Software Developer & AI Automation Specialist

Position Summary

The Safeguards and Security Solutions Enablement team is part of the Safeguards and Security Directorate, formed to refine how the organization operates and to keep the Laboratory secure while enabling mission attainment. The team works like an internal digital creative agency, built around a single ethos: are we making it easier to be an employee, a manager, and a professional at INL, with a focus on continuous improvement. Safeguards and Security Solutions Enablement consolidates five disciplines: Systems Strategy, Business Analysis, AI & Automation Engineering, UX Research & Design, and Data Analytics. You're joining a small group that wears multiple hats, closer to a team of trained operatives than a five-department org chart. The Power Platform & AI Automation Engineer role lives inside AI & Automation Engineering, the team's build engine, translating discovery work into delivered application and automation products.

This is not a heads-down coding role, nor is it a throw-it-over-the-fence one. You observe teams closely to discover how work actually happens. The nuanced details of work often remain unknown or misunderstood, yet these details can be what matters most. You'll document customer needs through wireframes, diagrams, or user stories, whatever facilitates rapid understanding. From there, you iterate through tangible drafts and honest feedback, with an eye on the minimum viable product, working agilely rather than by waterfall and without…