Senior BI Developer

Nakupuna Companies • Arlington, VA

18h • Hybrid

About The Position

Nakupuna Prime is looking for a Senior BI Developer to serve as the expert for analytics and presentation layers, transforming complex integrated data into intuitive, actionable visualizations to support leadership decision-making and self-service analytics. This senior role leads dashboard architecture, standards, and review, and mentors BI developers to ensure quality, performance, and accessibility. This effort supports the United States Naval Community College (USNCC).

Requirements

• Expert-level capability designing BI architectures (semantic layers, shared datasets, KPI governance) to support scalable reporting.
• Advanced proficiency across Salesforce Analytics, Power BI, and Tableau, including performance tuning and best-practice patterns.
• Deep SQL and data validation expertise to ensure accuracy, traceability, and consistency across dashboards and downstream reporting.
• Proven ability to establish and enforce dashboard standards for usability and 508 compliance, including review and acceptance criteria.
• Leadership skills to mentor BI developers, coordinate with engineering/data science, and manage stakeholder expectations.
• This position requires a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related quantitative field.
• 10+ years of BI/Visualization development experience in enterprise environments
• Demonstrated expertise in Salesforce CRM Analytics, Power BI, and Tableau architecture and governance
• Advanced SQL proficiency; experience optimizing queries for performance at scale
• Experience establishing BI standards (KPI definitions, semantic layers, validation processes)
• Demonstrated experience leading reviews, mentoring developers, and driving 508-compliant design at scale
• This position requires access to military installations.
• Must be able to qualify for and obtain base access and pass a background check.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• The ideal candidate must at a minimum be able to meet the following physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation: Ability to perform repetitive motions with the hands, wrists, and fingers. Ability to engage in and follow audible communications in emergency situations. Ability to sit for prolonged periods at a desk and working on a computer. Ability to walk for extended periods throughout the work day including moving between buildings and covering long distances by foot.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy interactive reports and dashboards using Salesforce CRM Analytics, Power BI, and Tableau Cloud.
• Integrate, transform, and validate data from Salesforce Education Cloud, flat files, and AWS Redshift/PostgreSQL to construct unified analytical datasets.
• Develop and maintain advanced formulas, expressions, and calculated fields within BI tools to support complex reporting needs.
• Implement validation checks at the presentation layer to ensure reporting is accurate, consistent, and traceable to source data prior to release.
• Optimize dashboard loading times and refresh schedules to sustain responsive end-user interaction.
• Ensure dashboards are 508-compliant and meet usability and accessibility expectations.
• Lead BI standards and dashboard governance, including KPI definitions, validation methods, and performance tuning practices.
• Conduct peer reviews and acceptance checks for dashboards and reports prior to release to ensure quality, accuracy, and 508 compliance.
• Mentor BI developers and provide technical guidance on complex visualization and data modeling challenges.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees