Power Platform Infrastructure Lead

We are AMS. We are a global total workforce solutions firm; we enable organisations to thrive in an age of constant change by building, re-shaping, and optimising workforces. Our Contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS) is one of our service offerings; we act as an extension of our clients' recruitment team and provide professional interim and temporary resources.

Our Client is one of the world's longest standing general insurers, providing peace of mind to individuals and families, and protecting small businesses and large corporations from uncertainty for more than 305 years. They provide award-winning personal, commercial and specialty insurance products and services direct-to-customers, via brokers and affinity partners.

On behalf of this organisation, AMS are looking for a Power Platform Infrastructure Lead for a 6 month contract. Hybrid position with occasional travel to offices in London and Horsham.

Purpose of the Role:

You will provide technical leadership on Microsoft's Power Platform and engage with other Infrastructure Engineers, Technical Leads, Delivery Leads, and Architects to deliver solutions to agreed designs, patterns and standards. You will manage the implementation of standards, patterns and guardrails for the environment and work closely with the Power Platform PPO and team to provide guidance, mentorship, and oversight to teams using Power platform solutions, ensuring the reliability, scalability, development, and security of the environment.

Responsibilities of the role:

As a Power Platform Infrastructure Lead you will be responsible for:

• Leading the design, development and maintenance of Microsoft Power Platform.
• Ensure we have the appropriate guardrails and controls to support the use of Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Microsoft Co-pilot Studio and other Power Platform related technologies to enable the creation of low code solutions.
• Lead on engagement with stakeholders to understand business needs required for the development of Power Platform.
• Support end-user adoption and best practice use of Power Platform technologies.
• Lead on the creation of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipelines for Power Platform and Azure Services in conjunction with DevOps.
• Take a leading role in helping understand technical skills and capability required now and in the future.
• Task manage technical staff resource as required, setting them clear objectives and tracking them to completion whilst providing appropriate feedback.

What we require from the candidate:

• 5+ years knowledge of Power Platform components (including Power Apps / Power Automate / Power BI / Microsoft Co-pilot Studio).
• Strong knowledge of wider Microsoft M365 product suite (including Entra and SharePoint).
• Some scripting or programming knowledge (e.g. C#, ASP.Net, Ruby, Java, Python, Power Fx, JavaScript).
• Experience of implementing and managing Power Platform components and infrastructure solutions and administration tasks within the Power Platform environment.
• Experience of optimising power apps to increase performance.
• Evidence of planning and managing significant technical change.
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to interact and build working relationships with stakeholders (both technical and non-technical).
• Experience of building strong and effective relationships with both internal and external teams.
• Strong understanding of business complexity and project/platform interdependencies.
• Experience of facilitating workshops and operating as a technical SME.

Next steps

This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

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