[Remote] Program Analyst

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Veterans Health Administration, through the Veterans Crisis Line and Office of Suicide Prevention, provides 24/7 suicide prevention and crisis intervention services for Veterans, Service Members, and their families. The Program Analyst designs, maintains, tests, and integrates Power Platform solutions, including PowerApps, while defining user requirements and supporting information management processes.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops and maintains functional solutions for information management needs using the Power Platform suite
• Maintains existing PowerApps information systems, forms, applications, and digital automations that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness for agency processes
• Applies extensive technical expertise in designing and revising PowerApps to streamline and modernize documentation practices and increase organizational efficiency
• Integrates new Power Platform solutions into the existing data model by coordinating across the organization to ensure existing enterprise solutions are properly utilized and integrated. Conducts end-user acceptance testing of assigned PowerApps information systems
• Collects and defines user requirements to include the development of process flow charts and listing of data requirements, search strategies and reports for PowerApps systems
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

• Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11
• Experience developing Applications using PowerApps and Microsoft Dataverse
• You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization
• Designing and maintaining data input and retrieval interfaces, as well as automation workflows using PowerApps, Power Automate, Power BI, Structured Query Language (SQL), Dataverse/Dynamics 365
• Building PowerApps solutions and Power BI dashboards, integrating multiple data storage solutions including SQL, and Dataverse/Dynamics 365, to support program information management
• .Performs system testing and troubleshooting, conducts user acceptance testing (UAT), and resolves technical issues to ensure applications meet functional and business requirements
• Optimizing and enhancing PowerApps Information Systems, staying current with emerging technologies and best practices, while coordinating with stakeholders to ensure compatibility and effective use of organizational resources

Benefits

• May be authorized: Compressed/Flexible work schedule upon supervisor approval after training per Agency policy.
• This is remote position. Selectees will work 100% of the time in a non-VA-owned space outside of the local commuting area of a parent station.
• Federal employees earn annual leave at a rate of 4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period, based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.
• VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave; this credit must be requested and approved prior to appointment and is not guaranteed.
• Employees and their families will have access to a comprehensive federal benefits package, subject to eligibility based on the type of position held and whether the position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.
• VA may offer reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities who need accommodation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments.
• Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provides eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.
• Veterans and transitioning service members can access career-search tools, career development services, and coaching and reintegration support through VA for Vets.

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