Data Visualization Engineer

Description

SAIC is seeking a Data Visualization Engineer to support an SAIC Prime Program supporting the NRO in Chantilly, VA.

Note: Qualified candidates must have a current and active Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph to be considered for this role.

In this role, you'll combine hands-on Tableau expertise with systems engineering and technical advisory skills to deliver high-impact visual analytics that support mission execution and senior leader decision-making. This position is ideal for candidates who enjoy transforming complex data into actionable insights while working directly with Government stakeholders, engineers, and mission partners in a highly visible SETA environment.

Responsibilities to include:

• Design, develop, and deploy new Tableau dashboards that provide mission, programmatic, and technical insights across the Ground Enterprise.
• Enhance and maintain existing dashboards, improving usability, accuracy, performance, and alignment with evolving Government priorities.
• Assess and validate data sources, ensuring data integrity, completeness, and readiness for visualization.
• Collaborate closely with Government stakeholders to gather analytic requirements and translate them into intuitive, high-impact visualizations and data flows.
• Evaluate dashboard architecture and dependencies, providing SETA advisory recommendations to improve reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Conduct data modeling, transformation, and integration tasks to support new visualizations and analytic workflows.
• Perform testing, verification, regression checks, and quality assurance to ensure dashboards reflect accurate, mission-aligned data.
• Document dashboard logic, data pipelines, filters, calculations, and usage patterns to maintain analytic continuity.
• Stay current with Tableau features, visualization best practices, and enterprise BI trends to guide capability enhancements.
  Recommend improvements to strengthen analytic maturity, streamline reporting processes, and support leadership decision-making.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience. Relevant experience to be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Active/current Top Secret/SCI with polygraph.
• Experience developing Tableau dashboards and transforming complex data into clear, actionable insights.
• Proficiency with SQL, Python, data modeling, ETL, and enterprise data platforms.
• Experience supporting Intelligence Community, DoD, or mission-focused environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data visualization skills.
• Experience creating executive-level dashboards and briefing technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and customer engagement skills.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced SETA environment.
• Experience supporting the NRO or other Intelligence Community organizations.
• Prior SETA, FFRDC, systems engineering, or technical advisory experience.

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.