This is a remote position.

 Senior Application Programmer (Power Platform Developer)

Project Overview

The Office of Technology Services (OTS) was established as a means of recognizing cost savings through the consolidation of State IT assets and resources. The creation of OTS consolidated a wide variety of existing hardware platforms, operating systems, database management systems, networks, third-party software, and custom applications.

OTS leads the State’s technology procurement process to standardize technology over the entire organization, seek efficiencies of operations, maintenance, and scalability of new products introduced to the OTS suite of services, which can eventually be offered to all in-scope agencies.

Duties/Responsibilities

Application Development & Solution Design

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

o   Canvas and Model-driven Power Apps

o   Power Pages

o   Power Automate cloud flows and approvals

o   on-Prem and Cloud Relation Database Management Systems (RDBMS) and Data verse data models, business rules, and security roles

o   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:

o   Microsoft 365 services

o   Dynamics 365 (where applicable)

o   Azure services and external systems via connectors and APIs

o   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):

o   Assist in designing conversational AI solutions and virtual agents

o   Support use cases such as knowledge retrieval, case intake, and internal support automation 

Requirements

Education

·        Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, or related field.