Senior Power Platform Engineer

Senior Power Platform Engineer | 455002 Details

Location:

100% Remote

Position Type: 6M C2H

Hourly / Salary: to $180K+

Vaco Technology is currently seeking a Senior Power Platform Engineer for a 6M C2H opportunity that is 100% remote. The Senior Power Platform Engineer will lead the design, development, and governance of enterprise‑grade solutions built with Power Apps, Power Automate, Power

BI, and Dataverse. The Senior Power Platform Engineer will partner with business and IT leaders to modernize processes, enhance data‑driven decision‑making, and scale low‑code capabilities across the organization. The ideal candidate brings deep hands‑on engineering expertise, strong architectural judgment, and the ability to mentor delivery teams while ensuring solutions meet security, compliance, and performance standards.

• Solution Architecture / Delivery – Lead full lifecycle Power Platform architecture and delivery spanning Power Apps (Canvas / Model‑driven), Power Automate (cloud flows / RPA), Power
  
  BI, and Dataverse. Translate complex business needs into scalable, secure, maintainable designs aligned to enterprise roadmap.
• Standards / Patterns / Reuse – Define and implement enterprise Power Platform standards, architectural patterns, and reusable components to accelerate delivery and minimize technical debt.
• Dataverse Architecture – Design robust Dataverse data models (tables / relationships / security roles / business rules) with strong performance tuning and maintainability practices.
• Power BI Modeling – Build and optimize semantic models, DAX measures, dataflows, and dashboards with a focus on performance, usability, and governance.
• Integration Architecture – Integrate Power Platform with M365 / Azure services (Functions / Logic Apps / API Management) and third‑party systems via connectors, APIs, and custom connectors.
• Environment Strategy / ALM – Own and evolve environment topology, solution packaging strategy (managed / unmanaged), environment variables, pipeline automation, and source control practices.
• Governance / Security – Establish and enforce governance controls (DLP policies / RBAC / auditing / monitoring / change management) ensuring enterprise security and compliance.
• Mentorship / Enablement – Mentor engineers, makers, and analysts through technical reviews, architectural guidance, and hands‑on enablement.
• Cross‑Functional Alignment – Collaborate with security, risk, data, and enterprise architecture teams to ensure regulatory compliance and alignment with organizational standards.
• Troubleshooting / RCA – Resolve complex production issues; perform root‑cause analysis and implement long‑term preventive improvements.
• Documentation – Produce high‑quality technical documentation, architecture diagrams, runbooks, and user enablement materials.

Our client (MSP) has just won a flagship, enterprise‑wide support contract with a Fortune 200 client that has fully replaced its direct Microsoft support with their services. To deliver immediate white‑glove support, they are building a dedicated 6‑person Microsoft Engineering Team, including 2 D365 F&O Administrators, 2 Modern Workplace / M365 Generalists, 1 Power Platform Engineer, and 1 Azure Engineer. These are all high‑visibility roles that demand strong technical depth, exceptional customer‑facing communication, composure under pressure, and the ability to multitask across high‑volume tickets.

• Power Platform Engineer (5+ years) – Application development / automation / analytics or related engineering roles with 4+ years of deep, hands‑on Power Platform delivery supporting complex enterprise initiatives.
• Solution Design Leadership – Proven ability to lead end‑to‑end solution design and implementation for large‑scale, multi‑environment Power Platform programs.
• Power Apps Expertise – Advanced proficiency across Canvas / Model‑driven apps / component framework (PCF), complex UX patterns / performance optimization.
• Power Automate Expertise – Advanced experience with complex flow orchestration, integrations, error handling, approval frameworks, and Power Automate Desktop (preferred).
• Dataverse Architecture –…