Power Platform Technical Lead

Role: Power Platform Technical Lead

Location: Remote

Shift Hours: 1400 to 2300 hours IST 

Job Type: Direct Hire

Experience: 8+ years

Role Purpose

The Power Platform Technical Lead is the senior technical authority for Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CE),

Dataverse and the wider Power Platform at . The role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership

defining standards, reviewing code, owning the ALM model and ensuring that everything we build on the platform is

scalable, secure and production-ready. The Lead works closely with the Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Solution

Architects and the IT Applications Developer team.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership in D365 & Power Platform

• Act as technical authority for Dynamics 365 CE and Power Platform solutions across , owning architecture

decisions, design patterns and non-functional requirements.

• Mentor IT Applications Developers and citizen makers; raise the technical bar through coaching, design reviews

and pairing.

• Translate business requirements into well-architected Dataverse data models, app designs and integration

patterns.

Solution Management with Native Git

• Own the Dataverse Git integration strategy: branch model, solution segmentation, folder structure, commit

hygiene and developer onboarding.

• Maintain repository standards in Azure DevOps Repos (branch policies, PR templates, required reviewers, build

validation).

• Enforce solution layering, managed-properties discipline and unmanaged-customisation block policies.

Solution Deployment & Versioning

• Design and operate deployments through native Power Platform Pipelines (in PPAC) and complementary Azure

DevOps (ADO) pipelines for code-first artefacts.

• Define environment strategy (Dev / Build / Test / UAT / Pre-Prod / Prod) and the promotion path for each solution

stream.

• Govern release versioning, release notes (incl. Copilot-assisted generation), approval gates and hotfix workflows.

Flow & Agent Management

• Provide design and run-time governance for Cloud Flows, Desktop Flows and Copilot/agent flows: connection

references, environment variables, error handling, performance, throttling.

• Define standards for service-principal-owned flows, sharing models and DLP-compliant connector usage.

Infrastructure as Code Terraform

• Maintain Terraform modules for the Azure resources that support Power Platform (resource groups, service

principals, Key Vaults, Logic Apps, Function Apps, Storage, App Insights).

• Review and approve Terraform pull requests; enforce state-management and module-versioning standards.

Dynamics CRM Plugins & Extensibility

• Design, review and maintain Dataverse plugins, custom APIs, custom workflow activities and PCF components in

C#/.NET.

• Set standards for plugin performance (transactions, depth, ILogger, tracing service) and review for security risk.

Code Review & Standards

• Be the named code reviewer for high-impact Power Platform, Dataverse and Azure-adjacent changes.
• Author and continuously improve coding standards covering C#, TypeScript/JavaScript, Power Fx, Dataverse

plugins and Logic Apps.

• Champion the use of solution checker, Power Platform CLI, ESLint/Prettier and SonarCloud.

D365 Security Management & Configuration

• Design Dataverse security roles, business units, teams, field-level security and hierarchy security.
• Govern security-role version control through solutions and ensure audit-grade traceability of permission changes.

Azure Foundations

• Resource Groups: define naming, tagging and access conventions; review RG-level RBAC.
• Service Principals: govern lifecycle (creation, secret/cert rotation, expiry monitoring) and least-privilege

assignments.

• Key Vault: manage secret storage standards, access policies / RBAC, integration with Logic Apps, Functions, ADO

and Power Platform connection references.

Pipeline Deployment for Logic Apps & Azure Functions

• Own the CI/CD pipelines for Logic Apps (Standard and Consumption) and Azure Functions used as Dataverse

extensions or integration glue.

• Define artefact, slot-swap and parameterisation strategy across environments.

Integration Tooling

• Use Postman and SoapUI to design, document and regression-test REST/SOAP integrations to/from Dataverse,

F&O and third-party systems.

• Maintain shared collections and environments for the developer team.

Programming Languages

• C# (.NET 8+) plugins, custom APIs, Azure Functions.
• TypeScript / JavaScript – client-side scripts, PCF components, Logic Apps inline code.
• Power Fx – formula standards across canvas apps and Power Automate.

Use of AI

• Use GitHub Copilot, Copilot in Power Apps / Power Automate / Power Pages and Copilot Studio to accelerate

delivery and standardise patterns.

• Govern responsible AI use – data handling, prompt patterns, model selection and review of AI-generated code

before merge.

• Identify opportunities to deploy Copilot Studio agents for internal user support and internal IT operations.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 6+ years in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM / Dataverse ecosystem, with at least 2 years in a lead or senior

engineering role.

• Deep, hands-on experience with Dataverse data modelling, security and extensibility.
• Production experience with native Power Platform Pipelines and Dataverse Git integration.
• Strong C# / .NET, TypeScript and Power Fx; comfortable in both pro-code and low-code stacks.
• Demonstrable Azure experience: Resource Groups, RBAC, Service Principals, Key Vault, Logic Apps, Azure

Functions, App Insights.

• Hands-on Terraform for the supporting Azure footprint.
• Experience leading code reviews and authoring engineering standards.
• Proficient with Postman and SoapUI for integration testing.

Desirable

• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert (PL-600).
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) or DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400).
• Experience with Dual Write between F&O and Dataverse.
• Exposure to Copilot Studio and Microsoft AI Builder.
• Experience in a regulated, multi-country enterprise.