Power Platform Administrator & Governance Lead

Power Platform Administrator & Governance Lead

• Pay Rate: $57.61/hour, depending on experience
• Contract End Date: November 9, 2027
• Location: Calgary, Alberta

Raise is currently hiring a Power Platform Administrator & Governance Lead on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader. Our Client,is one of North America's leading energy infrastructure companies with operations in natural gas, oil and power industries throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico

Note: The primary pay rate is based on T4 classification; however, we will also consider applications from candidates interested in an INC classification, where applicable.

Description

As the Power Platform Administrator & Governance Lead, you will play a pivotal role in driving digital innovation and enterprise scaling with our client.In this role you will be responsible for the end-to-end administration, security, operational management, and governance of Microsoft Power Platform ecosystem (including Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, Power BI, AI Builder, and Copilot capabilities). In this dual-focused role, you will ensure our low-code/no-code and AI environment remains secure, compliant, scalable, and cost-effective-while fostering an empowered Citizen Development community through a "guardrails, not gates" philosophy.

Responsibilities

• Power Platform, Copilot & AI Builder Administration
• Administer Power Platform non-production and production environments, including AI Builder and Copilot features.
• Manage Copilot enablement and usage controls, including feature rollouts, tenant settings, and environment-level configurations.
• Oversee Copilot credit consumption, including monitoring usage trends across business units, allocating credits, identifying cost-optimization opportunities, and forecasting AI expenses.
• Manage the AI Builder lifecycle, overseeing model deployment, usage tracking, capacity planning, and cost efficiency.
• Governance, Risk, Compliance & AI Controls
• Own and evolve the overarching governance framework for Power Platform and Power BI, establishing policies, standards, security controls, and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) practices.
• Configure and maintain critical platform controls, such as Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies, environment strategies, and access management.
• Govern Power BI workspaces, datasets, capacity management, and sharing models to ensure secure data usage.
• Partner with Enterprise AI Governance teams to align Copilot and AI Builder controls with corporate policies on responsible AI, data privacy, and compliance.
• Maintain complete platform inventory, risk classifications, and production-promotion gatekeeping while supporting internal audit requirements.
• Platform Enablement, Citizen Development & Community Leadership
• Lead 's Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE) and Citizen Development program, driving community engagement via champion networks, forums, office hours, and training sessions.
• Establish and execute a scalable citizen development framework using tiered application classifications (Personal, Team, Enterprise).
• Provide guidance, best practices, and guardrails to help business users safely leverage Copilot in development and AI Builder in workflows/apps.
• Create reusable platform assets, including starter kits, solution templates, architectural patterns, and reference architectures.
• Reporting, Analytics & Value Realization
• Track, analyze, and report on platform adoption metrics across Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI workspaces/datasets, and Dataverse capacity.
• Deliver continuous visibility into tenant health, dataset refresh reliability, licensing optimization, and solution maturity (e.g., unmanaged vs. enterprise-grade assets).
• Produce regular executive and audit reports highlighting AI adoption, cost management, governance compliance, and tangible value realization.

Key Performance Deliverables (First 12 Months)

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive hands-on experience administering and governing Microsoft Power Platform and Power BI within an enterprise environment.
• Proven track record configuring, tracking, and managing Microsoft Copilot capabilities, AI Builder models, and credit/consumption allocations.
• Demonstrated experience establishing enterprise DLP policies, environment strategies, security groups, tenant settings, and ALM pipelines (Azure DevOps / Power Platform Pipelines).
• Hands-on experience implementing and customizing the Microsoft Power Platform CoE Starter Kit and running citizen developer programs.
• Essential Skills & Competencies
• Deep expertise in Power Apps (Canvas & Model-Driven), Power Automate, Dataverse, Power BI, AI Builder, and Copilot Studio.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise security frameworks, role-based access control (RBAC), data security models, and compliance standards.
• Ability to monitor usage, forecast licensing/capacity needs, and manage AI credit/token cost models.
• Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to mentor business users ("makers") while translating complex technical governance to leadership.
• Education and Certifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems (MIS), or a related discipline. (Equivalent work experience will be considered).
• Primary / Highly Desired:
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200)
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert (PL-600)
• Secondary / Beneficial:
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400)
• Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102)

Looking for meaningful work? We can help!

We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/nonvisible disabilities.

We have a dedicated webpage for accommodations where you can learn more about what we offer and request accommodation:

#WES

#LI-SC1