Senior Application Programmer (Power Platform Developer)

About the role

Sierron is seeking a Senior Application Programmer to design and build Microsoft Power Platform solutions for the State of Louisiana, Division of Administration, Office of Technology Services (OTS). OTS consolidates the State’s IT platforms, systems and applications, leads its technology procurement, and standardizes technology across in-scope agencies.

• Client: State of Louisiana, Office of Technology Services (OTS)
• Contract duration: 2 years
• Tentative start: October 5, 2026
• Interviews: Online
• Application deadline: September 30, 2026

What you will do

• Design, build and maintain Power Platform solutions: canvas and model-driven Power Apps, Power Pages, Power Automate cloud flows and approvals, on-premises and cloud relational databases and Dataverse data models, business rules and security roles, and Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Translate business and program requirements into scalable technical solutions, and develop reusable components, patterns and templates aligned with OTS standards.
• Transfer knowledge and train in-house developers.
• Integrate Power Platform solutions with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 where applicable, and Azure services and external systems through connectors and APIs, applying best practices for performance, scalability and maintainability.
• Implement role-based security, data loss prevention policies and environment strategies, and ensure solutions comply with OTS standards and applicable federal and state security, privacy and accessibility requirements.
• Support audits, documentation and technical reviews.
• Work closely with business stakeholders, project managers, architects and other developers; mentor junior and citizen developers; take part in solution, code and architecture reviews.
• Evaluate and pilot new Power Platform features, including Copilot Studio for conversational AI, knowledge retrieval, case intake and internal support automation.

What we look for

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology or a related field.
• 5+ years developing solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, on-premises and cloud RDBMS, Dataverse and Power BI.
• 5+ years of demonstrated understanding of application lifecycle management, environment strategy with deployment and troubleshooting across Dev, Test and Prod, security and role-based access control, and SQL queries.
• 5+ years gathering requirements and translating them into technical designs, with the ability to work independently across multiple projects in a shared-services environment.

Preferred

• Experience with Copilot Studio or other conversational AI platforms.
• Experience in government, public sector or regulated environments.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server.
• Familiarity with Dynamics 365, Azure services such as Logic Apps, Functions and API Management, and DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines for Power Platform.
• Microsoft certifications such as Power Platform Developer or Solution Architect.