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Role: Power Platform Specialist Client: DC Government Location: Washington, DC (Onsite) Job Description:
Responsibilities
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Demonstrates expertise in conveying technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty.
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Identifies improvements to project standards to achieve high quality services/products. This is a professional position which may require subject matter expertise consistent with demanding and rare technological skills.
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May require coordination of programming activities being conducted by the application development team.
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Confers with other business and technical personnel to resolve problems of intent, inaccuracy, or feasibility of computer processing and project design.
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Works with necessary personnel to determine if modifications are necessary with interested personnel to determine necessity for modifications or enhancements.
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Leverages excellent written and verbal communication skills to develop new business process and programming solutions as directed by business and technical stakeholders.
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May coordinate activities of application developers.
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Able to identify best practices and standards for the use of the product.
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Proven track record of hands-on technical design and code work within large complex systems.
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Proven hands-on technical work with a variety of technologies.
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Demonstrated technical expertise integrating a variety of diverse technical environments and cross-platform technologies.
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Delivers support and design for industry specific applications that require integration with statewide systems or applications.
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Interacts with executive level business users or technical experts.
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Advanced experience in the required technical subject matter.
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May function as a niche technical SME (Subject Matter Expert).
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Has proven experience across large and complex implementations and systems.
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Designing, building, and deploying Power Apps solutions (Canvas and Model‑Driven) to streamline workflows, improve data entry accuracy, and replace manual or paper‑based processes.
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Creating automated workflows using Power Automate to reduce repetitive tasks, integrate systems, manage approvals, and improve overall process efficiency across agency departments.
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Developing end‑to‑end solutions across the Power Platform ecosystem, leveraging Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Dataverse, and connectors to internal and external systems.
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Evaluating existing business processes and collaborating with stakeholders to identify bottlenecks, process gaps, and opportunities for automation or modernization.
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Designing system architectures, data models, and integration strategies that support secure, scalable Power Platform solutions aligned with agency standards.
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Building custom connectors and integrating Power Platform tools with enterprise systems such as Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams, and third‑party applications.
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Developing documentation including solution designs, process maps, user guides, workflow diagrams, and support materials for newly developed systems.
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Providing training, knowledge transfer, and functional guidance to end users, helping them adopt new tools and take advantage of automated solutions.
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Monitoring and maintaining existing Power Platform solutions, performing updates, optimizations, and troubleshooting to ensure consistent performance and user satisfaction.
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Ensuring solutions meet agency security requirements, compliance standards, and data governance policies, including role‑based security and data‑loss‑prevention (DLP) policies.
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Participating in planning sessions, discovery workshops, and requirements gathering meetings with internal teams to align technical solutions with business needs.
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Supporting the agency’s digital transformation by recommending new automation opportunities, best practices, and process‑improvement strategies.
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Keeping current with Microsoft Power Platform features, enhancements, licensing considerations, and best practices to ensure solutions leverage the latest capabilities
Minimum Education/Certification Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience
Job Type: Full-time
Experience:
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11-15 yrs. conveying technical and functional concepts: 10 years (Preferred)
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11-15 yrs. preparing complex technical documentation: 10 years (Preferred)
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Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent: 10 years (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
Compensation
$70.00 - $75.00 per hour