What You Will Do
- Working with functional stakeholders, architects, data owners, security teams, and end users, this role will translate diplomatic, consular, security, and management needs into reliable low-code solutions, integrations, and data experiences that improve operational efficiency, data quality, collaboration, and decision-making.
- Serve on a collaborative delivery team designing and implementing secure Microsoft Power Platform solutions for the U.S. Department of State.
- Partner with Department bureaus, offices, mission stakeholders, product owners, and technical teams to analyze processes, define requirements, and translate user needs into scalable solution designs.
- Build Power Automate cloud flows, approvals, scheduled processes, notifications, and integrations to streamline manual work and improve process consistency.
- Implement application lifecycle management practices using solutions, source control, environment variables, connection references, automated testing, deployment pipelines, and controlled releases across development, test, and production environments.
- Apply security, privacy, accessibility, records-management, and governance requirements throughout solution design and delivery, including least-privilege access and data-loss-prevention controls.
- Perform troubleshooting, performance optimization, peer review, documentation, demonstrations, user-acceptance testing, training, deployment support, and production maintenance.
- Contribute to client delivery, business development, internal firm initiatives, and continued professional development in Power Platform, Azure, and federal consulting.
What You Will Need
- An active and maintained SECRET Federal security clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Minimum THREE (3) years of relevant professional experience
- Experience developing Power Automate cloud flows that use conditions, expressions, approvals, error handling, notifications, and connectors to automate business processes.
- Experience integrating Power Platform with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams, SQL, Azure services, RESTful APIs, or other enterprise systems.
- Working knowledge of Power Platform application lifecycle management, including solutions, environment variables, connection references, source control, deployment pipelines, release management, and separation of development, test, and production environments.
- Ability to troubleshoot application, flow, connector, integration, security, and performance issues and implement maintainable resolutions.
- Experience gathering requirements, documenting technical designs, conducting demonstrations, supporting user-acceptance testing, and translating technical concepts for nontechnical stakeholders.
- Ability to develop solutions that comply with government security, privacy, accessibility, records-management, and data-governance requirements.
- Ability to support on-site and hybrid work for U.S. Department of State stakeholders in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.
What Would Be Nice To Have
- Prior experience supporting the U.S. Department of State, a foreign affairs agency, or another national security or civilian federal client.
- Microsoft Power Platform Developer Associate certification or comparable current Microsoft Power Platform certification.
- Experience extending Power Platform with JavaScript or TypeScript, C#, JSON, HTML, Dataverse plug-ins, custom APIs, custom connectors, or Power Apps Component Framework controls.
- Experience with Power Platform CLI, Azure DevOps or GitHub, automated build and release processes, deployment pipelines, and managed solutions.
- Experience with Power Pages, Microsoft Copilot Studio, AI Builder, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, or Azure integration services.
- Experience establishing or applying Power Platform governance, environment strategy, data-loss-prevention policies, Center of Excellence practices, monitoring, auditing, and adoption standards.
- Experience applying automated testing, performance analysis, accessibility testing, peer review, user-acceptance testing, and quality assurance to business applications and workflows.
- Experience modernizing legacy applications, manual workflows, spreadsheets, or SharePoint-based processes into maintainable Power Platform solutions.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to create concise technical documentation, executive-ready briefings, training materials, and user guidance.
What We Offer
Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
The annual salary range for this position is $113,000.00-$188,000.00.
Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skillsets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
Benefits include:
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
- Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Basic Life & Supplemental Life
- Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short-Term&Long-Term Disability
- Student Loan PayDown Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
- Skills Development & Certifications
- Employee Referral Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
- Mobility Stipend
Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
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