Tech Lead - Power Platform (PO8)

PLEASE NOTE: We are looking for a Senior Software Developer in Power Platform, not a Tech Lead

LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM

JOB DESCRIPTION

Designation: Senior Software Developer Grade:   PO7

Reports to (Designation): Software Development Manager Grade: PO8 Directorate: Corporate Resources Section:  IT & Digital Services

Main Purpose of the job:

You will be responsible for working with business stakeholders and the development team to design, build and deliver a series of high-quality solutions to support our adoption of PowerApps in the council. You’ll be highly experienced designing, developing, and maintaining solutions utilising Microsoft Power Platform, whilst also having experience of core development languages and principles. This is a great opportunity to work in an exciting environment, building and improving applications which make a real impact in how our services function, and ultimately improving the lives for our residents.

As a Senior Software Developer you will have:

Demonstrable experience of the whole development lifecycle for Microsoft Power Platform. Passion for Microsoft Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI and Portals. Experience with the migration of existing business solutions from older technology to PowerApps. Experience working with internal stakeholders to capture requirements and turn them into solutions for implementation. Knowledge of establishing Power Platform environments, users, licenses, capacity management, and backup policies. Established strong PowerApps practices and strategies to optimize performance, security, and scalability. Produced usable technical documentation and user guides for your applications. Developed Power BI (Business Intelligence) reports and dashboards. Supported training other team members in the use of PowerApps, including pair programming, mentoring, etc. Support UAT with business users, capturing and reporting defects for review and remediation. Strong experience of application building and architectural design. Experience working with product management to define and refine requirements, establishing the MVP of the solution, minimising technical debt. Experience working with a matrix team involving other developers, product managers, designers and architects.

Technical experience: Strong experience with Microsoft Power Platform, architecture, and components. Strong experience developing in PowerApps, Power Automate, Power BI, Dataverse, and SharePoint. Deep understanding of Model-Driven Apps and Canvas Apps. Experience performing PowerApps administration tasks Understanding of integrating PowerApps applications with third-party cloud solutions through APIs. Strong business analysis skills and ability to work with various stakeholders across the council. Experience in Dynamics 365 / Azure is desirable. Understanding of OAuth Experience of SQL Experience of Formulas, C# or Javascript Power Platform Functional Consultant PL-200 (desirable but Power Platform experience and passion are more important).

Mandatory Skills:

The following skills are a mandatory requirement of the position, technical evaluation will be carried out during the interview process and during the probationary period. Dataverse Dynamics 365 Customer Service Power Pages/Portals Power Automate Liquid Templating XRM API for MDA Microsoft Dynamics 365 Web API / OData Javascript – we use this extensively for both Power Pages and MDA CSS HTML REST Knowledge of Azure operations and services FetchXML