Consultant - Power Platform Developer

Job Description:

The U.S. Forest Service (FS) seeks a Power Platform Developer for Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of deployed applications, agile development of new applications, and modernization of legacy applications using both custom and low-code approaches.

Duties/ Responsibilities

• Hands-on software development in an Agile environment for customer-facing and back-office application within the federal space.
• Develop code for a variety of business needs including enhancements, minor updates, security remediation, technology stack updates.
• Function as a developer in a Scrum Team, analyzing and assessing software designs and patterns, developing code and unit tests, coordinating with quality assurance and updating Sprint board and backlog.
• Works with Product Owner and Scrum Master to refine, organize and prioritize work.
• Participate in Sprint Team ceremonies such as kickoff, daily stand-up, planning, sprint demo, retrospective, as well as workflows such as development and refinement.
• Reviews and estimates design and effort for product backlog items including production issues, bugs, and feature enhancements.
• Design, code, test and deploy new features in all Power Platform technologies, including Power Pages, Power Automate, Dataverse, Power BI; Deploy Power Platform using CLI.
• Analyze existing code to verify and correct the implementation of business requirements; Implement and verify bug fixes in Power Pages, Power FX, JavaScript, YAML and LiquidScript.
• Write, edit and review technical documentation (wiki)related to application development and maintenance.
• Use GitHub repository to store source code, libraries, documentation, scripts, source code, document, release packages, and associated artifacts. Able to perform branching, merging and resolve conflicts in GitHub.
• Write clean and efficient code, following best practices and coding standards. Participate in peer reviews of team member code.

Required Skills

• 5+ years overall experience in Microsoft Power Platform
  • 3+ years' experience in Power Pages, Power Automate, and Power Apps that interact with external data sources
  • 2+ years’ experience in Dataverse, data modeling, and Power BI to visualize data and make dashboards.
• Experience in design and development of Canvas and Model-driven Power Apps by utilizing Microsoft Dataverse, SharePoint, or other databases as the backend data storage model.
• Knowledge of relational database concepts
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment, as well as strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage multiple project /application assignments
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