When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.
Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.
Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.
Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.
What are we looking for?
At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.
Working@AIS
At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Senior Software Engineer.
Core Knowledge & Skills: Works across multiple languages and platforms, designs and implements architectural decisions, applies design patterns, cloud-native services, IAAS/PAAS/SAAS basics, and secure coding practices (e.g., OWASP Top 10).
Work & Complexity: Performs complex tasks under limited guidance, integrates and troubleshoots distributed or cloud services, and optimizes performance and scalability.
Quality & Independence: Sets a high bar for code quality, multitasks effectively, owns and corrects errors quickly, and drives continuous improvement.
Teamwork & Communication: Leads code reviews, mentors teammates, and translates technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
Consulting & Engagement: Works directly with clients without oversight, writes technical RFP content when needed, nurtures client relationships, and manages routine client concerns.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain advanced solutions using Power Apps (Canvas and Model-Driven), Power Automate, Dataverse, and Power BI
- Lead architectural design sessions and translate business requirements into scalable, well-structured Power Platform solutions
- Implement robust data models, relationships, and business rule using Dataverse and other connected data sources
- Build custom connectors, integrate external systems, and optimize API-based integrations across the M365 and Azure ecosystems.
- Develop and deploy Power Apps Component Framework (PCF) controls and other extensibility components using JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Establish and enforce Power Platform governance, including environment strategy, ALM processes, and security best practices.
- Manage solution lifecycle through source control, DevOps pipelines, and automated deployment processes.
- Perform code reviews, troubleshoot complex issues, and ensure high-quality, maintainable solutions.
- Lead workshops, discovery sessions, and technical discussions with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
- Collaborate with architects, product owners, and business analysts to refine requirements and shape platform strategy.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, design specifications, and solution diagrams.
Required For This Opportunity
- Active Top Secret required with ability to obtain SCI and 5-8 years experience (expert-level) building solutions using Power Apps (Canvas & Model-Driven), and Power Automate .
- 1+ year of experience with Power BI and SharePoint
- Bachelor’s Degree (additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of the Degree)
- Strong proficiency with Dataverse, data modeling, and relational data structures
- Experience developing Power Apps Component Framework (PCF) controls
- Experience in creating and consuming custom connectors and integrating external systems
- Experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS
- Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks, such as React, Angular, or Vue, and Node.js
- Experience with developing, packaging, and deploying C# plugins for extending business logic in Power Apps applications
- Solid understanding of solution layering, ALM, and managed/unmanaged solution strategies
- Experience implementing role-based security, environment strategies, and governance best practices
- Experience integrating Power Platform with Azure services (e.g. Functions, Logic Apps, API Management, Key Vault)
- Ability to design scalable, enterprise-grade Power Platform architectures
- Ability to evaluate business requirements, perform gap analyses, and propose modern solution architectures
- Experience with DevOps pipelines, Git-based deployments, and automated solution deployment strategies
- Design intuitive and aesthetically pleasing interfaces that enhance user experience
- Develop dashboards and reports using Power BI to provide insights and data visualization
Preferred Qualifications
- Microsoft Power Platform certifications (e.g., PL-100, PL-200, PL-400)
- Experience Dynamics 365, and Azure services
- Experience with version control systems such as Git
Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.
Skills Required
- Active Top Secret security clearance with ability to obtain SCI
- 5-8 years experience building solutions using Power Apps (Canvas & Model-Driven) and Power Automate
- 1+ year of experience with Power BI and SharePoint
- Bachelor's Degree (or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of degree)
- Strong proficiency with Dataverse, data modeling, and relational data structures
- Experience developing Power Apps Component Framework (PCF) controls
- Experience creating and consuming custom connectors and integrating external systems
- Experience with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
- Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue) and Node.js
- Experience developing, packaging, and deploying C# plugins for Power Apps
- Solid understanding of solution layering, ALM, and managed/unmanaged solution strategies
- Experience implementing role-based security, environment strategies, and governance best practices
- Experience integrating Power Platform with Azure services (Functions, Logic Apps, API Management, Key Vault)
- Experience with DevOps pipelines, Git-based deployments, and automated solution deployment strategies
- Ability to design scalable, enterprise-grade Power Platform architectures and user-friendly interfaces
- Develop dashboards and reports using Power BI
- Microsoft Power Platform certifications (e.g., PL-100, PL-200, PL-400)
- Experience with Dynamics 365
AIS (Applied Information Sciences) Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AIS (Applied Information Sciences) and has not been reviewed or approved by AIS (Applied Information Sciences).
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Employee ownership via an ESOP is emphasized and contributes meaningful long‑term value to total rewards. Equity participation is positioned as a core part of the package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer match is consistently described alongside the ESOP. Together these programs are framed as key pillars of financial benefits.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan choices, plus dental and vision, are highlighted as part of a comprehensive offering. Health coverage is paired with PTO and paid holidays to round out the package.
AIS (Applied Information Sciences) Insights
What We Do
AIS (Applied Information Sciences) provides software and systems engineering services to government agencies and businesses across the United States. We specialize in cloud services, DevOps, custom application development, and IT services. Our areas of expertise include custom application development, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Office 365, SharePoint, Dynamics 365, User Experience (UX), business intelligence/advanced analytics and IoT, and Managed Services. Our customers include a broad range of organizations, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies, and include state and local governments as well as defense and national security agencies. Our analysis-driven approach to solving business problems—combined with our commitment to deadlines and budgets—results in successful projects and long-term relationships with our clients. We're a top-tier cloud partner for Microsoft, Amazon and Equinix with proven capabilities and a track record of success. AIS is a Microsoft gold partner with six competencies and a Microsoft National Solution Provider (NSP). From over 750,000 Microsoft partners, there are less than 50 partners that have been selected for inclusion in the NSP organization. Microsoft chooses partners for this program that have proven capabilities to scale to the needs of large enterprises across the United States. Founded in 1982, AIS is a growing and privately held company headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with offices in Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Indiana, and India. Check out our opportunities at careers.ais.com.
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