BizFirst - Automation Developer

Developer is needed in Washington, DC, United States.

Client: BizFirst

Location: Washington, DC, us

Contract: Part-time

Job Description

Job Title: Automation Developer

Openings: 1

Security Clearance: Public Trust or the ability to obtain one.

Work Type: Onsite

Job Type: Part-time (W2) or 1099 independent contractor

Benefits: Our client provides full benefits to W2 employees, including part-time.

Program Name: Working Capital Fund (WCF), Office of Financial Management (OFM) - WCF IT Financial Management, Cost Model Development, and Systems Integration Support

Agency name: U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary (OST)

Work Location: DOT Headquarters, 1200 New Jersey Ave SE, Washington, DC 20590

BizFirst is assisting our client with recruiting a skilled and experienced Automation Developer. This position supports the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary (OST), Working Capital Fund (WCF), Office of Financial Management (OFM).

The role involves owning the automation to compress a five-day manual billing cycle to under one day, managing workflows for disputes, approvals, and exceptions, ensuring full audit trails, and working in a Google-based environment.

Requirements

Security Clearance: Public Trust or the ability to obtain one.

Candidates must have demonstrated, hands-on implementation experience — deployed cost models, executed billing cycles, delivered automations, and operational financial products.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, or equivalent additional experience.

4+ years building workflow automation or low-code/no-code business applications in a controlled environment.

Proficiency in JavaScript (Apps Script) or Python for scripting and integration glue.

Demonstrated experience automating financial or transactional processes with approval gates, exception handling, and audit-trail requirements.

Process-mapping fluency: able to document a manual cycle, isolate judgment steps from assembly steps, and automate only the latter.

Desired Skills

Google Workspace automation: AppSheet (apps and bots), Apps Script, Chat integrations, Forms.

Microsoft Power Platform background (Power Automate, Power Apps) or RPA (UiPath) with clear transfer aptitude.

ServiceNow workflow experience; federal billing or month-end close operations; Section 508 awareness for user-facing forms and apps.

Additional Information

Benefits (provided by our client for W2 employees only, including part-time):

- Family Health Care (54% cost covered for the entire family)

- Family Dental (54% cost covered for the entire family)

- Family Vision (54% cost covered for the entire family)

- Flexible Spending Account

- Overutilization bonuses for Time and Materials (T&M) contracts

- Lifetime Event Bonuses (e.g., child, marriage)

- Profit-sharing arrangement for any work brought into the company

- Unlimited Leave with Approval

- 401k 100% employer match on the first 4% invested

- $1,000 training budget