Senior Power Platform Administrator

Jarvis is seeking a Senior Power Platform Administrator for an upcoming project. This is an initial 6 month contract term with a strong likelihood of extension. Contract rates are flexible, ideally $75 - $85/hr if incorporated.

HYBRID - 2 days/week in office in downtown Toronto.

Role overview
The Senior Power Platform Administrator owns the health, security and governance of the organization's Microsoft Power Platform tenant. The role keeps the platform stable and compliant while making it easy for makers and pro developers to build on it safely.
This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role. It sits within the Enterprise Platforms or Collaboration team and works closely with Information Security, M365/Azure administration, the Center of Excellence (CoE) and business application owners.
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Detail	Value
Reports to	Manager / Director, Enterprise Platforms
Employment type	Permanent, full-time
Location	Hybrid, Greater Toronto Area
Scope	Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI (admin touchpoints), Copilot Studio, Dataverse, Power Pages

Key responsibilities
Platform administration

• Administer the Power Platform tenant through the Power Platform Admin Center (PPAC), PowerShell and the Power Platform CLI
• Manage capacity, licensing (per-user, per-app, pay-as-you-go) and storage across Dataverse and file/log capacity
• Monitor platform health, usage and performance; own incident and problem resolution for platform-level issues
• Manage tenant settings, feature releases and Microsoft release-wave readiness

Governance

• Design and enforce the governance framework: environment strategy, DLP policies, connector classification and maker policies
• Deploy, configure and maintain the CoE Starter Kit (or equivalent) for inventory, compliance and cleanup of orphaned or unused assets
• Define standards for solution packaging, naming, documentation and app/flow lifecycle
• Report on adoption, risk and compliance to IT leadership and platform steering committees

Security and compliance

• Implement security roles, business units and access models in Dataverse
• Integrate with Entra ID: security groups, conditional access, service principals and application users
• Partner with InfoSec on data classification, audit logging (Purview), tenant isolation and regulatory requirements
• Review and approve custom and premium connector usage and external data access

Environment management and ALM

• Own the environment strategy (default, developer, sandbox, test, production) and Managed Environments configuration
• Run ALM using solutions, Power Platform Pipelines and Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
• Control environment provisioning, routing, backup/restore and copy operations

Enterprise platform enablement

• Act as the senior technical point of contact for makers, fusion teams and pro developers
• Build guardrails that enable citizen development at scale without sacrificing control
• Govern Copilot Studio and AI Builder use as AI capabilities roll out across the platform
• Produce runbooks, training and onboarding material; mentor junior administrators

Required qualifications

• 7+ years in enterprise IT administration, with 4+ years administering Power Platform at enterprise scale (1,000+ users or multiple business units)
• Deep hands-on experience with PPAC, Dataverse security, DLP policies, Managed Environments and environment strategy
• Has deployed and run the CoE Starter Kit or an equivalent governance toolset in production
• Working knowledge of Entra ID, M365 administration and Azure fundamentals (Key Vault, app registrations, monitoring)
• ALM experience with solutions plus Azure DevOps or GitHub pipelines
• Scripting with PowerShell (Power Platform admin modules) and the Power Platform CLI
• Experience operating in a regulated environment (financial services, insurance, utilities, public sector) with audit and compliance requirements
• Clear communicator who can write policy, present to leadership and coach non-technical makers

Nice to have

• Microsoft certifications: PL-400 (Power Platform Developer), PL-600 (Solution Architect), MS-102 or SC-300
• Experience governing Copilot Studio agents and AI Builder models
• Power BI tenant administration and Fabric capacity management
• Dynamics 365 / Customer Engagement administration
• Experience setting up or leading a Power Platform Center of Excellence or fusion team model
• Microsoft Purview (audit, DLP, sensitivity labels) and Defender for Cloud Apps
• Infrastructure-as-code or automation for environment provisioning

Apply today to learn more!
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