We have an exciting opportunity for a Power Platform Engineer to join our growing IT team based in the A\&O Shearman Belfast office.
The core of the global technology department’s mission is to provide stable, reliable, and secure platforms and services to our partners, staff and clients and fulfil our regulatory obligations across 30+ countries. To ensure that a consistent and standardised IT service is delivered to all offices, IT is managed and led as a global function, enabling all offices to benefit from complete systems integration and economies of scale. We have around 400 technologists based predominantly in the UK, Singapore and increasingly in the US.
The Team - Enterprise Technology Platforms
The Enterprise Technology Platforms team is responsible for shaping the strategic direction and roadmap of the firm’s core technology platforms. These platforms act as the foundational ‘building blocks’ that enable the delivery of strategic business outcomes. The team ensures that platform services are continuously improved, aligned with business needs, and prioritised effectively. By designing, building and managing these platforms, the team simplifies and enhances the firm’s technology landscape—making it more efficient, scalable and fit for purpose.
Reporting to the Principal Power Platform Engineer, this role develops, maintains and operates solutions and integrations within the Power Platform. The role is responsible for directing and working with external third-party service providers.
The role is accountable for delivering Power Platform solutions that the firm develops internally in line with firm wide or departmental objectives, policies and standards. It will be required to use all tools at their disposal including APIs to integrate systems, to create bespoke applications for business stakeholders.
What you will do* Develop and operate internal software applications and microservices in alignment with the firm’s strategy, standards and policies.
Participate in sprint planning, retrospectives and demos. Work with fee earners and business teams to promote the Power Platform and manage the backlog of the team.
Work with fee earners and business teams to design, build, test and deploy solutions following all architectural best practices and procedures.
Write unit, integration and acceptance tests.
Work with Technology Services to resolve operational issues and plan and deploy software releases.
Support the Enterprise Architecture \& Technology Platforms leadership team to collectively define, implement and operate the firm’s Power Platform engineering.
Work with stakeholders from Software Engineering, Data Governance and Information Security to ensure solutions are performant, compliant and secure.
Act as the focal point for matters related to Power Platform engineering, providing expert guidance to other teams when required.
Support service provider reviews to assess performance against service targets, drive innovation and ensure any remediation activities are being delivered.
Contribute to the management of the Power Platform engineering budget and benefits delivery, developing estimates and tracking performance against plans.
Identify and pursue opportunities for continuous improvement in Power Platform engineering. Including improving and extending continuous integration and deployment pipelines.
What you will have* Direct experience in software and API development, specifically the Microsoft Power Platform, preferably within the legal or professional services sector.
Expertise in Power Platform technologies, with deep knowledge of Canvas Apps, Model-Driven Apps, and Power Automate. Proven experience in managing these solutions operationally, including effective Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) practices using Azure DevOps and establishing CI/CD pipelines within an agile delivery environment.
Working knowledge of modern development frameworks, methods and languages (e.g. C# .NET)
Knowledge and understanding of software architecture, patterns, testing and debugging.
Solid understanding and experience in use of the testing pyramid.
Experience working DevOps teams, Azure Cloud and GitHub workflows.
Experience of agile working methods and work item tracking tools.
Knowledge of current IT trends and ability to be source of good practice and innovation across the wider engineering community.
Proven track record of managing projects and changes. Gathering requirements and working with stakeholders.
At least 5 years background in the IT industry, with 2-3 years experience in developing Power Platform solutions.
Proven stakeholder engagement and presentation skills.
Ability to work cross functionally, building strong relationships with stakeholders.
Proven business acumen and ability to understand how they add value the function, firm or clients.
Ability to lead and develop team members.
Promotes the firm's values at all times and is comfortable working with a wide range of people and departments.
A\&O Shearman is a global industry-leading law firm, with nearly 50 offices in 28 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.
We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world’s leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.
Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development; we are committed to an inclusive environment, and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimize your wellbeing.