Power Platform Specialist

The Power Platform Specialist provides expert‑level leadership in designing, architecting, and maintaining complex low‑code solutions that drive agency‑wide automation and digital modernization. They oversee the development of advanced Power Apps and Power Automate workflows, integrating systems and optimizing business processes at scale. This role evaluates enterprise processes, shapes solution architectures, and ensures secure, compliant, and high‑performance implementations across the Power Platform ecosystem. • 11-15 years of experience. Subject Matter Expert of a specific (often specialized) application technology with demonstrative ability to convey both technical and functional concepts. • 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. • 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. • 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. • 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 • Prefer local DMV based candidates as it's an onsite role