Analyst - DevOps
The Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the City government's chief financial agency. They are seeking a skilled Power Platform solution and/or Appian application developer to design, develop, and maintain business applications and process automation solutions. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders to improve operational efficiency through automation and low-code platforms.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and implement solutions using Power Platform and Appian to automate business processes and improve operational efficiency
- Develop custom connectors, workflows, and integrations between Power Platform and Appian with other enterprise systems and data sources
- Create live interactive dashboards to provide insights and bring data-driven decision-making to the apps
- Leverage Power Platform and Appian’s low-code capabilities to build and deploy scalable applications
- Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to gather and understand business requirements
- Analyze existing business processes and identify opportunities for automation and improvement
- Translate business needs into technical specifications and solution architecture
- Perform unit testing and integration testing to ensure solution stability and reliability
- Manage solution deployment, including configuring environments and ensuring smooth transition from development to production
- Monitor solution performance and implement optimizations and enhancements
- Provide ongoing maintenance and support for existing Power Platform and Appian solutions
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in a timely manner
- Monitor platform performance and recommend updates or changes as needed
- Ensure compliance with OMB policies, security standards, and data governance requirements
- Follow development best practices, including version control (Azure DevOps), documentation, and testing
- Stay updated with the latest platform features and industry trends to improve solution capabilities
- Act as a technical resource to OMB management and user community
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- Experience with Microsoft Azure services, including Azure App Services, Azure Functions, and Azure AD
- Must have intern/work experience in a relevant field
- Proficiency in building Canvas Apps and Model-Driven Apps within Power Apps
- Strong understanding of Power Automate for process automation and workflow orchestration
- Experience with Appian low-code development, including building interfaces, process models, and integrations
- Proficient in working with APIs, RESTful services, and data connectors
- Demonstrated proficiency using multiple databases such as MS SQL and DB2
- Attention to detail as demonstrated by effective time-management skills, good organizational use of tools and habits, use of analytical thinking to solve problems
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to maintain working relationships with the utmost professionalism
- Ability to be a self-motivator and to work independently
- A cover letter is required to be considered for this position
- Assistant Analyst ($60,764+): Bachelor's degree and some experience in relevant application development
- Analyst ($77,327+): Bachelor's degree and a minimum of one year of full-time experience in relevant application development
- Senior Analyst ($86,995): Bachelor's degree and a minimum of two years of full-time experience in relevant application development
- You must be a City resident within 90 days of the date of appointment and you must be legally eligible to work in the United States
- Strong proficiency in a C style language preferred
- SQL style database proficiency preferred
- R, RStudio, Python, Power Platform, and Appian are highly desirable
- Proficiency with Microsoft virtual environments, cloud services, SharePoint, Visual Basic, Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Access, Project, and PowerPoint), Microsoft PowerShell and other modern tools are desirable
- Experienced with modern software development methodologies and terminologies
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