Azure

Dhaka Technologies Limited Company•Washington, DC

8d•$80 - $90•Onsite

About The Position

Dhaka Technologies Limited Company (DTLC) is hiring a hands-on Senior Developer on behalf of the District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA). The developer will build, release, and operate STAAND (Stronger Together Against Abuse and Neglect in DC), the District’s federally certified Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS). STAAND is built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform in a Government Community Cloud (GCC) tenant, with Azure services operating in Microsoft’s commercial cloud. This is a working lead role requiring daily hands-on development, ownership of CI/CD and Power Platform ALM, quality oversight through pull request reviews, production support and release management, and direct engagement with agency staff and partners. The role includes developing Dataverse plug-ins and custom APIs in C#/.NET, PCF controls, TypeScript/JavaScript extensions, Power Fx, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and integrations. The Senior Developer owns build and release pipelines, source control and branching practices, deployment automation, quality gates, infrastructure provisioning, release readiness, production monitoring, incident response, and solution health. The position also mentors staff and contract developers and works with CFSA stakeholders to refine requirements, support UAT, demonstrate work, and communicate delivery status and risks.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a closely related technical discipline; listed as required with 16 years.
At least 10 years of progressive software development experience.
At least 6 years of hands-on Dynamics 365 CE, Dataverse, and Power Platform development.
At least 5 years of C#/.NET plug-in and custom API development for Dataverse.
At least 4 years of TypeScript/JavaScript client extensions and PCF control development.
At least 4 years in a technical lead role over a development team of at least three developers.
At least 4 years authoring and owning Azure DevOps YAML multi-stage pipelines.
At least 4 years of Power Platform ALM experience, including solution layering, environment variables, connection references, and managed deployments.
At least 4 years reviewing pull requests as designated merge authority on a protected branch.
At least 4 years owning production support with defined severity tiers and SLAs.
At least 4 years of Azure development with Functions, Logic Apps, API Management, Service Bus, and Key Vault.
At least 3 years of automated testing for D365 solutions, including unit, integration, and UI regression testing.
At least 3 years of Power Pages or portal development, including web roles and table permissions.
At least 2 years operating a live system through Microsoft biannual release waves.
At least 4 years directly engaging non-technical business users for requirements and UAT.
At least 3 years of secure development practice, including code-level security review, secrets management, and PII/PHI handling.
Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400).
Microsoft Certified: Power Platform DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400).

Nice To Haves

At least 2 years of government cloud delivery experience with GCC, GCC High, or Azure Government.
At least 2 years of infrastructure-as-code experience with Bicep, ARM, or Terraform.
At least 1 year of generative AI integration experience with Copilot Studio, Azure OpenAI, or Azure AI Foundry.
At least 3 years of data and reporting experience with Power BI, Fabric, Synapse, or Data Factory.
At least 3 years mentoring and transferring capabilities to government staff.
Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204).
Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert (PL-600).
Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Customer Service (MB-230) or Sales Functional Consultant (MB-210).
Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500).
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102).
GitHub Actions or GitHub Advanced Security certification.
CSSLP (ISC2).
ITIL 4 Foundation.

Responsibilities

Design and write complex backlog items, including Dataverse plug-ins and custom APIs in C#/.NET, PCF controls, TypeScript/JavaScript client extensions, complex Power Fx, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and integration components.
Build and maintain integrations across GCC and commercial cloud boundaries, including retry, idempotency, dead-letter, and reconciliation logic.
Optimize platform performance, including plug-in execution, queries and FetchXML, API batching, portal behavior, and form and view loading.
Implement functionality across six external portals, including web roles, table permissions, and external-user authentication flows.
Build and maintain automated unit, integration, and UI regression tests; produce prototypes and spikes; and retire technical debt.
Own Azure DevOps YAML build and release pipelines, Power Platform Build Tools tasks, solution packaging, environment configuration, and automated deployments across Dev, Test, UAT, Train, and Production.
Own branching and merge strategy, versioning, release cadence, and source control, ensuring there are no manual production changes.
Maintain environment strategy and hygiene with the Architect, including refreshes, data masking, managed environment policies, DLP alignment, and capacity monitoring.
Integrate static analysis, solution checks, dependency and secret scanning, test execution, and enforced quality thresholds into pipelines.
Automate Azure infrastructure provisioning using Bicep/ARM or Terraform.
Plan and execute releases, including release notes, runbooks, rollback plans, go/no-go criteria, and post-deployment verification.
Prepare for Dynamics 365 release waves and monthly Power Platform updates through early-access testing, deprecation remediation, and regression validation.
Reduce release cycle time, deployment failures, and manual steps, and report DORA-style metrics.
Act as primary pull request reviewer and merge authority for protected branches; enforce coding, security, performance, and test standards.
Maintain the definition of done, PR checklist, and review SLA; review AI-related changes against the Architect’s evaluation framework.
Mentor CFSA staff and contract developers through code review and capability transfer.
Own production defect triage, diagnosis, resolution, root cause analysis, and permanent fixes across modules and portals.
Maintain monitoring and observability using Application Insights, Azure Monitor, Dataverse audit and plug-in trace logs, portal telemetry, and integration dashboards.
Operate to severity and response targets, provide post-release hypercare, and participate in critical incident escalation rotation, including outside core hours as required.
Monitor capacity, storage, license and API consumption, and Azure spending; maintain and exercise backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures.
Keep runbooks, known-error records, and support documentation current.
Engage directly with social workers, supervisors, private agency partners, resource development specialists, and fiscal staff to understand requests.
Facilitate requirements refinement and story elaboration, translating practice language into testable acceptance criteria.
Run sprint-end and pre-release demonstrations, plan and support UAT, triage UAT defects, and provide go/no-go recommendations.
Coordinate release notes, tip sheets, training calendar alignment, and change communications with the training organization.
Serve as the technical point of contact for super-users and the STAAND help desk escalation path.
Brief the District Program Manager and CFSA leadership on delivery status, risks, and trade-offs.