Power BI Developer

General Dynamics Information Technology • USA LA Home Office (LAHOME), LA

1d • $76,565 - $92,000 • Remote

About The Position

GDIT is hiring a remote Power BI Developer to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain enterprise business intelligence solutions using Microsoft Power BI for mission-critical government projects. The role involves building interactive dashboards, reports, visualizations, semantic models, and analytical solutions that provide actionable insights to business and technical stakeholders. The developer will translate reporting requirements into scalable, reusable solutions; prepare and integrate data from enterprise sources; and ensure reports are secure, performant, documented, and supported throughout development, testing, and production deployment.

The position collaborates with business analysts, developers, administrators, architects, data teams, and stakeholders across the solution development lifecycle. It also includes presenting findings and technical concepts, troubleshooting issues, and providing technical guidance to end users and junior staff. The role is remote, with 40 scheduled weekly hours and less than 10% travel required. Applicants must be able to pass a background check to obtain a Public Trust position.

Requirements

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience designing, developing, testing, and deploying business intelligence and analytics solutions.
• 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.
• 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 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 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.
• Ability to translate business and reporting requirements into scalable, maintainable, 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 and provide technical guidance and knowledge support to junior staff.
• Willingness to stay current on Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and emerging analytics technologies.
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400 or AB-400).
• ITIL v4 or v5 Foundation certification.
• Must be able to pass a background check to obtain a position of Public Trust.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with Power BI deployment pipelines and source/version control practices.
• Familiarity with Agile methodology.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain enterprise business intelligence solutions using Microsoft Power BI.
• Develop interactive dashboards, reports, visualizations, and analytical solutions for business and technical stakeholders.
• Gather and translate business and reporting requirements into scalable, reusable Power BI solutions.
• Develop semantic models, relationships, measures, calculated columns, and other analytical components using DAX.
• Use Power Query and M to transform, cleanse, integrate, and prepare data for reporting and analytics.
• Connect Power BI solutions to SQL Server, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Dataverse, Excel, APIs, and other structured enterprise data sources.
• Design efficient data models using dimensional modeling and star-schema principles.
• Develop and optimize SQL queries, views, and data transformations used by Power BI solutions.
• Configure and implement row-level security and other report and dataset access controls.
• Publish and manage reports, semantic models, dashboards, workspaces, and applications within Power BI Service.
• Configure and troubleshoot data refreshes, gateways, connections, and scheduled refresh processes.
• Monitor and optimize Power BI report, semantic model, DAX, and query performance.
• Support deployment and promotion of Power BI solutions across development, test, and production environments.
• Perform unit and integration testing and support user acceptance testing.
• Troubleshoot issues involving reports, data models, data quality, refreshes, gateways, and data-source connectivity.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, data definitions, report specifications, and solution documentation.
• Collaborate with business analysts, developers, administrators, architects, data teams, and stakeholders throughout the solution development lifecycle.
• Present analytical findings, dashboards, and technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide technical guidance and knowledge support to end users and junior staff.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Competitive pay.
• Full-flex work weeks where possible.
• Medical plan options, including some with Health Savings Accounts.
• Dental plan options.
• Vision plan.
• Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal leave.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• Military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Typically 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for new employees, prorated based on hire date.
• Typically 10 paid holidays per year, prorated based on hire date.
• Paid Family Leave of up to 160 hours in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.
• 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.
• AI-powered career tool identifying career steps and learning opportunities.
• Internal mobility team focused on career goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level