Senior Specialist - Power Platform Developer

Job Description

Senior Specialist - Power Platform Developer   

The Opportunity 

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare. 

• Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. 

• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats. 

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company's’ IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy. 

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centres. 

Role Overview 

We are seeking an experienced Power Platform Developer to design, build, deploy, and maintain business applications across the Microsoft Power Platform and Dataverse ecosystem — spanning low-code (Canvas/Model-Driven), pro-code (Code Apps), and custom development (plugins, PCF). The role covers the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) — from requirements and development through security configuration, testing, and multi-environment deployment. 

What You Will Do 

Application Development 

• Design and build Canvas Apps and Model-Driven Apps based on business requirements. 

• Build Code Apps using modern web frameworks (React / TypeScript), integrating with the Power Platform SDK, connectors, and Dataverse while running inside the managed Power Platform environment. 

• Develop and maintain Power Automate cloud flows (and desktop flows where relevant) for process automation and integrations. 

• Develop custom business logic via Dataverse plugins (C#), custom workflow activities, and Power Fx formulas. 

• Create custom components (PCF controls) where standard capabilities are insufficient. 

Data & Dataverse 

• Design and maintain the Dataverse data model (tables, columns, relationships, keys, business rules). 

• Write and optimize queries against Dataverse using SQL / CDS (Common Data Service) query patterns, FetchXML, and the TDS endpoint. 

• Manage data import/export, migration, and integration with external systems. 

Security & Permissions 

• Configure and administer Dataverse security — security roles, business units, teams, field-level security, and hierarchy security. 

• Implement least-privilege access models and troubleshoot permission-related issues. 

• Apply appropriate connector authentication and API permission handling for Code Apps. 

SDLC & Deployment (ALM) 

• Manage solution lifecycle (ALM) using managed/unmanaged solutions. 

• Handle deployments across environments (Dev → Test/QA → UAT → Prod) through the SDLC. 

• Implement CI/CD pipelines (Power Platform Pipelines, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions) with source control for solution components and Code App source code. 

• Manage build/deploy processes for Code Apps (npm/Node build tooling, pac code CLI), environment strategy, connection references, and environment variables. 

Governance & Quality 

• Follow coding standards, documentation practices, and testing (unit/integration/UAT). 

• Support production incidents, monitoring, and performance tuning. 

What should you have 

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Agricultural Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience 

Required Skills & Experience 

Category 

Skills 

Power Platform (Low-Code) 

Canvas Apps, Model-Driven Apps, Power Automate, Power Fx 

Power Platform (Pro-Code) 

Code Apps (React/TypeScript), Power Platform SDK, Power Apps CLI (pac CLI), PCF controls 

Custom Code 

C# for plugins & custom workflow activities, .NET, JavaScript/TypeScript for client-side 

Web Development 

HTML/CSS, React, TypeScript, REST/OData API consumption, Node.js/npm tooling 

Dataverse 

Data modeling, business rules, calculated/rollup columns, alternate keys 

Data / Query 

SQL, CDS/Dataverse queries, FetchXML, TDS endpoint, OData Web API 

Security 

Security roles, business units, teams, field-level & hierarchy security 

ALM / SDLC 

Managed vs unmanaged solutions, Power Platform Pipelines, Azure DevOps/GitHub, source control (Git), environment strategy 

Integration 

Custom & premium connectors, REST APIs, Dataverse Web API 

Nice-to-Have / Preferred 

• Microsoft certifications: PL-400 (Power Platform Developer), PL-600 (Solution Architect), PL-200 (Functional Consultant). 

• Experience with Azure services (Functions, Logic Apps, Key Vault, Service Bus, Static Web Apps). 

• Familiarity with modern front-end build tooling (Vite, Webpack) and component libraries (Fluent UI). 

• Dynamics 365 CE module experience (Sales, Customer Service, etc.). 

• Power BI for reporting/analytics. 

• Knowledge of governance, DLP policies, and Center of Excellence (CoE) practices. 

Primary Skills 

• Dataverse  

• Power Platform 

• Low-Code/Pro-Code Solutions 

•  Canvas Apps, Model-Driven Apps  

• Java Script, SQL, CDS/Dataverse queries 

• FetchXML 

•  Power Platform Pipelines, 

•  Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions 

Who we are 

We are known as well-known org Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world. 

What we look for 

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today. 

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