Description
Work Model:<br/><br/>Hybrid<br/><br/>Location:<br/><br/>Downtown Toronto (outside Union Station – TTC & GO accessible)<br/><br/>Dress Code:<br/><br/>Business Casual<br/><br/>Start Date:<br/><br/>ASAP<br/><br/>A Great Place to Work<br/><br/>Who We Are<br/><br/>Founded in 1993, Kinross is a Canadian-based senior gold mining company with operations and projects in the United States, Brazil, Mauritania, Chile and Canada. Our focus on delivering value is based on our four core values of Putting People First, Outstanding Corporate Citizenship, High Performance Culture, and Rigorous Financial Discipline. Mining responsibly is a priority for Kinross, and we foster a culture that makes responsible mining and operational success inseparable. Our values-based approach ensures that sustainability and our environmental, social and governance commitments are a core part of our strategy and plans for future growth. In line with our values, we also aim to build meaningful partnerships with all of our stakeholders, including communities, shareholders, employees, governments and suppliers. Kinross maintains listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: K) and the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: KGC).<br/><br/>Job Summary
Kinross Gold Corporation is seeking a Power Platform Engineer to serve as the technical backbone of our Power Platform development practice. Reporting to the Director, Business Solutions and Digital Workplace, this is a hands‑on, engineering‑first role and not an administrative or coordination position. The successful candidate will own the full technical stack: designing and operating CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, building and governing Power Platform ALM frameworks, administering the Power Platform tenant across all workloads, and delivering production‑grade automation solutions for business users and internal departments. This role requires deep, demonstrable proficiency across Power Platform, Microsoft Graph API, PowerShell, PnP PowerShell, TypeScript, and Azure. Work Location: This is a hybrid role based in the Toronto office, requiring onsite presence three days per week, with the remaining two days worked remotely.<br/><br/>Job Responsibilities<br/><br/>CI/CD Pipeline & ALM Framework<br/><br/>Design and build Azure DevOps pipelines to automate Power Platform solution packaging, deployment, and promotion across Dev, Test, and Production environments.<br/><br/>Establish Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) standards using pipelines, solution layering, and environment strategies aligned with Microsoft best practices.<br/><br/>Author and maintain pipeline scripts using PowerShell and TypeScript to automate builds, environment provisioning, connection reference management, and configuration.<br/><br/>Implement branch strategies, pull request policies, and code review workflows using Azure Repos to enforce development standards.<br/><br/>Maintain and evolve the ALM framework as the Power Platform practice matures and scales.<br/><br/>Power Platform Centre of Excellence (CoE)<br/><br/>Platform Administration<br/><br/>Own the tenant‑level administration of the Power Platform across all workloads — including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Automate Desktop, Power Pages, and Copilot Studio — managing environment configuration, tenant settings, capacity allocation, workload‑specific admin center operations, and licensing entitlements for each service.<br/><br/>Define and implement DLP (Data Loss Prevention) policies, environment strategies, and connector governance frameworks to establish a secure, scalable low‑code ecosystem.<br/><br/>Build automation to manage environment lifecycles, license assignments, and maker access using PowerShell and Power Automate.<br/><br/>Produce CoE documentation including runbooks, environment policies, and developer standards.<br/><br/>Solution Development & Delivery<br/><br/>Build Power Platform solutions including Power Apps (canvas and model‑driven), Power Automate cloud flows, Power Pages portals, and Copilot Studio agents to support internal process improvement and business user needs.<br/><br/>Design and implement RPA solutions using Power Automate Desktop, including both attended and unattended automation scenarios for repetitive, high‑volume business processes.<br/><br/>Own the management and administration of the Power Automate Desktop development practice, including machine and machine group configuration, on‑premises data gateway management, run queues, and desktop flow monitoring.<br/><br/>Develop Power Pages sites for internal and external‑facing use cases, including secure data access, Dataverse integration, and custom theming.<br/><br/>Build and maintain custom connectors to integrate Power Platform with enterprise systems and external APIs.<br/><br/>Deliver Dataverse data model design, security role configuration, and environment layering for complex solutions.<br/><br/>Azure Integration & Architecture<br/><br/>Leverage Azure services including Azure Functions, Logic Apps, API Management, Key Vault, and Service Bus to augment Power Platform solutions where low‑code alone is insufficient.<br/><br/>Architect secure, performant integrations between Power Platform and back‑end enterprise systems using Managed Identities, service principals, and certificate‑based authentication.<br/><br/>Collaborate with Azure platform and security teams to ensure Power Platform integrations align with enterprise architecture standards.