Microsoft Power Platform & Automation Intern

Ready to turn your school projects and side tinkering into real-world impact? We’re looking for a Microsoft Power Platform & Automation Intern

to support our District’s

Digital Intelligence and Automation Architect

in building tools that make work easier and smarter for everyone at ERWSD—and support our mission of protecting water and the environment.

If you’ve dabbled in

Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Power BI, PowerShell, or T-SQL

and want a place to grow those skills, this role is for you. This role is perfect for a

team player

with a

process improvement mindset

—someone who enjoys collaborating with others, solving problems, and turning ideas into practical automations and reports. You’ll help build real solutions—digitized forms, automated approvals, dashboards, and scripts—while learning how modern Microsoft 365 and Power Platform environments run in production. We don’t expect you to be an expert on day one; we’re looking for curiosity, problem-solving, and a willingness to learn.

By the end of this internship, you’ll have hands-on experience creating automations, connecting data, and supporting end users in a live environment—plus the satisfaction of knowing your work supports critical services in our community.

The Day to Day:

Power Platform Solutions:

- Help design, build, and maintain

Power Apps

(primarily canvas apps) to digitize forms and workflows.

- Assist in creating and maintaining

Power Pages

sites that provide secure access to forms and data.

- Support the development of

Power Automate

flows to automate notifications, approvals, and other routine processes.

- Participate in testing and troubleshooting Power Platform solutions and documenting fixes and improvements.

M365 & SharePoint:

- Assist with configuration and maintenance of

SharePoint Online

sites, lists, libraries, and permissions to support collaboration and document management.

- Help connect Power Platform solutions to M365 data sources, following governance and security standards.

Data & Reporting (Power BI + SQL):

- Work with senior staff to support

Power BI

datasets and reports used by departments across the District.

- Use

T-SQL

to query, filter, and shape data for reporting and analytics.

- Help verify data accuracy and assist with basic data quality checks and troubleshooting.

Automation & Scripting (PowerShell / Python):

- Assist with creating and updating

PowerShell

scripts that support Microsoft 365 administration and reporting (e.g., user and group reports, configuration checks, bulk updates).

- Where appropriate, help develop or maintain

Python

scripts for data processing or integration tasks, under guidance from senior staff.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

- Current enrollment in, or recent completion of, coursework in

Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics

, or a related field; or equivalent hands-on experience.

- Demonstrated experience (coursework, projects, labs, or work experience) with:

- Microsoft 365

and

SharePoint Online

(required)

- Power Apps

and/or

Power Automate

(required – strong preference for both)

- Exposure to

Power Pages

(preferred, strongly desired)

- PowerShell

scripting (preferred, strongly desired)

- T-SQL

for querying and manipulating data (required)

- Power BI

for data visualization and reporting (preferred)

- Python

for scripting or data work (preferred)

Licenses and Certifications (Preferred but Not Required)

- Microsoft certifications such as:

- PL-900: Power Platform Fundamentals

- PL-100: Power Platform App Maker

- PL-200: Power Platform Functional Consultant

- MS-900: Microsoft 365 Fundamentals

SCHEDULE

This position will work

up to a maximum of 1,000 hours or six months.

We prefer a candidate who is available to work 30 or more hours a week for a six-month time period but will consider alternative schedules. This internship will work mostly remote with travel to Vail required every few weeks. The ideal start date for this internship is in January or February.

COMPENSATION

This role is a paid internship with the pay range of $23.72 - $33.22/hour. We value life-work balance and are leaders in the industry with our seasonal employee benefits package, which includes but is not limited to:

- $522 Employee Housing Stipend

- Wellness program

- 457 Retirement savings plans

- Paid Holidays and PTO

- $800 Annual Recreation Benefit

All District employees must submit to a pre-employment drug screen and extensive background check.

For a full classification specification, email erwsdjobs@erwsd.org.

All applicants must apply online by December 22, 2025 in order to be considered.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors.