Applications Systems Specialist I – EHRA

State of North Carolina • Wake County, NC

17h • Hybrid

About The Position

The N.C. Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) serves as the Technology Center for the State of NC, providing services to state and local government agencies, as well as schools, colleges and universities. NCDIT’s mission is to enable trusted business-driven solutions that meet the needs of North Carolinians. This position is designated Statutory Exempt (EHRA) and is exempt from the State Human Resources Act. This position may be eligible for hybrid remote work in accordance with state policy and the agency’s remote work program but does require weekly onsite work. The position is for an M365 & Power Platform Specialist to help the North Carolina Department of Transportation build the next generation of collaboration and automation tools. The role involves building complex workflow collaboration tools within SharePoint, M365, Copilot Studio, Power Apps, and Teams, and modernizing NCDOT and NCDMV. The primary responsibility is to support the DIT-T Web Systems UI Design Unit as a dedicated automation and workflow developer, building complex collaboration tools and applications, performing requirements and testing analysis, and mentoring junior developers. This position will lead projects with NCDOT stakeholders, external vendors, and internal NCDIT-Transportation teams. The Web Systems unit directs all Internet/Intranet based application development, reports, server/system architecture, and web system maintenance for the NCDOT infrastructure, employing management, architects, application developers, web designers and subject matter experts.

Requirements

• Expertise in building and leading projects for Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Using Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI, and sometimes on-premises SharePoint sites.
• Expert-level know how with Power Platform environments, including user management, solutions, Dataverse and pipeline configuration.
• Knowledge of Microsoft 365 platform including Exchange, Entra, and the Azure ecosystem.
• Subject matter expertise with SharePoint as a platform, specifically sites, permissions, Content Types, Site Columns, Lists, Libraries, metadata, column types, and validation and how to use these within workflow driven solutions with Microsoft Power Automate.
• Prioritizing a great user experience, whether in chatbots, apps, or automations.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or an IT related field or related technical degree from an appropriately accredited institution and four years of progressive experience in business application consulting or development OR Associate degree in computer science or an IT related field or related technical degree from an appropriately accredited institution and five years of progressive experience in business application consulting or development OR High School or General Education Development (GED) diploma and eight years of experience in business application consulting or development; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing and building large Microsoft 365 and Power Platform development projects.
• Utilizing architectural knowledge of cloud-hosted platforms like SharePoint forms, sites, permissions, Content Types, Site Columns, Lists, Libraries, metadata, column types, and validation, and how to use these within workflow-driven solutions.
• Demonstrated abilities in supporting and building with the Microsoft 365 toolset (for example by utilizing Microsoft Teams, SharePoint (online and on-premise), Planner, OneDrive, Outlook, and/or associated Azure tools).
• Expertise in building with Power Platform tools such as Power Apps, Power Automate (Flow), or Power BI to develop or automate business processes in a GCC or GCC-High government cloud environment.

Responsibilities

• Building complex workflow collaboration tools within SharePoint, M365, Copilot Studio, Power Apps, and Teams.
• Modernizing and moving forward the NCDOT and NCDMV.
• Supporting the DIT-T Web Systems UI Design Unit as a dedicated automation and workflow developer.
• Building complex collaboration tools and applications.
• Performing requirements and testing analysis.
• Mentoring junior developers on smaller work efforts.
• Leading projects with NCDOT stakeholders, external vendors, and internal NCDIT-Transportation teams to facilitate and deliver collaboration and automation solutions.
• Directing all Internet/Intranet based application development, reports, server/system architecture, and web system maintenance for the NCDOT infrastructure.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level