Remote BI Architect: Tableau & Power BI Dashboards

SAIC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

SAIC is seeking an experienced BI Developer specializing in Tableau and Power BI to design, build, and optimize dashboards and reports for federal government programs. This role supports data engineers, architects, and stakeholders to deliver actionable insights across multiple BI platforms.

The candidate may work 100% remotely within the United States and must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance. Responsibilities include dashboard administration, data modeling, and performance tuning

Qualifications

• Bachelor's and 14+ years or more experience; Master's and 12+ years or more experience; (4) years or more experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
• Must be a US Citizen
• 4+ years of hands-on experience developing dashboards and reports in Tableau
• 4+ years of hands-on experience developing dashboards and reports in Microsoft Power BI
• Proficiency in SQL for data querying, transformation, and validation across relational databases
• Strong working knowledge of DAX and Power Query for Power BI data modeling
• Experience with Tableau Server administration including user management, permissions, and extract scheduling
• Experience with Power BI Service administration including workspace management, gateway configuration, and capacity planning
• Experience implementing Row-Level Security (RLS) in both Tableau and Power BI
• Experience embedding BI dashboards in web applications using SSO and API-based integration
• Solid understanding of data modeling concepts, dimensional modeling, and analytics best practices
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain interactive dashboards and reports using Tableau and Microsoft Power BI
• Translate complex business requirements into clear, intuitive, and performant visualizations
• Build operational, tactical, and executive-level reporting solutions supporting program health, KPI tracking, performance trends, and compliance monitoring
• Develop drill-down and self-service reporting capabilities enabling business users to explore data independently
• Create and maintain calculated fields, measures, KPIs, and business logic within both platforms
• Develop high-volume transactional reports with data export capabilities
• Ensure dashboards are optimized for performance, scalability, and usability across user groups
• Connect to and model data from a variety of sources including relational databases, cloud data warehouses, flat files, and APIs
• Build and maintain semantic data models, published data sources, and reusable datasets
• Write and optimize SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, and validation
• Collaborate with data engineering teams on data pipeline design, reporting views, aggregations, and data quality standards
• Consume curated, analytics-ready datasets from centralized data warehouses; avoid direct querying of operational systems where possible
• Support data governance practices including documentation of data definitions, lineage, and refresh schedules
• Deploy, configure, and administer Tableau Server including high-availability environments
• Manage Power BI Service administration including workspaces, capacity management, and gateway configuration
• Manage user accounts, roles, permissions, and content governance across both platforms
• Monitor platform performance, manage extract and refresh schedules, and troubleshoot issues
• Support platform upgrades, patching, and licensing management in coordination with IT and procurement teams
• Implement and manage Row-Level Security (RLS) across both Tableau and Power BI environments
• Coordinate with portal and application development teams on embedding API implementation
• Work within AWS GovCloud and/or Microsoft Azure cloud environments
• Collaborate with data engineering teams leveraging AWS services such as Redshift, RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Glue, and Lambda
• Support analytics workloads on Databricks, including Delta Lake table consumption and pipeline coordination
• Ensure reporting architectures isolate analytics workloads from transactional processing systems
• Support infrastructure setup and deployment using Terraform and GitLab
• Partner with business stakeholders to gather and refine reporting requirements
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives
• Conduct dashboard reviews and user acceptance testing with business and technical teams
• Produce and maintain technical documentation including data dictionaries, dashboard specifications, and user guides
• Provide training and support to end users and report consumers across the organization

Skills

Tableau

Power BI

SQL

DAX

Power Query

Tableau Server

Power BI Service

SSO / APIs

Job description

SAIC is seeking an experienced BI Developer specializing in Tableau and Power BI to design, build, and optimize dashboards and reports for federal government programs. This role supports data engineers, architects, and stakeholders to deliver actionable insights across multiple BI platforms.

The candidate may work 100% remotely within the United States and must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance. Responsibilities include dashboard administration, data modeling, and performance tuning