Overview

Avanade, Manchester, United Kingdom. Join to apply for the Power Platform Solution Architect role at Avanade.

What You 1ll Do

• Own the end-to-end technical vision for Copilot Studioriven automation and AI solutions.
• Shape solution architectures that integrate Power Platform and potentially Azure AI Services.
• Collaborate with business and IT leaders to understand needs, define roadmaps, and guide delivery.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned to business goals.
• Champion best practices in governance, lifecycle management, and citizen development enablement.
• Stay ahead of the curveexploring new Microsoft AI capabilities and advising clients on how to adopt them.
• Participate in pre-sales engagements, collaborating with enterprise clients to capture requirements, present proposed solutions, and respond to RFPs with clear, solution-oriented proposals that address business needs.

Skills And Experiences

• Expertise in Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents/Copilot Studio).
• Strong understanding of Microsoft AI ecosystem, including Power Platform, Azure AI Foundry and Agentic AI.
• Experience in designing governance models, security, and compliance frameworks for Power Platform.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven leadership in delivery teams, with a focus on mentoring and growing talent.
• Knowledge of integration patterns, enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Arc42).
• DevOps practices a nice to have.

Power Platform Certifications An Advantage

• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform App Maker Associate (PL-100)
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200)
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400)
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert (PL-600)
• Microsoft Certified: Power Automate RPA Developer Associate (PL-500)

About You

You are a trusted advisor who works well where business planning, user needs, and technical design meet. You have proven experience leading Power Platform or AI projects in complex, large-scale organizations.

What You'll Do

• Own the end-to-end technical vision for Copilot Studio–driven automation and AI solutions.

Learn more

Avanade is the leading global provider of digital, cloud, AI and advisory services. Avanade has more certifications, Gold-level competencies and MVPs and delivers to clients worldwide. Our professionals innovate responsibly to make a genuine human impact for our clients, their employees and customers.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting

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