Planet Technologies, the Nation’s leading Microsoft services provider to the public sector, is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our growing team as a Power Platform Strategist. In this role, you will be supporting impactful projects that make a difference for our country.
The Planet Technologies West Region is looking for a Power Platform Strategist. The successful candidate's skills bridge Power Platform development, business solutioning, and the human experience of technology. The successful candidate likely has a work history as a developer who speaks Power Platform as a primary language and is a business analyst at heart. They have a flexible mindset and demeanor that allows them to "run the mile they are in," meaning they navigate work with a deep trust of their core problem solving abilities even when encountering unfamiliar, difficult, or ambiguous contexts, which brings them and their teammates across all types of finish lines.
Essential Functions
Strategic and Technical Leadership
- 5-7+ years experience, including Power Platform development, and consulting contexts.
- Takes responsibility for a team's technical delivery, regardless of personally performing the technical work
- Naturally identifies gaps and coaches Project Team members without being asked
- Comfortable delegating tasks and can do so appropriately
- Communicates effectively when technical activities or needs evolve on a project
- Understands risk and can effectively identify and escalate risk
- Demonstrated ability to hold a vision and advocate for the types of work and approaches to work that a team or technical area should be or wants to be doing
- Demonstrated ability to generate and communicate opinions to management on the staffing, staff development, technical resources, and other factors needed for a team or technical area to succeed
Consulting Skills Required
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Handles constantly changing conditions with calm confidence
- High level of initiative and accountability for deliverables and deadlines
- Knows that developing heads down is ideal, but can still operate effectively when consulting conditions become reasonably chaotic
- Clear grasp on limits of personal knowledge, yet can comfortably navigate conversations that stretch these limits
- Confident asking for help
- Enjoys problem solving
- Likes to learn and naturally keeps aware of new developments in the field
- Welcoming personality
- A positive ‘can-do’ attitude with a strong commitment to customer support
- Establishes trust through actions
- Ability to communicate technical aspects to non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- An active and proactive team member e.g., speaks up, shows up prepared
Technical Abilities
Other Requirements
- Candidates must be US Citizens as this work entails working with State and Local Government Agencies.
- Travel: 0 - 25%
- Must be able and willing to work Pacific Time work hours
Planet Technologies is the leading provider of Microsoft Consulting Services to public sector and commercial organizations. Planet has significant experience in deploying business intelligence, cloud services, unified communications, and systems management with an emphasis building, deploying, and managing custom solutions that transform the business operations of federal government agencies.
Planet Technologies does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms and conditions of employment, or practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law. Federal Agency Clearance Requirements may require up to a 10-year background investigation - US Citizenship (clearable) is required.
Salaries for Power Platform Specialists at Planet Technologies range from $120,000 and $165,000. Several factors will impact final pay offered to a successful candidate including but not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, clearance level, the type of years and experience within the industry, education, training, etc.
