Junior BI and Power Platform Developer; Remote

The following states/districts are excluded from this job ad: AK, CA, CO, CT, DC, HI, LA, MA, MN, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, ND, OR, PR, RI, VT, WA, WY

Future Need - Actively Interviewing

Location: Remote in any United States jurisdiction not excluded from this job advertisement.

We're looking for a skilled Business Intelligence and Power platform Developer to support the continuous improvement of Department of Veteran Affairs auditing processes. If you're passionate about turning data into business success, designing powerful analytics solutions and intelligent automations, apply now!

Position Description: The Junior Business Intelligence (BI) and Power Platform Developer supports the design, development, enhancement, and support of business intelligence, workflow automation, reporting, and collaboration solutions utilizing Microsoft (MS) Power Platform, Power BI, SharePoint, and related technologies.

Minimum/General Experience: 1 year of Power BI, MS Power Platform, and SharePoint development experience

Minimum Education: Bachelors Degree in computer science, information technology, or related field

Essential Skills/Qualifications:

• Experience designing and developing ad-hoc applications, dashboards, reports, and datasets using MS Power BI
• Experience developing, maintaining, and enhancing Power BI dashboards, reports, datasets, and data visualizations
• Experience developing, maintaining, and enhancing Power Apps and Power Automate workflows
• Experience with Microsoft SharePoint webpage development and content publishing
• Experience supporting SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 environments
• Experience with reading and writing complex SQL queries
• Experience connecting applications to data sources (e.g., Microsoft Dataverse, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint, other cloud services)
• Experience reviewing and working with users based on support tickets
• Experience designing and maintaining data models and relationships
• Experience gathering requirements and developing technical documentation
• Knowledge of cybersecurity controls and compliance
• Knowledge of building virtual agents using SQL, Python, Java, or Java Script
• Knowledge of machine learning open-source libraries & platforms (e.g., MLflow, , Pytorch, pandas, numpy, sklearn, XGBoost, Tensorflow/Keras, or similar TRM-approved languages)

General Physical Requirements needed to perform the essential functions of this job may vary based on the location of the assignment.

• Assignment Location - Remote
• Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
• Typing, communicating, repetitive motions.
• Close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data, view computer monitors and read. May need to view presentation screens and other visual aids in a virtual setting.
• Inside environmental conditions with protection from outside elements.

Security:
Ability to obtain/maintain a Federal Civilian Public Trust

• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident that has lived in the United States for at least 3 years

Federal Civilian Public Trust Consists of a review of up to but not limited to:

• Covers 10 year period and in some instances lifetime events
• OPM Security Investigations Index (SII)
• DOD Defense Central Investigations Index (DCII)
• National Agency Check (NAC) records
• FBI name check
• FBI fingerprint check
• Credit report check
• Written inquiries to previous employers and references listed on the application for employment
• Potential interviews with the subject, spouse, neighbors, supervisor, coworkers
• Law enforcement check
• Court records check
• Education check
  - Attendance and Degrees

Tasks/activities include, but are not limited to:

• Supports design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance and sunset activities
• Works with stakeholders, project teams, and subject matter experts (SMEs) to gather requirements, develop technical documentation, and quality assurance test scripts
• Provides Tier 1 and 2 support to end users through ticketing protocols
• Designs and develops cybersecurity audit related ad-hoc apps, dashboards, reports, and datasets using MS Power BI
• Supports the development Power BI datasets
• Sustains a user access security framework
• Uses SharePoint Online Development and MS Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI and AI Builder, and MS Flow)
• Supports relational database creation and administration
• Supports automation of business and data analysis methodologies to optimize business processes and system workflow
• Develops a Power BI Metadata Portal to house cyber audit related data
• Develops and maintains Power BI Artifact Metadata Digital Catalog that includes data refresh schedule and status, data sources and performance measure calculation methodologies
• Develops a MS SQL Database to develop data models related to collecting and managed audit data
• Uses machine learning open-source libraries & platforms to develop enhanced audit management solutions
• Creates and modifies data reports and…