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[Remote] Senior Power Platform Administrator

🌍 Remote Β· United States πŸ’Ό Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is hiring a Senior Power Platform Administrator to administer and govern enterprise Microsoft Power Platform environments. The role supports platform security, governance, deployments, monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational guidance for government customer projects.

Responsibilities

  • Administering and governing enterprise Microsoft Power Platform environments, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse, and Copilot Studio
  • Managing Power Platform environments across development, test, and production, including environment provisioning, configuration, security, and lifecycle management
  • Establishing and enforcing Power Platform Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies and connector governance
  • Managing environment security roles, permissions, access controls, and service accounts
  • Administering Dataverse environments, including security roles, capacity, auditing, and environment-level settings
  • Deploying, configuring, maintaining, and monitoring the Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit
  • Implementing Power Platform governance standards, policies, guardrails, and environment strategies
  • Monitoring platform health, usage, capacity, performance, and adoption through Power Platform Admin Center and other administrative tools
  • Managing and monitoring Power Platform capacity, including Dataverse database, file, and log capacity
  • Supporting Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) processes and solution deployment across development, test, and production environments
  • Supporting Power Platform pipelines and other enterprise deployment processes
  • Managing connectors, connection references, gateways, custom connectors, and integrations with Microsoft 365 and enterprise systems
  • Supporting the administration and monitoring of on-premises data gateways used by Power Platform solutions
  • Supporting Power Platform licensing, capacity planning, service agreements, and procurement activities
  • Maintaining auditing, analytics, inventory, and administrative reporting for Power Platform environments and solutions
  • Supporting citizen developer programs by establishing appropriate governance, security, development standards, and operational guardrails
  • Reviewing platform usage and identifying abandoned, inactive, orphaned, or noncompliant applications, flows, environments, and connections
  • Supporting troubleshooting and resolution of platform, environment, connector, gateway, access, and deployment issues
  • Developing and maintaining standard operating procedures (SOPs), governance documentation, and technical documentation for Power Platform operations and maintenance
  • Enforcing change and configuration management processes
  • Collaborating with Power Platform developers, SharePoint administrators, architects, security teams, and business stakeholders to support secure and scalable solutions
  • Presenting and communicating technical and governance concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Serving as a technical resource for troubleshooting, consultation, governance guidance, and mentoring of junior staff

Skills

  • 6 + years of related experience
  • BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field required
  • 6+ years of related experience with enterprise-scale systems or platform administration required
  • Demonstrable hands-on experience administering, managing, configuring, securing, and governing Microsoft Power Platform in an enterprise environment
  • Experience supporting multiple Power Platform environments and enterprise applications across development, test, and production
  • Strong proficiency with Microsoft Power Platform administration and governance, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse, and Copilot Studio
  • Strong proficiency with Power Platform Admin Center and environment administration
  • Experience defining and managing enterprise Power Platform environment strategies across development, test, and production
  • Strong knowledge of Power Platform Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies, connector classification, and connector governance
  • Strong understanding of Dataverse administration, security roles, permissions, capacity management, auditing, and environment configuration
  • Experience deploying, configuring, and operating the Microsoft Power Platform CoE Starter Kit
  • Experience monitoring Power Platform usage, health, capacity, performance, and adoption
  • Understanding of Power Platform licensing, capacity, and service limits
  • Experience supporting Power Platform Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), solutions, environment variables, connection references, and deployment processes
  • Knowledge of Power Platform pipelines and enterprise deployment practices
  • Experience administering on-premises data gateways and supporting connections to enterprise data sources
  • Understanding of Microsoft Entra ID, security groups, service accounts, authentication, and role-based access controls as they relate to Power Platform
  • Working knowledge of SharePoint Online, Microsoft 365, Azure, SQL Server, and their integration with Power Platform
  • Ability to use PowerShell and other administrative tools to automate platform administration, monitoring, and reporting
  • Understanding of platform governance, security, compliance, auditing, and change/configuration management
  • Understanding of Agile methodology
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex Power Platform environment, access, connector, gateway, and deployment issues
  • Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to communicate technical and governance concepts to individuals with diverse technical backgrounds and job responsibilities
  • Ability to work effectively with developers, architects, security teams, administrators, and business stakeholders
  • Ability to serve as a support resource to mentor, coach, and develop junior staff
  • Willingness to stay current on Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft 365, Azure, AI/Copilot capabilities, security, governance, and emerging technologies
  • Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200) -or- Power Platform Solution Architect (PL-600)

Benefits

  • AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
  • An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
  • Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
  • 401K with company match
  • Paid time off
  • Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
  • Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
  • Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
  • Dental plan options
  • A vision plan
  • 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match
  • A variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
  • Typically 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for vacations, personal business, and illness
  • An additional 10 paid holidays per year
  • Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire
  • Up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees through the GDIT Paid Family Leave program
  • Short- and long-term disability benefits
  • Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance

Company Overview

  • General Dynamics Information Technology is an IT consulting company that specializes in cyber security, AI, and quantum computing. It is a sub-organization of General Dynamics. It was founded in 1999, and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.gdit.com/.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • General Dynamics Information Technology has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 24 in 2026, 30 in 2025, 27 in 2024, 36 in 2023, 19 in 2022, 18 in 2021, 13 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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