Junior Application Specialist
Listed on 2026-02-16
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IT/Tech
IT Consultant, Cloud Computing, Data Engineer, Technical Support
Overview
Position Title: Junior Applications Developer
Status: 6 month contract to hire (could extend based on headcount budgets in 2026)
Pay: $27.00 per hour
Location: Hybrid: 3 days in the office, 2 day remote (Woodland Park Colorado 80863)
Reporting to: Director of Education Technology
Top Things (notes from intake call):
- 1-2 years of experience working with technical teams with a focus on Microsoft Cloud development.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure: storage configuration, and Virtual Machine (VM) setup and maintenance.
- Strong internal team collaboration experience regarding Microsoft Platform best practices: automation, implementations, etc.
- Experience with Power Automate for workflow automation.
Our client is seeking a Junior Applications Specialist for an exciting contract to hire opportunity. The Application Specialist will ensure that software applications are effectively developed, implemented, integrated, and maintained. They need strong attention to detail and the ability to approach a problem from an 'outside the box' perspective while maintaining IT best practices. Application Developer will need to maintain a working understanding of all critical Student Systems (SIS, CRM, LMS) and their integrations with each other, as well as the ability to troubleshoot issues within each of these systems.
They must maintain an understanding of IT best practices around user security and the data held within each system, and continually operate within this understanding.
- Strong understanding of relational database management systems (RDBMS).
- Ability to troubleshoot complex systems and data issues across platforms quickly and effectively.
- Willingness to stay current with emerging technologies and platforms, particularly within Microsoft.
- Must have strong critical thinking skills with an analytical mind, attention to detail, a problem-solving aptitude, practice humility, honesty, transparency, have a drive to constantly improve, as a self-starter & self-directed.
- Must be able to define tasks, & work cooperatively with other teams to accomplish those tasks, while managing & reporting on multiple task queues.
- Understanding of RDBMS.
- Understanding of Single Sign-On (SSO) concepts and configurations.
- Familiarity with the Dynamics 365 CRM platform and customization.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- 1-2 years of experience working with technical teams with a focus on Azure environments
- Experience with Microsoft Azure: storage configuration, and Virtual Machine (VM) setup and maintenance.
- Strong internal team collaboration experience regarding Microsoft Platform best practices: automation, implementations, etc.
- Experience with Power Automate for workflow automation (nice to have).
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