Bi (business intelligence) developer

Akira Technologies is seeking a Business Intelligence (BI) Developer (Journeyman) to support enterprise data and analytics initiatives within a secure, mission-focused environment. The BI Developer will design, develop, and maintain business intelligence products that transform Advana System data into actionable insights supporting operational decision-making across hybrid-classification environments. This role will leverage modern data platforms, visualization technologies, and cloud-native analytics tools to deliver high-quality dashboards, reports, and analytic products that enhance mission effectiveness and accelerate data-driven decision-making.

This is an onsite role supporting client locations in Washington, DC. Ideal candidates should be local to the Washington, DC Metro Area. Also, this requires candidates with TS/SCI eligibility.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, and maintain business intelligence solutions that translate enterprise datasets into operationally relevant insights and decision-support products.
• Design and build dashboards, visualizations, scorecards, and analytic applications using Tableau, Power BI, Databricks SQL, Apache Spark, and related technologies.
• Create and optimize SQL queries, data transformations, and analytic workflows to support performance, scalability, and data accessibility within modern data marketplace environments.
• Apply medallion architecture principles to transform bronze, silver, and gold-tier datasets into curated analytic products for mission stakeholders and data operations teams.
• Conduct data quality assessments and validation activities, including field completeness reviews, schema validation, transformation accuracy checks, and reference integrity analysis.
• Monitor analytic product performance and data health using pipeline drift indicators, CloudWatch events, Grafana metrics, and other monitoring tools.
• Troubleshoot dashboard, reporting, and data integration issues in coordination with Tier-2 and Tier-3 support teams; document root causes and corrective actions.
• Engage with mission customers to gather requirements, communicate product updates, and support feature enhancements and release activities.
• Develop reusable reporting templates, visualization standards, metric definitions, and analytic best practices to promote consistency across organizations.
• Produce written analyses, dashboard packages, executive-level reports, and metric catalogs that improve transparency and operational awareness.
• Support data governance, metadata management, and documentation efforts to ensure analytic products remain accurate, traceable, and sustainable.
• Collaborate with data engineers, architects, data scientists, and operational stakeholders to deliver integrated analytics capabilities aligned with mission objectives.

Job Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Data Science, Business Intelligence, or a related technical field. Additional experience may be substituted for education where appropriate.
• 3–10 years of experience developing business intelligence, data analytics, reporting, or data visualization solutions.
• Experience building dashboards and reports using Tableau and/or Microsoft Power BI.
• Proficiency with SQL and data transformation techniques for large-scale datasets.
• Experience working with Databricks, Apache Spark, or modern cloud-based analytics platforms.
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts, dimensional modeling, and medallion architecture principles.
• Experience conducting data validation, data quality assessments, and troubleshooting data anomalies.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), or federal government analytics environments.
• Familiarity with Advana, enterprise data lakes, or large-scale data marketplace ecosystems.
• Experience with AWS cloud services, including CloudWatch.
• Experience utilizing Grafana or similar monitoring and observability platforms.
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience developing training materials, user guides, and analytic governance artifacts.

Salary Range

$90,000 - $120,000

Akira’s pay range for this position considers various factors including skills, years of experience, training, licenses, certifications, alignment with market data, and internal equity in the organization. This pay range estimate is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary, which Akira believes to be done in good faith in compliance with local laws. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.

Description of Benefits

Akira offers its employees multiple options for medical plans (some with Health Savings Account), dental plans, and vision coverage, and a 401(k) plan with employer match. To promote work/life balance, Akira offers paid time off, including vacation and sick time, holidays, paid parental leave, military leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty leave. We also offer short and long-term disability benefits to protect employee income in the event of sickness or injury, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and critical illness insurance. Akira also offers tuition, training, and certification reimbursement for professional development and career advancement.

Akira regularly reviews our total rewards package to ensure our offerings remain competitive and reflect the values and needs expressed by our employees.

About Akira Technologies

Akira strives to meet and exceed the mission and objectives of US federal agencies. As a leading small business cloud modernization and data analytics services provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated solutions and technologies that serve the needs of our customers and citizens. Akira serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, cyber, defense, civilian, and health markets. Every day, our employees deliver transformational outcomes, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.

Akira is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.