Job Details

Job: Senior Power Platform Developer

Location: Richmond, VA 23219 (Hybrid)

Duration: 12 months contract

Senior Power Platform Developer to help with various projects.

Hybrid work schedule must be able to work on site.

Does the candidate have experience modifying Apps developed by someone else?

This is to request an experience Power Platform developer to assist in a a variety of projects. The first is to tweak an existing application, moving it from Model driven to Canvas and making some corrections. We are also whiteboarding another project that will largely be a portal implementation. We currently have a small, but effective staff who will work with you. We identified the following skills as key:

Skill Area Table

Skill Area

Specific Skills

Recommended Experience

Notes

Canvas Apps

• App design & UX
• Custom connectors
• Responsive layouts
• Delegation handling

3-5 years

Canvas apps have been widely used since ~2018.

Model-Driven Apps

• Dataverse schema design
• Business rules
• Command bar customization
• Security roles

3-5 years

Essential for structured, data-driven apps.

Power Pages (formerly Portals)

• Web roles & permissions
• Liquid templates
• Web forms & lists
• Authentication (AAD, external)

2-4 years

Power Pages rebranded in 2022; experience with Portals counts.

Power Automate

• Cloud flows
• Approvals
• Error handling
• Integration with SharePoint, Dataverse, Outlook

3-5 years

Core to automating business processes.

Dataverse

• Table relationships
• Business rules
• Dataflows
• Security model

3-5 years

Backbone of Model-Driven Apps and Power Pages.

Power BI (optional but valuable)

• Embedding in Power Apps
• Data modeling
• DAX basics

1-3 years

Useful for integrated reporting.

Security & Governance

• DLP policies
• Environment strategy
• Role-based access

2-3 years

Especially important in enterprise environments.

Licensing & Cost Optimization

• Understanding of Power Platform licensing tiers
• Cost-effective architecture

1-2 years

Helps avoid over-architecting and unnecessary costs.

Soft Skills

• Agile/Scrum familiarity
• Requirements gathering
• Stakeholder communication

5+ years (general experience)

Crucial for successful delivery and collaboration.