11 Yrs Power Platform Specialist in , us

Overview

Role: Power Platform Specialist. Location: Washington, DC (Onsite). Client: DC Government.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates expertise in conveying technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty.
• 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.
• May require coordination of programming activities being conducted by the application development team.
• Confers with other business and technical personnel to resolve problems of intent, inaccuracy, or feasibility of computer processing and project design.
• Works with necessary personnel to determine if modifications are necessary with interested personnel to determine necessity for modifications or enhancements.
• Leverages excellent written and verbal communication skills to develop new business process and programming solutions as directed by business and technical stakeholders.
• May coordinate activities of application developers.
• Able to identify best practices and standards for the use of the product.
• Proven track record of hands-on technical design and code work within large complex systems.
• Proven hands-on technical work with a variety of technologies.
• Demonstrated technical expertise integrating a variety of diverse technical environments and cross-platform technologies.
• Delivers support and design for industry specific applications that require integration with statewide systems or applications.
• Interacts with executive level business users or technical experts.
• Advanced experience in the required technical subject matter.
• May function as a niche technical SME (Subject Matter Expert).
• Has proven experience across large and complex implementations and systems.
• 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.
• Creating automated workflows using Power Automate to reduce repetitive tasks, integrate systems, manage approvals, and improve overall process efficiency across agency departments.
• 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.
• Evaluating existing business processes and collaborating with stakeholders to identify bottlenecks, process gaps, and opportunities for automation or modernization.
• Designing system architectures, data models, and integration strategies that support secure, scalable Power Platform solutions aligned with agency standards.
• Building custom connectors and integrating Power Platform tools with enterprise systems such as Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams, and third‑party applications.
• Developing documentation including solution designs, process maps, user guides, workflow diagrams, and support materials for newly developed systems.
• Providing training, knowledge transfer, and functional guidance to end users, helping them adopt new tools and take advantage of automated solutions.
• Monitoring and maintaining existing Power Platform solutions, performing updates, optimizations, and troubleshooting to ensure consistent performance and user satisfaction.
• Ensuring solutions meet agency security requirements, compliance standards, and data governance policies, including role‑based security and data‑loss‑prevention (DLP) policies.
• Participating in planning sessions, discovery workshops, and requirements gathering meetings with internal teams to align technical solutions with business needs.
• Supporting the agency’s digital transformation by recommending new automation opportunities, best practices, and process‑improvement strategies.
• Keeping current with Microsoft Power Platform features, enhancements, licensing considerations, and best practices to ensure solutions leverage the latest capabilities

Qualifications

• Minimum Education/Certification Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience

Experience

• 11-15 yrs. conveying technical and functional concepts: 10 years
• 11-15 yrs. preparing complex technical documentation: 10 years
• Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent: 10 years

Other

• Job Type: Full-time
• Ability to Commute