At AKS, we are growing and building for the future. We bring together multidisciplined experts across the land development, energy, and infrastructure markets to take on bigger challenges and deliver solutions that make a real difference. Our teams combine creativity, technical excellence, and a collaborative, hands-on approach to solve complex problems and deliver results our clients and communities can count on. We take pride in our work and our ability to provide opportunities for our teams, support each other’s growth, and look ahead to what’s next. When you join AKS, you will find opportunities to take ownership of meaningful projects, learn, lead, and make an impact from day one.
The Business Automation & Integration Developer at AKS is a hands-on builder responsible for designing, developing, integrating, and supporting digital workflows and business applications. This role works closely with discipline leaders, department leaders, subject matter experts, IT, and AI/automation leadership to understand existing processes and transform manual, spreadsheet-based, email-driven, or disconnected work into modern digital solutions. The ideal candidate is a hands-on builder who also enjoys working with people. They can sit with a discipline leader, learn a process, map it out, identify opportunities for improvement, and then build the Power App, Power Automate workflow, Dataverse structure, API connection, Fabric pipeline, or Power BI solution needed to improve it.
What You’ll Do- Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain Microsoft Power Apps and Power Automate to replace manual, spreadsheet-based, and email-driven business processes.
- Build secure applications with appropriate roles, permissions, ownership, and supportability.
- Troubleshoot existing automations and continuously improve performance, reliability, and usability.
- Migrate legacy spreadsheets and manually maintained data into governed platforms where appropriate.
- Integrate Power Platform solutions with enterprise applications and automate data movement between systems.
- Troubleshoot API failures, authentication problems, schema changes, and synchronization issues.
- Support Microsoft Fabric and OneLake initiatives, including data ingestion, pipelines, transformations, and data quality activities.
- Build or support Power BI reports and dashboards using governed enterprise data.
- Translate business needs into practical applications, workflows, integrations, and reporting solutions.
- Experience with Power Platform solutions, environment management, connection references, environment variables, deployment between development/test/production environments, and application lifecycle management.
- Demonstrated experience improving business workflows and converting manual processes into digital processes.
- Experience with REST APIs, JSON, HTML, HTTP-based integrations, OAuth 2.0, API authentication, and webhooks.
- Experience with Microsoft Dataverse and Microsoft 365 technologies.
- Experience with Power BI and a working knowledge of Microsoft Fabric or comparable modern data platforms.
- Ability to gather requirements, understand a business process, and translate it into a maintainable technical solution.
- Strong troubleshooting, testing, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively with nontechnical users.
- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, especially when working directly with discipline and department leaders.
- Ability to establish strong working relationships and build trust with field staff, surveyors, engineers, and office personnel
- Ability to manage multiple development and automation initiatives and follow through from concept to production support.
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Data Factory, or other ETL/data pipeline technologies.
- Experience with SQL, Azure services, PowerShell, Python, JavaScript, or another scripting/programming language.
- Experience working in or directly supporting an architecture, engineering, construction (AEC), surveying, or land development organization.
At AKS, we believe your work should support your life, not the other way around. Here's what you can count on when you join our team:
- Meaningful Growth: Whether you're just starting out or looking to advance, we offer hands-on training, mentorship, and clear paths for professional development so you can grow with purpose.
- Real Collaboration: Join a team that brings diverse perspectives together to solve complex challenges with creativity, curiosity, and a shared commitment to quality.
- Respect for Your Time: We value work-life balance and offer generous PTO and a supportive environment that helps you manage both personal and professional responsibilities.
- Benefits That Care: You’ll have access to health coverage that supports your total well-being, plus a 401(k) match, paid holidays, and more resources to help you thrive.
- Weekly Team Lunches: Take a break and recharge with your teammates, we believe food brings people together.
- Culture That Connects: We invest in experiences that build strong teams and strong communities.
- A Place People Love to Work: We’ve been named one of the Top Workplaces year after year.
Join us and be part of a team that values your contributions, celebrates initiative, and is committed to doing things the right way for our employees, clients, and communities.
Skills Required
- Experience with Microsoft Power Platform solutions, environment management, connection references, environment variables, deployment across development, test, and production environments, and application lifecycle management
- Experience improving business workflows and converting manual processes into digital processes
- Experience with REST APIs, JSON, HTML, HTTP-based integrations, OAuth 2.0, API authentication, and webhooks
- Experience with Microsoft Dataverse and Microsoft 365 technologies
- Experience with Power BI and working knowledge of Microsoft Fabric or comparable modern data platforms
- Ability to gather requirements, understand business processes, and translate them into maintainable technical solutions
- Strong troubleshooting, testing, documentation, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with nontechnical users
- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
- Ability to establish working relationships with field staff, surveyors, engineers, and office personnel
- Ability to manage multiple development and automation initiatives from concept through production support
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Data Factory, or other ETL/data pipeline technologies
- Experience with SQL, Azure services, PowerShell, Python, JavaScript, or another scripting or programming language
- Experience supporting an architecture, engineering, construction, surveying, or land development organization
What We Do
AKS is a consulting engineering firm that provides civil engineering and additional complementary services. With offices focused in Oregon and SW Washington. We work on a wide range of projects from public infrastructure to private development of subdivisions, commercial sites, industrial, education, medical facilities, and more. We value talent and initiative, and we put these qualities to work for our clients in an environment that cultivates professional growth and strong connections to the communities where we live and work. We are always looking for good people to join our team. Check out our website to get a feel of who we are, what we do, and the possibilities that await you!
