Business Intelligence (BI) Developer Principal

The BI Developer Principal will lead delivery of data engineering, data platform, reporting, and analytics capabilities that support operational decision-making for essential government agencies. The role includes designing and enhancing dashboards, reporting tools, and predictive analytics, with primary development in Grafana and additional focus on Power BI.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, build, and integrate configurable, interactive, secure, and user-friendly dashboards, self-service reporting capabilities, and predictive analytics in Grafana and Power BI.
• Create intuitive, interactive dashboard and visualization experiences in Grafana and Power BI to communicate business insights effectively.
• Coordinate and implement data replication or feeds required to support downstream stakeholders and external systems.
• Continuously monitor system performance to ensure 95% or greater of analytical queries meet defined Service Level Agreement (SLA) response times monthly, including dashboard load times of five seconds or less.
• Drive user adoption by supporting monthly usage across target users.
• Collaborate with product owners, data engineers, and UX designers to integrate analytics features into the user experience.
• Work with stakeholders to define KPI and other metrics ingest requirements.
• Partner with business leaders, data engineers, analysts, and program leadership to translate business requirements and KPIs into actionable technical designs and insights.
• Build and enhance Grafana and Power BI dashboards and reports, ensuring performance and usability at scale.
• Extract, transform, and ingest data from databases, APIs, or data warehouses using SQL, Python, or other ETL tools.
• Implement and validate SQL logic, calculations, and metric definitions across reporting products.
• Maintain and optimize data connections, queries, and the tool framework.
• Coordinate with Data Engineering to resolve upstream data issues and curate data for reporting.
• Apply visualization standards and documentation to keep reports consistent, interpretable, and aligned to adoption.
• Ensure reporting artifacts comply with privacy, access control, and data handling requirements.
• Establish and enforce data governance frameworks, standards, and best practices to support data accuracy, consistency, classification, and security.
• Drive continuous improvement of Grafana and Power BI platforms through performance tuning, automation, metadata management, and advanced analytics (predictive and self-service BI).
• Support delivery of architecture design documents, governance artifacts, data lineage, and metadata catalog processes.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of business intelligence development experience, including 3+ years with Grafana and Power BI.
• Strong hands-on experience with Grafana and Power BI.
• Expertise in Python, SQL, and data transformations for large-scale analytical data systems.
• Advanced SQL skills, including experience with analytical data models and semantic layers.
• Strong knowledge of PromQL or LogQL for querying datasets.
• Strong foundation in data modeling, data warehousing, and ETL processes.
• Familiarity with full LTGM stack.
• Experience delivering reporting in regulated or high-sensitivity data environments.
• Experience assisting with testing by writing acceptance criteria and confirming test case results.
• Experience producing current requirements, sizing user stories correctly, and removing roadblocks prior to sprints start.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Consultant mindset for working with high-level customer stakeholders and building strong customer relationships.
• Experience identifying and applying industry tools, solutions, methods, best practices, and emerging technologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to formulate and communicate improvement recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively independently and as part of a team.
• Must possess and maintain DOD 8140 Certification (CompTia Security+).
• Must possess and maintain active TS/SCI clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship Required.

Technologies

• Grafana
• Power BI
• Power BI Desktop
• SQL
• Python
• PromQL
• LogQL

Benefits

• AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
• 401K with company match
• Competitive pay and paid time off
• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
• Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

Work Requirements

• Years of Experience: 5+ years of related experience (may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree)
• Certification: CompTIA Security+ CE
• Travel Required: Less than 10%
• Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship Required

Location and Clearance

• Onsite: Ft. Belvoir, Virginia (Onsite Workplace)
• Customer site: Fort Belvoir, VA
• Clearance Level: Top Secret/SCI

Salary

The likely salary range for this position is $140,250 - $189,750 per year.

Identity Verification Process

• Complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud.
• Be on camera during virtual interviews.
• Allow the organization to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
• Authorize the collection, processing, and use of biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

Desired Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or another relevant field (preferred but not required)
• Experience developing SNOW dashboards
• Proficiency writing automation scripts in Python
• Experience maintaining K8s