Business Intelligence Developer (Senior)

Job Type Full-time Description

K2United is seeking a strategic Senior Business Intelligence Developer to join our K2Share team. The Senior BI Developer acts as a trusted advisor and thought leader, shaping cybersecurity concerns and issues by facilitating discovery sessions, engaging clients, and documenting use cases that translate threats such as vulnerabilities (CVEs), POA&Ms, compliance gaps, data protection risks, and evolving federal mandates into impactful cyber risk intelligence products. This role engineers custom ETL pipelines (Power Query, DAX, SQL, Python), builds scalable Power BI models and logic, and delivers responsive Power Apps/Power Automate solutions with automated QA/QC and sound change-management practices.

You will deliver executive-level risk briefings, align products to governance drivers (OMB, NIST, DHS), and translate evolving cybersecurity/privacy guidance into practical, decision-ready tools. Beyond delivery, you will provide strategic thought leadership, driving adoption through clear, non-technical communication, setting direction with repeatable use cases, and elevating organizational knowledge. You will lead pioneering research, prototype ML/AI opportunities, and champion innovative approaches to visualization and risk management, ensuring that breakthrough findings shape enterprise standards and rapidly transition into production.

About You:

You are a strategic BI Developer skilled in translating complex cybersecurity risks into actionable insights. With expertise in Power BI, Power Platform, SQL, and Python, you build scalable, decision-ready tools aligned with federal standards. You lead with innovation, communicate clearly with non-technical audiences, and drive adoption through thought leadership and data-driven solutions.

Requirements

Required Experience:

• Consultative Skills: 5+ years of leading discovery workshops and stakeholder interviews; reframes ambiguous asks into crisp problem statements and measurable outcomes; documents product use cases to guide design and ensure stakeholder alignment; engages clients directly to validate requirements and sustain buy-in; builds business cases and communicates trade-offs and risks in plain language; demonstrates thought leadership by shaping solution roadmaps, influencing adoption, and driving change-management across the organization.
• Analytics engineering: 5+ years of Advanced Power BI (data modeling, DAX), Power Query (M), SQL, and Python for custom ETL/automation; designs star/semantic models with performance and governance in mind.
• Data platforms & automation: Hands-on experience with Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Data Factory; Power Automate and Power Apps.
• Delivery excellence: Applies Agile methodology (sprint planning, backlog grooming, definition of done), baked-in QA/QC and data quality checks, clear documentation, and repeatable patterns/templates.
• Cyber/privacy domain alignment: Familiarity with FISMA/OMB/NIST/DHS guidance and translating control/risk concepts into KRIs, scorecards, and executive-level narratives. Knowledge of general cybersecurity concepts and terms. Knowledge of NIST Special Publications relating to cybersecurity risk management (i.e., SP 800-37, SP 800-53).
• Communication & leadership: Executive-ready writing and storytelling with data; facilitates cross-functional decisions; mentors peers; builds reusable assets and enablement materials.

Preferred Experience:

• Certified Analytics Professional (CAP or DASCA Senior Data Scientist) or the ability to obtain one within the first 90 days of employment.
• Microsoft Power BI Certification (PL-300) or the ability to obtain one within the first 90 days of employment.
• CISSP or CISM preferred or the ability to obtain one within the first 90 days of employment.

Clearances:

• Must hold, or be eligible to obtain and maintain, a Federal Security Clearance.

Tools: Power BI, Power Query (M), DAX, SQL, Python, Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Data, Factory, Power Apps, Power Automate, Agile collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, Aha!)

Who is K2United?

At its core, K2United is a group of unique people coming together to do the remarkable. We believe in creating a workplace where sincerity and open communication are the norm. We value respect, encourage innovation, and believe wholeheartedly in the value of collaboration and a little nerdy camaraderie. Our talented teams have provided cybersecurity advisory services to federal agencies for over 20 years, and we also develop industry-recognized online education through our CareerSafe brand.

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