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PowerBI Database Engineer

SAIC

Washington, DCJob$100–140K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$100–140K/yr
Location
Washington, DC
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Network+ CE Or Security+ CE Or CySA+ Or CASP+ CESecret clearance

Job overview

SAIC seeks a Power BI Database Engineer to support the Defense Research and Engineering Network program. The role builds business intelligence solutions and dashboards by combining data from disparate sources, enabling customer decision-making through real-time and near-real-time reporting. The position is onsite in Washington, D.C., and requires an active Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, and a qualifying security certification.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

JavaScript or C++API DevelopmentPower BIData PresentationSQLAnalysis Services ModelsPower BI ReportingData Source IntegrationData TransformationPower BI DAXData IntegrationStatistical ApplicationsLeadershipCollaborationProblem SolvingREST APIsWeb APIsPower PlatformRequirements TranslationData ModelingAgile MethodologyVirtual Team Collaboration

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Six Years ExperienceFive Years ExperienceActive Secret ClearanceU.S. CitizenshipNetwork+ CE or Security+ CE or CySA+ or CASP+ CEPower BI or Power Platform Certification

Full job description

Description

SAIC has an excellent opportunity for a PowerBi Database Engineer to support the Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN) program to provide effective and insightful reports using Power BI, SharePoint, Excel and other tools, build systems that merge data from disparate sources into consumable dashboards for the customer, and deliver real and near real-time reports and information for key decision making. This role is onsite in Washington, D.C.

Job Description:

  • Design and deploy reporting tool using provided software capabilities to fuse and present information from various systems through API calls or other authorized data transfer means

  • Design, develop and deploy business intelligence solutions using PowerBI and other tools such as SQL and SharePoint

  • Advanced SQL query writing and design skills including stored procedures, functions, views, tables, and relationships

  • Determine business requirements within BI context and design a data model to transform raw data into meaningful insights

  • Convert business requirements into technical specifications and implement them through reports that support decision-making

  • Craft and execute queries based on requests for data

  • Establish relationships between data sources and develop tabular and multi multidimensional data models to present information in customer consumable format

  • Experience with integration tools and data modeling technology

Qualifications

Education Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s and five (5)+ years of experience; additional six (6) years of experience accepted in lieu of degree

Clearance Requirements:

  • Must possess an active Secret security clearance; US Citizenship required

Required Skills:

  • Experience scripting web applications in Javascript or C++ language

  • Experience developing application programming interfaces (API)

  • Experience working with PowerBi tools, development, and administration

  • Experience developing data presentation

  • Experience with SQL (complex joins, math, aggregations, etc.)

  • Building Analysis Services reporting models

  • Developing visual reports, dashboards and KPI scorecards using Power BI desktop

  • Connecting to data sources, importing data and transforming data for Business Intelligence

  • 3+ year experience in an Agile organization with a formal Agile methodology is strongly preferred

  • Demonstrated ability to construct custom calculations through Power BI DAX

  • Certified Power BI / Power Platform certifications are strongly preferred

  • Strong understanding and ability to transform and integrate new and existing data sets

  • Demonstrated knowledge of statistical applications

  • Proven ability to effectively lead and collaborate in a dynamic, fast paced, team oriented environment, with competing priorities

  • Ability to solve a variety of complex problems in the absence of technical guidelines and where creative thinking is required

  • Experience working with and within virtual or physically dispersed teams preferred

  • Good understanding of REST and Web API’s

  • Experience working with Power Platform applications (Apps, Automate, BI, Pages, etc.) preferred

  • Ability to translate the functional requirements into technical work packages / data models

  • Certified Power BI / Power Platform certifications are strongly preferred

Required Certifications:

  • Must have one (1) of the following certifications Network+ CE, Security+ CE, CySA+, OR CASP+ CE

Target salary range: $100,001 - $140,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2618678

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

How this job compares

Set against the 592 open Database Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$100–140K/yr
  • US median$126–210K/yr471 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $120K, is 26% below the US median midpoint ($161K) — in the lowest quarter of Database Engineer salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 592 open Database Engineer jobs across the US. 17% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Database Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (534 postings).
Education
147 of the 592 open Database Engineer jobs (25%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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