Job Description

Description

L

ocation:

Remote-first (UK/Ireland) with occasional travel to Belfast, Dublin and customer sites

Team:

Codec Power Platform Practice

Type:

Full-time

Why this role exists

We're hiring a hands-on Higher Education Lead to own solution design and delivery on Microsoft Power Platform - with Dataverse at the core - while shaping and creating accelerators for repeatable, high-quality outcomes across admissions, student services, case management, outreach, and engagement.

Key Responsibilities

Contribute to HE solution architecture on Power Platform (Dataverse, Model-driven Apps, Power Pages, Power Automate, Power BI) from discovery to go-live and adoption for our HE customers. Assist with accelerator development: define scope, backlog, release cadence, and documentation; turn successful project patterns into reusable components. Design robust Dataverse data models: entities/relationships, security (teams, BPF-stage security, field security), auditing, retention, and environment strategy. Build and govern solutions using solution layering, environment strategies (Dev/Test/Prod), pipelines and ALM (Azure DevOps or GitHub) with managed solutions. Integrations: design and guide implementation via Dataverse APIs, Webhooks, Power Automate (cloud flows), Azure Functions/Logic Apps where appropriate; promote low-code first patterns. Power Pages leadership: site architecture, identity strategies (Entra ID/External Identities), web roles/permissions, Liquid/PCF where needed, and performance/accessibility best practice. Quality & delivery: backlog shaping, refined user stories, acceptance criteria, test strategy (solution checker, automated deployments, telemetry), and "smoke tests" for installs. Stakeholder leadership: run executive-level workshops; translate policy/process into scalable platform capabilities; maintain a trusted-advisor relationship. Practice & pre-sales: shape proposals, estimates, demo storyboards, and proof-of-value builds; coach consultants; contribute to HE thought leadership and community. Outcomes & value: define measurable KPIs (cycle time, conversion, service SLAs, adoption), build lightweight dashboards, and hand over enablement materials.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

What you'll bring

Essential

12+ years delivering Microsoft solutions in the education sector, with a heavy emphasis on Power Platform and Dataverse (including Model-driven Apps). Proven experience designing Power Pages solutions (architecture, security, CMS model, ALM). Strong Power Automate (cloud flows) patterns for approvals, orchestration, and integration. Confident with ALM: solution segmentation, pipelines, managed solutions, and environment strategy. Data modelling, privacy/security by design, role/team/security profile configuration. Excellent facilitation skills: discovery, playback, blueprinting, and C-level communication. Track record delivering in or adjacent to Higher Education (admissions, recruitment/marketing, student services, case management, outreach, research support, or similar).

Desirable

Power BI for operational dashboards; Application Lifecycle instrumentation/telemetry (e.g., Azure Monitor). Azure Functions / Logic Apps for extension patterns when low-code isn't enough. CoE Starter Kit experience (governance, DLP, environment strategy) and ALM Accelerator familiarity. PCF/TypeScript skills for targeted component customisation; C# for advanced extensions. Experience turning delivery artefacts into accelerator components (managed solutions, docs, samples).

Why Codec

Ireland's leading Microsoft partner with a deep track record in Dynamics 365 & Power Platform delivery, a supportive practice, and a culture of productising what works. Meaningful work in Higher Education, modern tooling, and real career growth

About Codec

Established over 40 years ago, Codec is a multi-award-winning Microsoft Solutions Partner, trusted by public and private sector organisations to deliver impactful digital transformation. With offices in

Dublin

,

Belfast

,

Cologne

, and across

Germany

, our team of over

300 experts

specialises in harnessing the full potential of Microsoft technologies--including

Dynamics 365

,

Power Platform

,

Azure

, and

Copilot

--to drive innovation, automation, and operational excellence. Codec combines deep industry expertise with a proven track record to help organisations unlock the power of AI and modern cloud solutions



Though originally best known as a hardware reseller, since 2010 Codec has focused on building an outstanding software consulting business with a team of experts implementing enterprise solutions using products from Microsoft and Oracle. Our customer base, revenues and average contract values have grown steadily year on year and we continue to invest in the provision of new product and service offerings.



Our team is a careful mix of recent graduates and experienced professionals from a variety of diverse cultural backgrounds. We are a melting pot of seasoned consultants supported by the best talent from the local universities. We have a thriving placement student academy and graduate recruitment programme which grows year on year.



This company is an equal opportunities employer