Applications Systems Specialist I – EHRA

State of North Carolina•1020 Birch Ridge Drive Wake, NC

2d•$87,617 - $131,426•Hybrid

About The Position

The N.C. Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) serves as the Technology Center for the State of NC, providing technology 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 role involves building the next generation of collaboration and automation tools for the North Carolina Department of Transportation using Microsoft Power Platform, including SharePoint, M365, Copilot Studio, Power Apps, and Teams. 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 to deliver collaboration and automation solutions.

Requirements

Leverages expertise in building and leading projects for Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Teams, and SharePoint, while 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 expert 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.
Prioritizes 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.