About This Role
This role involves the administration, governance, and strategic enablement of the Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, CopilotStudio, and related AI capabilities. The administrator partners across IT, FinOps, compliance, and business teams to ensure the platform is secure, scalable, cost-effective, and aligned with organizational objectives, while enabling innovation, automation, and data-driven decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end administration of the Power Platform tenant, including development, test, user acceptance, and production environments
- Implement and maintain the 4-zone environment strategy, including data loss prevention (DLP) policy enforcement, application lifecycle management (ALM) pipelines, and Managed Environments
- Manage the environment provisioning lifecycle and drive continuous improvements in operations efficiency and service delivery
- Administer on-premises data gateway patching, monitoring, and security controls
- Maintain the Center of Excellence (CoE) toolkit and reporting framework to support platform governance and adoption
- Govern Power Platform assets, including applications, flows, and AI-enabled solutions, ensuring compliance with governance standards and remediation of noncompliant assets
- Enforce FERPA and GDPR obligations across US, UK, and NL environments
- Identify, prioritize, and resolve governance, security, and compliance issues within the platform environments
- Drive DLP policy design, Power Pages security hardening, and connector access controls
- Serve as the primary contact for Power Platform security assessments and audit responses
- Govern Copilot Studio agents, AI Builder models, and Agent Builder deployments in alignment with enterprise AI strategy and governance requirements
- Develop and manage capacity allocation and consumption strategies to optimize licensing, utilization, and cost efficiency
- Define and enforce guardrails for AI agent publishing, data access, and external connector usage
- Monitor AI-related consumption, flag anomalies, and collaborate with FinOps to optimize licensing and billing
- Support business units extending D365 via Power Platform for reporting, automation, and integrations
- Manage Power Platform environments tied to D365 Sales, Customer Service, and related workloads
- Partner with the D365 team to accelerate the platform maturity curve following the February 2026 launch
- Enable and govern Power Pages portals connected to D365 environments
- Provide ALM support and environment guidance to citizen developers and business unit makers
- Deliver onboarding, training, and best-practice guidance to platform users and makers
- Review and approve environment, connector, and platform requests in alignment with governance policies and standards
- Collaborate with the Azure team on hybrid connectivity and infrastructure dependencies
- Partner with the FinOps team to monitor Power Platform licensing spend, capacity utilization, and cost optimization opportunities
- Identify and resolve licensing, billing, and capacity management issues to ensure effective platform operations
- Produce monthly platform spend and utilization reports for IT leadership
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- In lieu of a degree, an additional 3 years of experience may be considered
- 3 years Power Platform experience (Azure preferred)
Nice to have:
- Experience administering Dynamics 365 environments and Power Platform–D365 integrations
- Familiarity with Microsoft Managed Environments, pipelines for ALM, and advanced DLP configurations
- Working knowledge of Azure Active Directory, Azure integration services, or on-premises data gateways
- Experience with FinOps principles and Microsoft licensing optimization (capacity vs. PAYGO models)
- Hands-on experience with the CoE Starter Kit — deployment, customization, and reporting
- Exposure to multi-region, multi-regulatory environments (US, UK, EU)
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid vacation, sick, holiday, and parental bonding leave
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Long-term and short-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Money-saving discounts and financial planning tools
- Tuition assistance and education coaching
- Caregiving support and resources for the children and adults in your family
Important Details
- Work format: hybrid, requiring 3 days a week onsite
- Locations: Newton, MA or Westminster, CO
- Application deadline: 9/28/2026
About the Company
Bright Horizons is a leading education and care company that helps employees thrive at work and at home by partnering with employers to offer high-quality child care, elder care, and educational support. The company's workplace reflects this commitment—with collaborative environments, meaningful benefits, and a culture that supports both career growth and personal well-being. Bright Horizons is a community where people grow, futures are shaped, and lives are changed.
