Senior Solutions Engineer-Microsoft 365 Power Platform Developer

Salary range is $80k to $175k, with a midpoint of $125k.  New hires typically receive between minimum and midpoint, however, we may go slightly higher based on experience, internal equity and market.

Sound Transit also offers a competitive benefits package with a wide range of offerings, including:

• Health Benefits: We offer two choices of medical plans, a dental plan, and a vision plan all at no cost for employee coverage; comprehensive benefits for employees and eligible dependents, including a spouse or domestic partner.
• Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Retirement Plans: 401a – 10% of employee contribution with a 12% match by Sound Transit; 457b – up to IRS maximum (employee only contribution).
• Paid Time Off: Employees accrue 25 days of paid time off annually with increases at four, eight and twelve years of service. Employees at the director level and up accrue additional days. We also observe 12 paid holidays and provide up to 2 paid floating holidays and up to 2 paid volunteer days per year.
• Parental Leave: 12 weeks of parental leave for new parents.
• Pet Insurance.
• ORCA Card: All full-time employees will receive an ORCA card at no cost.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Sound Transit will pay up to $5,000 annually for approved tuition expenses.
• Compensation Practices: We offer competitive salaries based on market rates and internal equity. In addition to compensation and benefits, you’ll find that we provide work-life balance, opportunities for professional development and recognition from your colleagues.

GENERAL PURPOSE: 

The Senior Solutions Engineer is responsible for determining requirements, designing, developing, debugging, testing, and implementing technical solutions using existing and emerging technologies, particularly on, but not limited to, the agency's Microsoft/Office 365 platform applications such as Power Apps, Power Automate/Flow, Power BI, Teams, SharePoint Online and other productivity, collaboration, and  document management applications as needed.

This role collaborates with end users and cross departmental IT and business teams to build and implement new systems to solve business problems and help focus and align IT services and business needs. This is a hands-on technical role.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The following duties are a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

• Implements and configures functional Office 365 Platform solutions based on business objectives and requirements.
• Develops workflow and process automation solutions on Office 365 Platform Services as necessary.
• Integrates Office 365 with other systems using a variety of integration technologies and techniques.
• Participates as team resource on projects to collaborate with users and IT resources to identify and develop functional and process requirements, and review and advise on solution recommendations.
• Coordinates with software vendors to understand optimum platform and software configurations and usage, to achieve application functional and process requirements based on vendor recommendations and best practices.  
• Facilitates the translation of business objectives and requirements into functional solutions using Agile and Waterfall methodologies as appropriate
• Prepares and document requirements, solution diagrams, flowcharts, layouts and test plans
• Analyzes, defines, estimates, and documents work Level of Effort.
• Designs, develops, tests, debugs, and implements technical solutions based on existing and emerging technologies
• Communicates concisely and effectively to address questions while providing subject matter expertise.
• Responses to critical or changing priorities.
• Explains complex technical solutions to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Connects technological solutions with user and agency needs.
• Develops innovative technical approaches as complete solutions to business problems.
• Provides support of implemented solutions; oversees account management, account creation, changes and deletion; performs application & technical process support, error support (troubleshooting), and enhancement support; and performs maintenance and system security as requir