Business Intelligence (BI) Developer Principal

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Fort Belvoir, VA, seeks a BI Developer Principal to lead data engineering, dashboards, and analytics using Grafana and Power BI. This on-site role requires TS/SCI clearance and US citizenship.

You will design and deliver interactive reports, KPIs, and predictive insights, collaborate with data engineers and stakeholders, and ensure compliance of reporting artifacts in a regulated government environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of business intelligence development experience, with at least 3+ years of experience with Grafana and Power BI.
• Strong hands-on experience with Grafana and Power BI.
• Expertise in python, SQL, and data transformations supporting large-scale analytical data systems.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience working with analytical data models and semantic layers.
• Strong PromQL or LogQL command knowledge 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 environment.
• Experience assisting with testing, by writing acceptance criteria & confirming test cases results.
• Experience with producing relevant and current requirements, sizing user stories correctly, and removing roadblocks prior to sprints start.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Consultant mindset with the ability to work with high level customer stakeholders and build excellent customer relationships.
• Experience identifying and applying industry tools, solutions, methods best practices, and emerging technologies.
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills with the ability to formulate and communicate recommendations for improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively, independently, and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, build, and integrate configurable, interactive, secure, user-friendly dashboards, self-service reporting capabilities, and predictive analytics in Grafana and Power BI.
• Design intuitive, interactive dashboards and visualizations in Grafana and Power BI that 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 SLA response times monthly, including dashboard load times of five seconds or less.
• Drive user adoption of dashboards and reporting tools, with monthly usage across target users.
• Collaborate with product owners, data engineers, and UX designers to ensure seamless integration of 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 dashboards and reports in Grafana and Power BI, 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 tool framework.
• Coordinate with Data Engineering to resolve upstream data issues and curate data for reporting.
• Apply visualization standards and documentation so reports are consistent, interpretable, and support adoption.
• Ensure reporting artifacts comply with privacy, access control, and data handling requirements.
• Establish and enforce data governance frameworks, standards, and best practices ensuring 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.

Skills

BI development

SQL

Python

Data modeling

ETL processes

Analytical skills

Tools

Grafana

Power BI

Job description

Type of Requisition: Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCI Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret/SCI Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: Data Science and Data Engineering Job Qualifications: Skills: Business Intelligence (BI) Analysis, Business Intelligence (BI) Solutions, Grafana, Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (BI) Desktop Certifications: None Experience: 5 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact supporting the development of business intelligence solutions for essential government agencies. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career. The Business Intelligence (BI) Developer Principal will be responsible for delivering data engineering, data platform, reporting, and analytics capabilities that support operational decision-making and fulfill our customers' data and analytics objectives in support of their vital missions. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering advanced reporting, analytics, visualizations, and statistical modeling that provide data-driven decision-support tools and actionable insights to users and stakeholders. This role oversees design, development, integration, and continuous enhancement of dashboards, reporting tools, and predictive analytics in alignment with strict federal compliance requirements. The primary platform of responsibility will be Grafana, with additional focus on Power BI. This position is full-time on-site at Fort Belvoir, VA.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop, build, and integrate configurable, interactive, secure, user-friendly dashboards, self-service reporting capabilities, and predictive analytics in Grafana and Power BI.
• Design intuitive, interactive dashboards and visualizations in Grafana and Power BI that 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 of dashboards and reporting tools, with monthly usage across target users.
• Collaborate with product owners, data engineers, and UX designers to ensure seamless integration of 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 dashboards and reports in Grafana and Power BI, 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 tool framework.
• Coordinate with Data Engineering to resolve upstream data issues and curate data for reporting.
• Apply visualization standards and documentation so reports are consistent, interpretable, and support adoption.
• Ensure reporting artifacts comply with privacy, access control, and data handling requirements.
• Establish and enforce data governance frameworks, standards, and best practices ensuring 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

Education: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree Experience: 5+ years of business intelligence development experience, with at least 3+ years of experience with Grafana and Power BI. Strong hands-on experience with Grafana and Power BI. Expertise in python, SQL, and data transformations supporting large-scale analytical data systems. Advanced SQL skills and experience working with analytical data models and semantic layers. Strong PromQL or LogQL command knowledge 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 environment. Experience assisting with testing, by writing acceptance criteria & confirming test cases results. Experience with producing relevant and current requirements, sizing user stories correctly, and removing roadblocks prior to sprints start. Excellent presentation and communication skills. Consultant mindset with the ability to work with high level customer stakeholders and build excellent customer relationships. Experience identifying and applying industry tools, solutions, methods best practices, and emerging technologies. Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills with the ability to formulate and communicate recommendations for improvement. Demonstrated ability to work effectively, independently, and as part of a team.

• Required Certification: Must possess and maintain DOD 8140 Certification (CompTia Security+).
• Security Clearance Level: Must possess and maintain active TS/SCI clearance.
• US Citizenship Required.
• Location: On customer site at Fort Belvoir, VA.

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

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

A bachelor’s degree in computer science or another relevant field is preferred but not required. Experience developing SNOW dashboards. Proficiency writing automation scripts in python. Experience maintaining K8s.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

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

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY:

Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Travel Required: Less than 10% Telecommuting Options: Onsite Work Location: USA VA Fort Belvoir Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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