Planettechnologies27d ago

Power Platform Strategist

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Planet Technologies, the Nation’s leading Microsoft services provider to the public sector, is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our growing team as a Power Platform Strategist. In this role, you will be supporting impactful projects that make a difference for our country.

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Planet Technologies, the Nation’s leading Microsoft services provider to the public sector, is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our growing team as a Power Platform Strategist. In this role, you will be supporting impactful projects that make a difference for our country.

The Planet Technologies West Region is looking for a Power Platform Strategist. The successful candidate's skills bridge Power Platform development, business solutioning, and the human experience of technology. The successful candidate likely has a work history as a developer who speaks Power Platform as a primary language and is a business analyst at heart. They have a flexible mindset and demeanor that allows them to "run the mile they are in," meaning they navigate work with a deep trust of their core problem solving abilities even when encountering unfamiliar, difficult, or ambiguous contexts, which brings them and their teammates across all types of finish lines.

Be a strategic and technical leader in Power Platform.

Define and manage technical strategy on Power Platform projects and effectively communicate that strategy to leadership and Project Teams

Possess passion of knowledge of the breadth and depth of the ever-evolving Power Platform ecosystem, and deploys that deep understanding in challenging thought work with Clients (e.g., Power Platform visioning, strategy development, governance, relationship management, etc.)

Facilitate cross-area, integrated project strategies and executions with other teams, e.g., cloud engineering, modern workplace, development, security and compliance teams

Champion Power Platform's citizen developer culture by fluently connecting the division's Power Platform work with IT transformation and organizational change management factors and teams

Identify gaps and proactively coach division and Project Team members to keep our Power Platform approaches current and effective

Collaborate and share knowledge across divisions of Planet Technology to deepen our practice in this area

Must be able and willing to work within Pacific or Mountain work hours.

Be a mature technical and functional consultant who:

Meets with Clients in discovery, planning/design, and training/enablement contexts

Can perform as well as facilitate others in the design, development, and implementation of solutions, e.g.,

Solution envisioning and requirements analysis, including fit/gap analysis

Security strategy, compliance strategy, data migration strategy, and application lifecycle management

Develop using out of the box product features, custom development, and/or use of third party tools

Perform tasks across the full development lifecycle, e.g., discovery, planning, analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment, maintenance

Create solutions that balance best practice with Client requirements, preferences, and needs

Produces clear and accurate documentation

5-7+ years experience, including Power Platform development, and consulting contexts.

Takes responsibility for a team's technical delivery, regardless of personally performing the technical work

Naturally identifies gaps and coaches Project Team members without being asked

Comfortable delegating tasks and can do so appropriately

Communicates effectively when technical activities or needs evolve on a project

Understands risk and can effectively identify and escalate risk

Demonstrated ability to hold a vision and advocate for the types of work and approaches to work that a team or technical area should be or wants to be doing

Demonstrated ability to generate and communicate opinions to management on the staffing, staff development, technical resources, and other factors needed for a team or technical area to succeed

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Handles constantly changing conditions with calm confidence

High level of initiative and accountability for deliverables and deadlines

Knows that developing heads down is ideal, but can still operate effectively when consulting conditions become reasonably chaotic

Clear grasp on limits of personal knowledge, yet can comfortably navigate conversations that stretch these limits

Confident asking for help

Enjoys problem solving

Likes to learn and naturally keeps aware of new developments in the field

Welcoming personality

A positive ‘can-do’ attitude with a strong commitment to customer support

Establishes trust through actions

Ability to communicate technical aspects to non-technical stakeholders

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

An active and proactive team member e.g., speaks up, shows up prepared

Extensive skills in identifying and assessing a variety of business contexts, researching and determining solutions to problems, providing technical recommendations, and other business analysis skills, e.g.,

Knows and uses an effective business analysis framework in their work

Expertise in classic BA tools (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, other modeling tools a plus)

Performs analysis of qualitative and quantitative data

A plus is formal training or certification in business analysis

In-depth functional knowledge and technical expertise in the Power Platform, including Power BI, PowerApps, Power Automate, Power Pages, and Power Virtual Agents

Confidently proficient in Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, and Power Virtual Agents

Can leverage Dataverse, on-premise, and other data sources

Able to work with Data Gateways and connectors and build custom connectors

Comfortable working with Dataflows, PowerQuery ETL, and the Common Data Model

Experience with SQL

Comfortable working with XML, JSON, and Azure App Registrations

Able to work with solutions and Azure DevOps sprints/pipelines across Dev, Test, and Prod environments

Have an understanding of Microsoft licensing for different Power Platform solutions

Proven technical proficiency within:

PL-600 - Power Solution Architect Expert

PL-200 - Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate

A plus is proven additional technical proficiency some or all of our target areas, e.g., AZ-900 - Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, AZ-204 - Azure Developer Associate, AZ-400 - DevOps Engineer Expert, MS-900 - Microsoft 365 Fundamentals, MB-910 - Dynamics 365 Fundamentals (CRM), SC-900 - Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals

Experience with Microsoft and related technologies including: .NET, C#, Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, JavaScript, FetchXML, Data and 3rd party tools e.g., XRMToolBox, SOAPUI, VSCode, etc.; Able to read/write data using SOAP and REST API’s, including private API’s via Data Gateway and Azure KeyVault authentication

Has a core set of cross-platform development skills and can easily pick up development roles on non-Power Platform projects if needed

Ability to create nice looking presentations and other documentation that effectively visualizes concepts and ideas

Candidates must be US Citizens as this work entails working with State and Local Government Agencies.

Travel: 0 - 25%

Must be able and willing to work Pacific Time work hours

Planet Technologies is the leading provider of Microsoft Consulting Services to public sector and commercial organizations. Planet has significant experience in deploying business intelligence, cloud services, unified communications, and systems management with an emphasis building, deploying, and managing custom solutions that transform the business operations of federal government agencies.

Planet Technologies does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms and conditions of employment, or practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law. Federal Agency Clearance Requirements may require up to a 10-year background investigation - US Citizenship (clearable) is required.

Salaries for Power Platform Specialists at Planet Technologies range from $120,000 and $165,000. Several factors will impact final pay offered to a successful candidate including but not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, clearance level, the type of years and experience within the industry, education, training, etc.

Visit www.go-planet.com to learn more about us. Details about our benefits can be found here Planet Technologies Benefit Guide 2025-2026