Programmer Analyst

Job Title: Programmer Analyst

Location: Richmond, VA

Yakshna Solutions, Inc., (YSI) is a CMMI Level 3 assessed, ISO 9001, 20000:1, 27001 certified, woman-owned small business enterprises, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA. YSI provides professional IT solutions and services to business corporations and government organizations. YSI is committed to serve its business communities as a leading IT vendor providing innovative, quality, and cost-effective IT business solutions and services.

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes the following: 401(k), health, dental, and vision insurance, Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, paid time off, training, and professional development assistance.

Our Client is seeking a Programmer Analyst to serve the Richmond office. This position will have a hybrid work arrangement with two-three days on site.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, build, and enhance Power Apps solutions, including converting Model-Driven apps to Canvas apps with improved UX and responsive layouts.
• Develop and support Model-Driven Apps, Power Pages, and Dataverse components, including schema design, security roles, and web forms/lists.
• Create and optimize Power Automate flows with robust logic, integration, and error handling.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, refine processes, and deliver scalable, user-focused solutions.
• Implement governance best practices, including DLP policies, environment strategy, role-based access, and cost-efficient architecture.
• Troubleshoot and enhance existing Power Platform solutions, ensuring performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Document configurations, workflows, and release processes, while supporting collaboration with the internal Power Platform team.

Required skills and experience

• Canvas Apps (3 years) App design & UX, custom connectors, responsive layouts, delegation handling
• Model-Driven Apps (3 years) Dataverse schema design, business rules, command bar customization, security roles
• Power Pages / Portals (2 years) Web roles & permissions, Liquid templates, web forms & lists, authentication (AAD/external)
• Power Automate (3 years) Cloud flows, approvals, error handling, integrations with SharePoint, Dataverse, Outlook
• Dataverse (3 years) Table relationships, business rules, dataflows, security model
• Security & Governance (2 years) DLP policies, environment strategy, role-based access
• Licensing & Cost Optimization (1 year) Understanding of licensing tiers, designing cost-effective architectures
• Power BI (2 years) Embedding in Power Apps, data modeling, basic DAX (highly desired/nice to have)
• Soft Skills (5 years) Agile/Scrum familiarity, requirements gathering, strong stakeholder communication (highly desired/nice to have)