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 and maintain applications built using Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Pages, Power Apps, Power BI and Dataverse. Deploy Power Platform using CLI.
• Design, code and maintain applications built using Microsoft .NET Framework, particularly applications built with RESTful web services in C#, ASP.NET and ASP.NET Razor. Familiar with common patterns such as repository, service, repository, CQRS, mediator, factory and 3 tiered frameworks. Familiarity with nopCommerce nice to have.
• 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

• 2+ years Experience in Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Pages and Power Apps with experience in Dataverse, data modeling
• 5+ years of experience building C#, NET and ASP.NET web applications
• Proficient in JavaScript, jQuery, and CSS
• Proficient in SQL database especially MS SQL Server
• A strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles.
• 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

Education and Experience:

• 5+ years of development experience
• Bachelor of Science in IT, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
  • OR 9 years of development experience in lieu of Bachelor's degree

Travel Requirement:

• Rare/unlikely

Clearance Requirement:

• Public Trust
• s are eligible for this role if they have lived in the United States for at least 3 years. Visa holders are not eligible.

Salary:

• $110k-120k annually