Mid Power BI Data Analyst
Job Description
ITA International is seeking a Mid-Level Power BI Data Analyst to support the U.S. Army T2COM mission in a hybrid role based in Fort Eustis, Virginia. The position focuses on analyzing, transforming, modeling, and visualizing data to support mission operations and leadership decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain Power BI reports, dashboards, semantic models, and analytical solutions.
- Collect and analyze reporting and data requirements from government stakeholders and mission users.
- Translate business questions and mission requirements into data and visualization solutions.
- Identify appropriate data sources and create repeatable extraction, transformation, and preparation processes.
- Use Power Query to connect, transform, cleanse, and combine data from multiple sources.
- Build scalable Power BI semantic models.
- Create and maintain DAX measures, calculated columns, calculated tables, and analytical expressions.
- Develop dashboards and reports that clearly communicate operational and mission information for intended audiences.
- Implement filtering, drill-down, drill-through, and interactive reporting functionality.
- Support dashboards for operational users, program managers, analysts, and senior leadership.
- Connect Power BI to enterprise data sources including Dataverse, SQL databases, SharePoint, Excel, APIs, Microsoft 365, and other approved sources.
- Validate data accuracy, completeness, consistency, and timeliness; identify data-quality issues and coordinate resolution with data owners and technical teams.
- Contribute to data dictionaries, metadata, business definitions, and reporting standards.
- Partner with Business Analysts to define reporting requirements, metrics, key performance indicators, and business rules.
- Coordinate with Power Platform developers and architects to integrate Power BI capabilities into broader Power Platform solutions.
- Support development and maintenance of Power Apps and Power Automate solutions where reporting and analytics are required.
- Optimize Power BI reports, models, queries, and datasets for performance.
- Configure and maintain data refresh processes and support Power BI deployment across development, test, and production environments.
- Participate in peer reviews and technical design reviews; troubleshoot issues related to reports, datasets, refresh processes, data sources, and visualizations.
- Document data sources, transformations, calculations, assumptions, and report logic; create test cases and perform data validation.
- Support user acceptance testing and incorporate stakeholder feedback.
- Monitor production reports and resolve issues according to established support procedures.
- Assist with data analysis and ad hoc reporting requests; identify opportunities to improve data accessibility, reporting automation, and analytical capabilities.
- Apply established security, governance, data handling, and access-control requirements.
- Stay current with Microsoft Power BI and related data platform capabilities.
- Perform other data analysis and reporting duties needed to support T2COM mission objectives.
- Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards embedded within Power Apps using Power BI tiles.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline (Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, Mathematics, Business Analytics, or equivalent) or equivalent professional experience.
- 4+ years of experience in data analysis, business intelligence, reporting, data visualization, or a related field.
- 2+ years of hands-on Power BI development experience.
- Demonstrated experience developing production-quality Power BI reports and dashboards.
- Strong experience with Microsoft Power BI, Power Query, DAX, data modeling, data visualization, and data analysis.
- Experience developing relational data models and working with structured data.
- Experience working with SQL and relational databases.
- Experience connecting Power BI to multiple data sources.
- Experience developing calculated measures and analytical expressions using DAX.
- Experience cleansing, transforming, and validating data using Power Query or comparable tools.
- Experience gathering and documenting reporting and analytical requirements.
- Ability to translate business requirements into meaningful analytical products.
- Strong understanding of data quality, data validation, and data governance concepts.
- Experience working with business and technical stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
Technologies
- Microsoft Power BI, Power Query, DAX
- Dataverse, SQL, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Excel
- Power Platform, Power Apps, Power Automate
- Azure, Azure SQL, Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse, Microsoft Fabric
- APIs, REST APIs, custom data connectors
- Power BI semantic models
- Row-level security (RLS)
- Azure DevOps, Git
- Power BI deployment pipelines
- Power BI tiles
Compensation and Location
Location: Newport News, VA (hybrid).
Salary: USD 110,000 - 125,000 per year.
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision plans
- Life Insurance
- Short Term Disability insurance (where applicable)
- Voluntary ancillary benefit options
- 401k retirement benefits with employer matching contributions
- Pay range for this position is $110,000 - $125,000 annually
Preferred Qualifications
- Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate certification.
- Microsoft Power Platform certifications.
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric and/or Azure data services.
- Experience with Azure SQL, Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse, or other Azure data technologies.
- Experience with Microsoft Dataverse.
- Experience with Power Apps and Power Automate.
- Experience with SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365.
- Experience developing Power BI solutions using REST APIs and custom data connectors.
- Experience with advanced DAX optimization and performance tuning.
- Experience implementing row-level security (RLS).
- Experience with Power BI deployment pipelines and Azure DevOps.
- Experience with Git or other source-control technologies.
- Experience developing executive-level dashboards and performance scorecards.
- Experience supporting U.S. Army, DoD, or federal government programs.
- Familiarity with RMF, NIST, FISMA, DISA STIGs, Zero Trust, and federal cybersecurity requirements.
- Experience working with controlled, sensitive, or mission-critical data.
- Familiarity with federal data governance and information-handling requirements.
- Active Secret security clearance.