Senior Application Programmer

• The scope of the proposed services will include the following:

• Application Development & Solution Design

• Design, build, and maintain Power Platform solutions including:

• Canvas and Model-driven Power Apps
• Power Pages
• Power Automate cloud flows and approvals
• on-Prem and Cloud RDBMS and Dataverse data models, business rules, and security roles

Power BI reports and dashboards

• Translate business and program requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Develop reusable components, patterns, and templates aligned with OTS standards
• Knowledge transfer and train our in-house developers to come up to speed

Integration & Architecture

• Integrate Power Platform solutions with:
• Microsoft 365 services
• Dynamics 365 (where applicable)
• Azure services and external systems via connectors and APIs
• Apply best practices for performance, scalability, and maintainability

Governance, Security & Compliance Implement role-based security, data loss prevention (DLP) policies, and environmental strategies

• Ensure solutions comply with Louisiana OTS standards and applicable federal and state regulations (e.g., security, privacy, accessibility)
• Support audits, documentation, and technical reviews

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work closely with business stakeholders, project managers, architects, and other developers
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers and citizen developers
• Participate in solution reviews, code reviews, and architecture discussions

• Innovation & Emerging Capabilities

• Evaluate and pilot new Power Platform features and capabilities
• Copilot Studio experience (plus):
• • Assist in designing conversational AI solutions and virtual agents
• • Support use cases such as knowledge retrieval, case intake, and internal support automation

• Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are mandatory:

• 5+ years of experience developing solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including:

• Power Apps
• Power Automate
• on-Prem and Cloud RDBMS, Dataverse
• Power BI

• 5+ years of demonstrated strong understanding of:

• Application lifecycle management (ALM)
• Environment strategy with Deployment and Troubleshooting (Dev/Test/Prod)
• Security and role-based access control
• SQL Queries

• 5+ years of experience gathering requirements and translating them into technical designs.