Surface Modernization Power Platform Analyst

Ignite Digital; Chesapeake (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Education stipends

Referral bonuses

Federal government projects

Volunteer & community engagement

Growth opportunities

Supportive management

Job summary

Ignite Digital is seeking a mid-level Surface Modernization Analyst Support in Chesapeake, VA to design, develop, and sustain Power Platform solutions that support modernization planning, ship availability, installation tracking, and closeout activities.

You will collaborate with Business Analysts and stakeholders, implement Power Apps and Power BI workflows, ensure security and data governance, and contribute to continuous process improvement in a Navy environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum three years of experience in Microsoft Power Platform development.
• Microsoft Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400) certification.
• Demonstrated experience developing Canvas and model-driven Power Apps, including Power Fx and user interface design.
• Extensive experience developing Power Automate workflows, including JSON and OData queries.
• Proficiency developing Power BI reports, including Power Query M, DAX, data modeling, and report development.
• Experience troubleshooting applications, validating data, and supporting technical solution lifecycle management.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Secret security clearance or ability to obtain one.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain Canvas and model-driven Power Apps supporting modernization planning, ship availability execution, installation tracking, and closeout activities.
• Configure application forms, views, business rules, validation logic, notifications, and user interfaces using Power Fx and standard Power Platform capabilities.
• Develop Power Automate workflows and approved custom functionality using JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Power Apps Component Framework (PCF), APIs, custom connectors, and Dataverse integrations, as applicable.
• Troubleshoot application defects, improve usability, and implement approved enhancements while minimizing disruption to production services.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts and stakeholders to evaluate requirements, estimate development efforts, and prioritize application enhancements and backlog items.
• Comply with established Navy platform-security, role-based access, data-governance, solution-lifecycle-management, testing, deployment, and system-owner processes.
• Coordinate with stakeholders, data owners, system owners, and platform administrators to support authorized access, application lifecycle management, data integrity, and approved releases.
• Document application configurations, technical decisions, testing results, deployment actions, known limitations, and approved enhancements in accordance with applicable organizational requirements.
• Analyze disparate data sources and develop Power BI reports, dashboards, and analytical solutions within the Microsoft 365 environment.
• Model and visualize modernization and availability metrics, including planning readiness, installation status, milestone completion, cost and schedule variance, material and design readiness, quality, discrepancies, testing, and closeout actions.
• Develop Power Query transformations, DAX measures, and data models to support performance reporting, trend analysis, and leadership decision-making.
• Configure and maintain Power BI Row-Level Security in accordance with Navy-defined access-control and data-governance requirements.
• Validate reporting data with designated data owners and document metric definitions, data sources, refresh schedules, and known limitations.
• Provide program management, data analysis, and knowledge management support for Surface Modernization IPT activities.
• Evaluate existing processes and procedures, identify improvement opportunities, and recommend or implement approved solutions to improve operational efficiency.
• Prepare and deliver recurring metrics, management reports, presentations, and recommendations to support stakeholder awareness and decision-making.
• Coordinate meetings, capture minutes, track action items, and facilitate collaboration among project teams and stakeholders.
• Support quality assurance reviews to ensure applications, processes, and deliverables comply with applicable policies and directives.
• Establish and maintain knowledge management practices using Microsoft 365 tools to improve communication, collaboration, and reporting.

Skills

Power Platform development

Analytical skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Power Apps

Power Automate

Power BI

Dataverse

Power Fx

PCF

Job description

Ignite Digital is seeking a mid-level Surface Modernization Analyst Support in Chesapeake, VA to design, develop, and sustain Power Platform solutions that support modernization planning, ship availability, installation tracking, and closeout activities.

You will collaborate with Business Analysts and stakeholders, implement Power Apps and Power BI workflows, ensure security and data governance, and contribute to continuous process improvement in a Navy environment.