<br/><br/>Participate in solution architecture reviews, contributing Power Platform and Azure integration expertise.<br/><br/>Copilot Studio & AI Automation<br/><br/>Design and deploy Copilot Studio agents for business use cases, including knowledge‑grounded agents, process automation triggers, and Teams‑integrated assistants.<br/><br/>Govern agent lifecycle through Azure DevOps pipelines and align Copilot Studio environments with the broader Power Platform ALM framework.<br/><br/>Microsoft 365 & SharePoint Online Administration<br/><br/>Perform day‑to‑day Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online administration including tenant configuration, site provisioning, permissions management, and service health monitoring.<br/><br/>Automate M365 administration tasks using PowerShell, PnP PowerShell, and the Microsoft Graph API to reduce manual effort and enforce consistent configuration standards.<br/><br/>Manage SharePoint Online site lifecycle including provisioning, governance policies, storage quotas, and decommissioning workflows.<br/><br/>Build Microsoft Graph API integrations to extend M365 capabilities, retrieve telemetry, and power automation scenarios across Teams, SharePoint, and Exchange Online.<br/><br/>Maintain scripting libraries and reusable PnP templates to accelerate repeatable M365 provisioning and configuration tasks.<br/><br/>Standards, Governance & Enablement<br/><br/>Author and maintain technical standards, design patterns, and developer guidelines for the Power Platform practice.<br/><br/>Other duties as assigned in support of the Business Solutions and Digital Workplace mandate.<br/><br/>Qualifications And Skills<br/><br/>Post‑secondary degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.<br/><br/>Certifications<br/><br/>Strongly Preferred: PL‑400 (Power Platform Developer)<br/><br/>Strong Asset: PL‑600 (Power Platform Solution Architect)<br/><br/>Asset: AZ‑104 (Azure Administrator) or equivalent Azure certification.<br/><br/>Experience<br/><br/>Platform Depth: Minimum 5 years of hands‑on Power Platform development and engineering experience at enterprise scale, including Power Apps (canvas and model‑driven), Power Automate, Dataverse, Power Pages, and Copilot Studio.<br/><br/>CI/CD & ALM: Demonstrated Azure DevOps experience building CI/CD pipelines for Power Platform ALM, including solution export/import automation, branch strategies, and environment promotion.<br/><br/>PowerShell: Advanced PowerShell scripting is a core daily requirement — candidates must demonstrate deep, production‑grade proficiency for M365 administration, environment automation, and pipeline tasks.<br/><br/>Microsoft Graph API: In‑depth, hands‑on Graph API expertise is required — candidates must have real experience building automation and integration solutions across Teams, SharePoint, Exchange, and Entra ID, including REST, delta queries, batching, and service principal authentication.<br/><br/>TypeScript: Strong TypeScript proficiency for pipeline scripting, custom connector development, PCF components, and Power Pages customization.<br/><br/>Azure: Candidates must be able to architect and implement integrations using Azure Functions, API Management, Key Vault, Managed Identities, and service principals, and engage fluently in Azure architecture discussions without hand‑holding.<br/><br/>PnP PowerShell: Hands‑on PnP PowerShell expertise including site provisioning, template application, list and library management, and SharePoint Online administration automation.<br/><br/>M365 & SharePoint Online Administration: Demonstrated experience with Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online tenant administration, site lifecycle governance, and permissions frameworks.<br/><br/>Power Automate Desktop (RPA): Experience with Power Automate Desktop for attended and unattended automation, including machine and machine group administration, desktop flow governance, run queue management, and establishing a PAD development practice.<br/><br/>Copilot Studio: Experience designing and deploying Copilot Studio agents including topic design, generative answers, and Teams channel deployment.<br/><br/>Communication: Ability to communicate technical decisions and platform governance constraints clearly to non‑technical business stakeholders.<br/><br/>Collaboration: Comfortable engaging across IT, security, architecture, and business units on decisions with organizational impact.<br/><br/>Preferred Qualifications<br/><br/>Experience with GitHub Actions as an alternative or complement to Azure DevOps pipelines.<br/><br/>Experience with SPFx (SharePoint Framework) for SharePoint customization.<br/><br/>Exposure to ServiceNow or similar ITSM platforms and their integration with Power Platform.<br/><br/>Travel Requirements<br/><br/>Potential for up to 20% travel.<br/><br/>Compensation And Total Rewards
The base salary range for this role is $115,000 to $125,000 CAD plus a 25% target Short‑Term Incentive bonus and group benefit coverage. The hiring range reflects our targeted compensation framework for the role. The actual offer will be determined through a comprehensive evaluation of each candidate’s experience, capabilities, and potential impact, along with consideration of internal equity, team structure, and benchmark market data for similar positions. In addition to base salary, Kinross offers a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support employee well‑being, performance, and long‑term development.<br/><br/>Existing Vacancy
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