Supports administration and development of the Texas Department of Transportation’s Microsoft Power Platform environment. Responsibilities include configuring environments, developing Power Apps, workflows, agents, and code apps; gathering requirements; building prototypes and deployment pipelines; writing and testing code; troubleshooting; coaching users; and ensuring governance, security, and audit compliance. The intern will initially shadow senior staff before working independently with business stakeholders, developers, architects, and infrastructure teams.
Brief Job Description
The Power Platform Administrator/Developer Intern will support the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). This apprentice role will be embedded with a Senior Cloud Architect and Power Platform Administrator, shadowing the administrator to learn TxDOT processes before demonstrating successful knowledge transfer and working independently. The role supports administration of the TxDOT Power Platform environment and the development of Power Apps, automated workflows, agents, and code apps. Over time, responsibilities will expand to working with business users to configure, troubleshoot, and provide guidance for applications, flows, and agents. The role will also include custom development for TxDOT business units.
Responsibilities
- Work Power Platform service requests and assist business units with environment setup, troubleshooting, and recommendations.
- Gather and document solution requirements from business stakeholders and facilitate clarity in solution design.
- Develop proof-of-concepts and transition successful prototypes into production systems.
- Design and implement pipelines for Power Platform applications.
- Write clean, efficient software code and scripts for workflows.
- Conduct rigorous testing and quality assurance.
- Coach business personnel on the basics of Power Platform.
- Act as a liaison between the Information Technology Division, business stakeholders, and application developers, communicating progress, risks, and issues to project sponsors and leadership.
- Ensure development projects comply with TxDOT IT governance, security, and audit requirements, and promote reusable components and standardized development practices.
- Collaborate with developers, cloud architects, business analysts, and infrastructure teams, and support knowledge sharing, post-implementation reviews, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field with studies in software design, programming languages, cloud computing, database management, and advanced data structures.
- Comfortable writing and debugging Python code, developed through coursework, internships, or personal projects.
- Comfortable with React, TypeScript, C#, or Java, developed through coursework, internships, or personal projects.
- Experience using Git/GitHub for collaborative development.
- Working knowledge of SQL.
- Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated willingness to learn production engineering practices (Docker, CI/CD, cloud deployment) on the job.
Preferred Qualifications
- Exposure to Microsoft Power Platform environments, including Power Apps or Power Automate, through use of the platform, projects, or self-paced training.
- Experience with one or more Texas State Agencies.
Additional Requirements
- Candidates must be local to the Austin area.
- Candidates must provide a redacted copy of their driver's license showing only first and last name and city/state to verify current location.
- Candidates may be required to undergo a background check.
Work Location and Schedule
Location: Austin, Texas.
Schedule: 12 months (2,080 hours), 12/1/2026 to 12/1/2027.
Work Arrangement: Onsite.
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