Power BI Developer

Public Trust: BI Full 6C (T4)

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to support the missions that matter. From working with technologies like AI, cyber and cloud to careers in intelligence and health, we offer endless opportunities to apply your expertise to create a safer, smarter world while building new skills to propel your career forward.

Job Description

Transform technology into opportunity as a Power BI Developer at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

As a Power BI Developer, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of our customers. You will play a crucial role in:

• Designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining enterprise business intelligence solutions using Microsoft Power BI
• Developing interactive dashboards, reports, visualizations, and analytical solutions that provide actionable insights to business and technical stakeholders
• Gathering and translating business and reporting requirements into scalable and reusable Power BI solutions
• Developing semantic models, relationships, measures, calculated columns, and other analytical components using DAX
• Using Power Query and M language to transform, cleanse, integrate, and prepare data for reporting and analytics
• Connecting Power BI solutions to enterprise data sources, including SQL Server, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Dataverse, Excel, APIs, and other structured data sources
• Designing efficient data models using dimensional modeling and star-schema principles to support enterprise reporting and analytics
• Developing and optimizing SQL queries, views, and data transformations used by Power BI solutions
• Configuring and implementing row-level security (RLS) and other report and dataset access controls
• Publishing and managing reports, semantic models, dashboards, and applications within the Power BI Service
• Configuring and troubleshooting data refreshes, data gateways, connections, and scheduled refresh processes
• Monitoring and optimizing Power BI report, semantic model, and query performance
• Supporting deployment and promotion of Power BI solutions across development, test, and production environments
• Performing unit and integration testing and supporting user acceptance testing (UAT)
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues with reports, data models, data quality, refreshes, gateways, and data-source connectivity
• Developing and maintaining technical documentation, data definitions, report specifications, and solution documentation
• Collaborating with business analysts, developers, administrators, architects, data teams, and stakeholders throughout the solution development lifecycle
• Presenting analytical findings, dashboards, and technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Providing technical guidance and knowledge support to end users and junior staff

Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Power BI Developer must have:

Education: BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field required

Experience:

• 3+ years of experience designing, developing, testing, and deploying business intelligence and analytics solutions required
• Hands-on experience developing enterprise reports, dashboards, semantic models, and analytical solutions using Microsoft Power BI
• Experience integrating and transforming data from multiple enterprise data sources

Required Skills

• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service
• Strong proficiency with DAX for measures, calculations, and analytical logic
• Strong proficiency with Power Query and M for data transformation and preparation
• Experience designing semantic models, relationships, hierarchies, measures, and calculated columns
• Experience with dimensional data modeling and star-schema design
• Strong SQL skills, including developing and optimizing queries used for reporting and analytics
• Experience integrating Power BI with SQL Server, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Dataverse, Excel, APIs, and other enterprise data sources
• Experience implementing row-level security (RLS) and managing access to Power BI content
• Experience publishing and managing reports, semantic models, dashboards, workspaces, and Power BI applications
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting scheduled refreshes, data connections, and on-premises data gateways
• Ability to troubleshoot and optimize Power BI report, semantic model, DAX, and query performance
• Understanding of data quality, data validation, and reporting governance principles
• Experience supporting deployment of Power BI solutions across development, test, and production environments
• Familiarity with Power BI deployment pipelines and source/version control practices
• Familiarity with Agile methodology
• Ability to translate business and reporting requirements into scalable, maintainable, and reusable technical solutions
• Ability to communicate complex data and analytical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment
• Ability to provide technical guidance and knowledge support to junior staff
• Willingness to stay current on Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and emerging analytics technologies

Required Certification(s)

• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400 or AB-400)
• ITIL v4 or v5 Foundation

Security Clearance Level: Must be able to pass a background check to obtain a position of Public Trust

Location: Bossier City, LA

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

● 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 a career in software development at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your dedication to advancing innovation.

#GDITLA

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

3 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

ITIL 4 Foundation | PeopleCert - PeopleCert

Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400) | Microsoft - Microsoft

Travel Required

Less than 10%