teams.
**Key Responsibilities:**
1. Deliver subject‑matter expertise: advise on architecture, security, governance, and integration.
2. Respond to incidents/outages, perform root‑cause analysis, restore service, and document findings.
3. Design, configure, and deploy Power Platform environments; enforce DLP, compliance, and licensing rules.
4. Integrate Power Platform solutions with internal systems and third‑party services via connectors, APIs, and custom integration.
5. Optimize platform performance: capacity planning, tuning, scalability, and resource allocation.
6. Manage product licenses, monitor usage, and recommend cost‑optimization measures.
7. Own disaster‑recovery procedures, develop and maintain business‑continuity plans.
8. Produce and maintain technical documentation, SOPs, knowledge‑base entries, and training materials.
**Required Skills:**
- Proficient in Power Platform core components (Apps, Automate, BI, Virtual Agents, Dataverse, connectors).
- Strong background in platform configuration, deployment, security, governance, and scalability.
- Incident response, troubleshooting, and root‑cause analysis.
- Scripting/automation (PowerShell, JavaScript, SQL).
- Familiarity with Azure services, API Management, and data integration patterns.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, including documentation and training.
- Project management, estimation, and SLA monitoring.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent professional experience.
- Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert (or Power Platform Developer Associate) preferred.
- Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Administrator Associate) are a plus.