Solutions Architect Power Platform

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

Company Description Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, Out Systems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.   We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of  what we do:  UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner  3300+ strong, 350/300m revenue business  10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK  Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW  Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW  We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA.

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Job Description Act as the lead Power Platform and Solution Architect, or work alongside other architects, on strategic projects including business application, digital transformation, procurement and software development initiatives.

Work with business analysts, product owners and project team members to understand business requirements and facilitate the definition of functional and non-functional requirements.

Review and design solutions using Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse and Copilot Studio, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, supportable and aligned with organisational standards.

Define Power Platform architecture and governance covering environment strategy, security, identity and access, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), custom connectors, application lifecycle management, monitoring and operational ownership.

Design solutions that meet business requirements and involve collaboration across applications, integration, data, security, cloud and infrastructure architecture domains.

Assess solution requirements and determine when the appropriate technology and when Power Platform, Microsoft, Azure or custom-development capabilities should be used.

Design integration between Power Platform, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Azure services and other enterprise applications using appropriate integration patterns and APIs.Present wider solution designs to architecture governance forums for review and approval.

Support enterprise architects in the development of architecture roadmaps, business applications and associated technology platforms.

Manage relationships with senior business and technology stakeholders, acting as a trusted architecture adviser throughout the solution lifecycle.

Qualifications Essential Skills Proven experience architecting and delivering enterprise solutions using Microsoft Power Platform, with strong knowledge of Power Apps, Power Automate and Dataverse, together with experience of Power Pages and/or Copilot Studio.

Strong understanding of Power Platform architecture and governance, including environment strategy, security, Data Loss Prevention policies, connector governance, application lifecycle management and operational considerations.

Proven experience in broader solution design and architecture, delivering technical solutions to business requirements across technology layers including user experience, applications, integration, data and cloud services.

Experience of Microsoft Azure platform services and understanding of how Power Platform solutions integrate with Azure, Microsoft 365 and wider enterprise technology environments.

Ability to evaluate business requirements and…