Sr Developer - Power BI/Azure

We are seeking a Senior Developer with deep expertise in Power BI, Azure, and the Microsoft Power Platform ecosystem for a 6-month contract position based in Washington, District of Columbia.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Dynamics 365 CE and Dataverse solutions using C#/.NET plug-ins, custom APIs, and TypeScript/JavaScript client extensions
• Develop and manage Power Platform Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) including solution layering, environment variables, connection references, and managed deployments
• Author and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines using YAML and multi-stage configurations
• Develop Power Pages and portal solutions with web roles and table permissions management
• Build and integrate Azure services including Functions, Logic Apps, API Management, Service Bus, and Key Vault
• Lead and mentor development teams, providing technical guidance and code review authority on protected branches
• Implement and oversee automated testing strategies including unit, integration, and UI regression testing for Dynamics 365 solutions
• Manage production support operations with defined severity tiers and service level agreements
• Support Microsoft biannual release waves and ensure system operational continuity
• Engage directly with non-technical business stakeholders to gather requirements and conduct user acceptance testing
• Apply secure development practices including code-level security reviews, secrets management, and handling of sensitive data
• Develop data and reporting solutions using Power BI, Fabric, Synapse, or Data Factory as needed
• Integrate generative AI capabilities using Copilot Studio, Azure OpenAI, or Azure AI Foundry

Qualifications

• Required

• Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a closely related technical discipline

• 10 years of progressive software development experience

• 6 years of hands-on Dynamics 365 CE, Dataverse, or Power Platform development

• 5 years of C#/.NET plug-in and custom API development for Dataverse

• 4 years of TypeScript/JavaScript client extensions and Power Component Framework (PCF) control development

• 4 years in a technical lead role managing a development team of at least 3 developers

• 4 years of Azure DevOps pipeline authoring and ownership including YAML and multi-stage pipelines

• 4 years of Power Platform ALM experience with solution layering, environment variables, connection references, and managed deployments

• 4 years of pull request review experience as a designated merge authority on protected branches

• 4 years of production support ownership with experience managing defined severity tiers and service level agreements

• 4 years of Azure development experience with Functions, Logic Apps, API Management, Service Bus, and Key Vault

• 3 years of automated testing experience including unit, integration, and UI regression testing for Dynamics 365 solutions

• 3 years of Power Pages or portal development including web roles and table permissions

• 2 years of experience operating live systems through Microsoft biannual release waves

• 4 years of direct engagement with non-technical business users for requirements gathering and user acceptance testing

• 3 years of secure development practice experience including code-level security review, secrets management, and handling of personally identifiable information and protected health information

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

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

• Preferred

• 2 years of government cloud delivery experience with GCC, GCC High, or Azure Government

• 2 years of Infrastructure as Code experience with Bicep, ARM, or Terraform

• 1 year of generative AI integration experience with Copilot Studio, Azure OpenAI, or