This role is well suited for a hands-on developer who can independently deliver well-defined solution components while collaborating with senior developers, architects, and business stakeholders. These solutions will modernize how mission and business data are collected, managed, monitored, and reported across departmental programs and offices. The successful candidate will have experience working with federal customers, business stakeholders, solution architects, and cross-functional delivery teams to translate defined requirements into secure, scalable, and user-centered solutions. The role will contribute to workflow automation, data quality, reporting, transparency, and operational decision-making across Department of the Interior programs, with guidance available for complex architecture and integration decisions.
Responsibilities
- Develop, test, deploy, and enhance Microsoft Power Platform solutions supporting Department of the Interior programs and business operations.
- Build and customize Model-Driven Apps using Microsoft Dataverse based on approved designs and requirements.
- Configure Dataverse tables, relationships, security roles, business rules, forms, views, business process flows, and data-quality controls.
- Develop and maintain secure external-facing experiences using Microsoft Power Pages.
- Create and maintain Power BI semantic models, dashboards, reports, and visualizations for executive and operational users.
- Build Power Automate cloud flows for submissions, document routing, notifications, approvals, compliance activities, and other business processes.
- Support integrations with Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, Azure services, REST APIs, and approved external systems.
- Follow established application lifecycle management practices for source control, solution packaging, environment variables, connection references, and deployment pipelines.
- Collaborate with product owners, business analysts, architects, senior developers, and users to translate business needs into maintainable technical solutions.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, sprint planning, peer reviews, demonstrations, testing, and release activities.
- Troubleshoot defects, improve application and report performance, and provide production support with appropriate escalation of complex issues.
- Create and maintain configuration documentation, technical procedures, release notes, and knowledge-transfer materials.
- Apply federal security, privacy, records-management, accessibility, and governance requirements throughout the solution lifecycle.
- Contribute reusable components, share lessons learned, and support consistent Power Platform development practices.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional experience developing or supporting Microsoft Power Platform solutions.
- 2+ years building Model-Driven Apps and configuring solutions on Microsoft Dataverse.
- Hands-on experience developing or supporting Power Pages sites.
- 2+ years creating Power BI reports, dashboards, data models, or visualizations.
- Hands-on experience with Power Automate cloud flows and business process automation.
- Working knowledge of integrating Power Platform applications with REST APIs, Microsoft 365 services, SharePoint Online, or external systems.
- Experience using solutions, environment variables, connection references, source control, and deployment processes in a team environment.
- Experience working within an Agile delivery team and communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work in a regulated or process-driven environment; federal or public-sector experience is helpful but not required.
- Technical experience with:
- Model-Driven Apps
- Microsoft Dataverse
- Microsoft Power Pages
- Microsoft Power BI
- Microsoft Power Automate
- Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online
- Microsoft Entra ID and role-based security
- Power Platform ALM and governance
- Git-based source control and CI/CD practices
- JavaScript or TypeScript for client-side extensions
- REST APIs, custom connectors, and integration troubleshooting
- Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400)
- Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300)
- Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900)
- Microsoft Azure fundamentals or developer-focused certification
- CompTIA Security+
- Scrum, Agile, or SAFe certification
- Experience supporting the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, or another federal civilian agency.
- Experience developing compliance, permitting, case-management, grants, contract-management, records-management, or submission-tracking solutions.
- Experience designing secure customer, vendor, or partner portals using Power Pages.
- Knowledge of Power Pages authentication, web roles, table permissions, Liquid, JavaScript, and portal security patterns.
- Experience with complex Dataverse security models, auditing, duplicate detection, data migration, and integration.
- Experience with DAX, Power Query, row-level security, deployment pipelines, and performance optimization in Power BI.
- Experience with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, API Management, Application Insights, or related Azure services.
- Experience working in Microsoft federal cloud environments, including GCC, or under FedRAMP-aligned controls.
- Foundational knowledge of Power Apps Code Apps, including the pro-code development model, local development workflow, source control, and deployment concepts.
- Familiarity with Section 508 accessibility, federal records-management expectations, and secure software-development practices.
- Experience using C#/.NET for Dataverse plug-ins or custom integration services.
Planet Technologies is the leading provider of Microsoft Consulting Services to public sector and commercial organizations. Planet has significant experience in deploying business intelligence, cloud services, unified communications, and systems management with an emphasis building, deploying, and managing custom solutions that transform the business operations of federal government agencies.
Planet Technologies does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms and conditions of employment, or practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law. Select positions at Planet Technologies have Federal Agency Clearance Requirements and may require up to a 10-year background investigation and/or US Citizenship (clearable).
Salaries for Power Platform Developers at Planet Technologies range from $100,000 and $125,000. Several factors will impact final pay offered to a successful candidate including but not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, clearance level, the type of years and experience within the industry, education, training, etc.
Visit www.go-planet.com to learn more about us. Details about our benefits can be found here 2026-2027 Recruitment Guide (1).pdf.docx
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