Senior Dynamics 365 Power Platform Developer

Job Summary:

The Senior Developer role at CFSA is a hands-on technical lead position responsible for building, releasing, and supporting the STAAND system, a federally certified Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Azure. The role involves daily coding, CI/CD and ALM ownership, quality reviews, production support, and direct collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure the solution meets operational needs.

Responsibilities:

·         Design and develop complex solutions including Dataverse plug-ins, custom APIs, PCF controls, client extensions, Power Fx, Azure Functions, and Logic Apps.

·         Build and maintain integrations across Government Community Cloud and commercial cloud boundaries.

·         Optimize platform performance and implement portal functionalities including authentication and permissions.

·         Develop and maintain automated testing coverage including unit, integration, and UI regression tests.

·         Manage CI/CD pipelines, ALM processes, branching strategies, environment hygiene, and release engineering.

·         Conduct code reviews enforcing coding standards, security, performance, and test coverage.

·         Provide production support, including triage, root cause analysis, monitoring, and incident response.

·         Engage directly with social workers, supervisors, agency partners, and training teams for requirements gathering, demos, UAT support, and change communication.

·         Mentor and transfer knowledge to government staff and other developers.

Required Skills & Certifications:

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

·         16 years of progressive software development experience with at least 10 years hands-on Dynamics 365 CE, Dataverse, and Power Platform development.

·         Proficiency with C#/.NET plug-in and custom API development for Dataverse (5 years).

·         Experience with TypeScript/JavaScript client extensions and PCF control development (5 years).

·         Technical lead experience managing development teams (4 years).

·         Expertise in Azure DevOps pipeline authoring and ownership (YAML, multi-stage) (4 years).

·         Power Platform ALM knowledge including solution layering, environment variables, and managed deployments (4 years).

·         Pull request review and merge authority experience on protected branches (4 years).

·         Production support ownership with defined severity tiers and SLAs (4 years).

·         Azure development experience including Functions, Logic Apps, API Management, Service Bus, and Key Vault (4 years).

·         Automated testing skills for unit, integration, and UI regression tests (4 years).

·         Power Pages/portal development including web roles and table permissions (3 years).

·         Experience managing live systems through Microsoft biannual release waves (3 years).

·         Direct engagement with non-technical business users for requirements and UAT (2 years).

·         Secure development practices including code-level security review, secrets management, and PII/PHI handling (4 years).

·         Government cloud delivery experience (GCC, GCC High, or Azure Government) (3 years).

·         Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400).

·         Microsoft Certified: Power Platform DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400).

Preferred Skills & Certifications:

·         Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204).

·         Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert (PL-600).

·         Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Customer Service (MB-230) or Sales Functional Consultant (MB-210).

·         Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500).

·         Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102).

·         GitHub Actions or GitHub Advanced Security certification.

·         CSSLP (ISC²) certification.

·         ITIL 4 Foundation certification.

·         Infrastructure as code experience with Bicep, ARM, or Terraform (2 years).

·         Generative AI integration experience such as Copilot Studio, Azure OpenAI, or Azure AI Foundry (1 year).

·         Data and reporting skills including Power BI, Fabric, Synapse, and Data Factory (3 years).

·         Experience mentoring and capability transfer to government staff (3 years).

Special Considerations:

·         Must participate in escalation rotation for critical production incidents, including outside core hours.

·         Operate within a Government Community Cloud (GCC) tenant and maintain compliance with government cloud policies.

·         Strict adherence to security practices including handling of PII/PHI and secrets management.

·         Compliance with CAI management approval for absences greater than two weeks.

·         Hybrid work model requiring 4 days onsite per week.

·         No reimbursable expenses allowed.

·         Candidate submissions must comply with vendor hourly rate limits.

Scheduling:

·         Work schedule follows a hybrid model with 4 days onsite per week at the Washington DC location.

·         Availability for production support escalation outside core business hours as needed.

·         Contract period from November 23, 2026 to September 30, 2027.