Power Apps Tech Lead
7 days ago
Sheffield
Who are Valcon: Valcon is a north-western European consulting, technology and data company based in the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and even Croatia. Valcon is private equity backed and in recent years has bought together some of the most exiting companies from these companies to form one of the brightest and most exciting consultancies around. We’re one of the fastest growing companies across Europe and have no plans to stop. What do we do: Our mission is to combine premium consulting with deep technology and data knowledge to add value to our clients. Overview of Technology Practice: We’re at the forefront of empowering the future of work, helping organisations of all sizes achieve their goals. For large enterprises, we eliminate manual labour through automation and intelligent tools, boosting knowledge worker productivity. Across the board, we build high-quality, performant and user-friendly solutions that leverage the latest technologies to deliver exceptional results for both scale-ups and large companies. Our Technology Practice has 5 capabilities: • IT Architecture, • Cloud Engineering, • Software Engineering, • Intelligent Process Automation, • Quality Management Technical Skills Essential: • Proven senior experience in consulting and enterprise environments, delivering and leading Microsoft Power Platform solutions., • Deep technical knowledge in Power Apps (Canvas and Model-driven), Power Automate, and Dataverse., • Experience in Solution Architecture and Platform Governance., • Strong understanding of software delivery and DevOps practices, including:, • Source control (e.g. Git, branching strategies, pull requests)., • CI/CD pipelines for Power Platform solutions (e.g. ALM, Power Platform Build Tools, deployment automation)., • Quality assurance practices (e.g. automated testing, code review, release management)., • Experience building delivery plans and estimations., • Experience integrating Power Platform solutions with Microsoft Azure and other 3rd party systems (via custom connectors, APIs, PowerShell)., • Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills., • Experience and ability to lead and mentor teams and more junior colleagues., • Experience delivering projects under Agile methodology., • Ability to lead discovery phases to understand business needs, define value, and shape deliverables. Desirable: • Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect certified., • Experience with Azure DevOps for work management, pipelines, and automation., • Experience with Power BI., • Ability to build custom components with pro-code (JavaScript / C#)., • Familiarity with C4 architecture model (or similar)., • Low-code and automation pre-sales experience. Responsibilities • Lead the technical scope, feasibility, delivery, and decision-making to meet project deadlines and goals., • Coach, guide, and lead more junior team members., • Define and maintain best practices for Power Platform development, DevOps, and governance., • Conduct technical QA across solutions and delivery phases., • Participate in proposals and workshops with clients, providing estimations and technical insight (pre-sales activities)., • Define and advise clients on governance, standards, and best practices., • Translate business requirements into scalable, supportable technical designs., • Run discovery workshops and map business processes., • Build Power Apps and Power Automate flows, integrating with data sources and systems., • Participate in test cycles, deployment, and production readiness activities., • Contribute to internal knowledge sharing and capability development. Personality and Mindset • A leadership mindset, taking ownership and inspiring others., • Positivity and resilience in the face of challenges., • Strong conceptual and analytical thinking abilities.