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This role combines data engineering, SQL and Python development, Power BI semantic modeling, and stakeholder collaboration to turn disconnected operational sources into decision-ready performance information.\nThe Data / BI Engineer will build and sustain pipelines that combine approved Jira, portfolio, training, survey, and related data; define and validate metric calculations; and develop Power BI models and dashboards for operational and executive audiences. The engineer will work with analysts and platform administrators to ensure that adoption, maturity, completion, and delivery measures remain consistent as teams and configurations change.\nThis is not a dashboard-only role. The engineer must design for data lineage, refresh reliability, security, performance, and explainable calculations while ensuring that reports answer meaningful business questions. The ideal candidate blends strong technical execution with careful quality assurance and the ability to translate ambiguous metrics requests into durable data products.\nLMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.\nLeveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government, efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors-helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.\nResponsibilities\nDesign, build, and maintain ingestion and transformation pipelines for Jira Commercial Cloud, Jira Align where available, LMS, surveys, and approved enterprise data sources.\nUse SQL and Python to clean, reconcile, combine, validate, and document multi-source datasets.\nDevelop Power BI semantic models, DAX calculations, governed KPI definitions, refresh processes, and leadership dashboards.\nCreate reporting on Agile maturity, training completion, Jira adoption, onboarding waves, and portfolio progress.\nImplement access controls, quality monitoring, lineage documentation, error handling, and report performance optimization.\nCollaborate with business analysts, administrators, and governance stakeholders on metric definitions and dashboard validation.\nSupport recurring reporting, dashboard enhancements, and operational handover.\nDesign ingestion, staging, transformation, and refresh processes that integrate approved REST API extracts and structured enterprise data sources.\nEstablish resilient SQL/Python transformation routines, quality tests, exception handling, provenance records, and scheduled refresh monitoring.\nCreate semantic models, DAX measures, dimensional relationships, accessible visuals, and reporting controls tailored to leaders and practitioners.\nDefine and document KPI logic for training completion, Jira adoption, team readiness, maturity change, and implementation progress, with appropriate cohort denominators.\nOptimize report refresh and query performance, support role-based access, investigate discrepancies, and transfer runbooks and model documentation to sustainment teams.\nQualifications\nRequired:\nBachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, data engineering, data science, information systems, or a related technical field. Four additional years of relevant experience may substitute for a Bachelor's.\n5+ years of data engineering, BI engineering, analytics engineering, or comparable experience.\nStrong SQL and Python proficiency and experience building production data pipelines.\nAdvanced Power BI skills including DAX, modeling, transformation, and dashboard publication.\nExperience with data validation, privacy-aware access controls, and stakeholder KPI requirements.\nAbility to obtain and maintain a favorable Public Trust determination and satisfy applicable federal personnel vetting, security, privacy, accessibility, and data-handling requirements.\nMicrosoft Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300) or Fabric Data Engineer (DP-700) certification; previously issued Azure Data Engineer (DP-203) credentials are also accepted.\nExperience implementing governed Power BI datasets or semantic models, with well-documented calculations and controlled refresh or publication processes.\nAbility to validate data with business owners, explain uncertainty and gaps, and troubleshoot source-to-report differences.\nDesired:\nPrior experience supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), or federal health programs is highly desirable.\nJira and Atlassian APIs, Azure data services, and enterprise portfolio reporting.\nExperience joining survey, LMS, HR, and software delivery data.\nExperience with Azure data services, cloud API pagination, monitoring, and reusable enterprise dashboard design patterns.\nA master's degree in data engineering, computer science, applied statistics, data science, or analytics is highly desirable.\nAdditional certifications such as Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600) or Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300) are desirable.\nTarget salary range: $110,000 - $165,000.\nThe salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. 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