Power Platform Technical Specialist
Job description
Job title: Power Platform Technical Specialist
Team: Digital Factory
Location: Any Scottish Enterprise hub, with home working options
Salary: £57,060
Hours: 35 hours a week with flexible working options considered
Status: Permanent
Closing date: 23 April 2025
Job ref no: R00603
Be part of building Scotland's future
Scottish Enterprise is Scotland’s national and international economic development agency. We work to transform the Scottish economy by helping businesses to innovate and scale. Our work is critical to the Scottish Government’s National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET) and its goals of creating high-value jobs, boosting productivity and growing national wealth.
Are you looking to lead innovative projects, develop your Microsoft technologies expertise even further, and collaborate with teams from across Scottish Enterprise to drive our digital transformation? You can do all this (and more) as a Power Platform Technical Specialist.
You’ll be in charge of developing and implementing enterprise-level applications that power our business processes and improve experiences for our customers. You’ll have a direct impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of our digital services – equipping colleagues everywhere to perform at their best.
The role
Providing technical subject matter expertise on complex projects and change initiatives, you’ll work closely with the Lead Developer to devise suitable design processes for a variety of technical business challenges. This means you’ll also assist and influence other technical team members, cross-functional leads, and business stakeholders.
With time, you could potentially manage a small team: identifying the skill sets and resourcing needed to achieve project outcomes, ensuring SLAs and estimates are met, mentoring colleagues, and managing competing demands. You’ll also contribute to and implement changes in our delivery and support service functions and processes—promoting awareness of technical standards and principles and evolving these to better fit the needs of people and departments across Scottish Enterprise.
This role is aligned to the DDAT level of Senior Developer (Software Developer – Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework on GOV.UK opens in a new window), but with a focus on Power Platform and no-code/low-code.
Your responsibilities will include:
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Producing and managing relevant technical documents for the systems application lifecycle
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Maintaining best practices for platform administration and monitoring
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Identifying warning signs when software delivery is at risk and taking appropriate action to resolve issues
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Working closely with other functions across our Digital Factory and DDIT to ensure system integrations are secure and stable, and that service management issues are resolved quickly
Who we're looking for
Your skills, abilities and experience should include:
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Hands-on experience designing and implementing enterprise-level applications built on the Power Platform (including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, and Power Virtual Agents)
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Proficiency in configuring and using Microsoft Dataverse and deploying Dynamics 365 applications
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Appropriate Microsoft certifications to demonstrate your expertise
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Experience with advanced customisation techniques using JavaScript and TypeScript, server-side development such as plug-ins, and developing reusable components using the Power Platform Framework
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A solid understanding of iterative software development and application lifecycle management
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Experience managing or mentoring a team and working in agile environments
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Familiarity with Azure DevOps or similar tools for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), as well as backlog and progress tracking
You should be a proactive problem solver who can spot warning signs of issues with software delivery and take action to address them. You’ll have strong communication skills, be passionate about digital delivery, take a data-driven approach, and be able to see the bigger picture while managing and prioritising iterative developments.
Ideally, but not essentially, you’ll also have:
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Experience with the wider Microsoft 365 platform, including SharePoint, Forms, and Teams
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Experience configuring and deploying Power BI solutions
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Experience using bespoke Microsoft Azure cloud services like Logic Apps and Function Apps
How to apply
If you're interested in this role, please complete your application by Wednesday 23 April 2025.
Interviews will take place on these dates:
- Thursday 1 May 2025 (first round)
- Wednesday 7 May 2025 (second round)
Life at Scottish Enterprise
As one of Scotland’s Top 10 Flexible Employers, we pride ourselves on empowering our colleagues to work when and where they can best deliver their role in support of our corporate plan. Learn more about working with us
Our values
Being part of Scottish Enterprise means being open to new ideas and trying different ways of working. We support each other to reach our full potential. We celebrate shared success and learn together when things don’t go so well. And we always treat each other fairly, with respect and understanding. Together, we are the difference.
Apply now and build your future with us
At Scottish Enterprise, we’re proud to celebrate difference. Diversity of experience and thought is vital to the success of our vision for the future of every community across Scotland. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
We commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required, not only during the application and assessment process, but throughout your employment with us.
We have the following networks, which are open to all colleagues to help drive inclusion: Disability Positive, Gender Balanced, Multi-Cultural, Multi-Generational and Pride (LGBTQ+).