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Guidehouse

Power BI Senior Consultant

Guidehouse, Arlington, Virginia, United States, 22201

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Job Family

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Operational Effectiveness Consulting

Travel Required

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Up to 10%

Clearance Required

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Active Secret

What You Will Do

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Guidehouse is seeking a hands-on Power BI Senior Consultant to design, configure and develop a custom solution in Power BI. The candidate will take an active role in leading the development of a custom Power BI dashboard for the client in the Defense and Security Segment, where the individual will collect and analyze human capital data to identify trends, develop visualizations and identify client requirements in support of organizational and mission goals. The candidate will have excellent presentation, communication, leadership, and client development skills to effectively present information to clients and senior level groups. The candidate should have excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills, attention to quality, self-motivation and a strong desire to succeed.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Drive Power BI implementation through all project phases including discovery, definition, build, test, and deploy

Lead design and development of data visualization and dashboard solutions

Lead and review data ingestion, transformation, and cleaning processes using languages and tools such as R, Python, SQL, DAX, Power Query, and Tableau Prep

Deliver services and solutions for clients using Microsoft's Power Apps, Power BI, SharePoint, Power Automate, Microsoft Teams, custom development, and data integrations

Serve as Power BI Subject Matter Expert (SME), with technical expertise including system architecture, solution design, system configuration, and security management

Present tailored demonstrations of the technology solution

Help create design documentation for new solutions and functions

Perform advanced analytics on diverse disparate data to identify trends

Conduct end-user training and create and maintain knowledge transfer documentation

Communicate technical information to senior decision-makers and non-technical audiences

Handle and share data in compliance with proper security standards

Ensure data governance and quality assurance standards are met

Work with team members to summarize and report on business process improvements to include gaps in current processes and initiatives to improve processes for an organization

Organize and lead client meetings, including scheduling meetings; drafting and delivering agendas and meeting minutes; providing and archiving required documentation; and documenting, tracking, and following up on action items

Be proactive in staying up to date on the latest updates to Power BI, as well as future roadmap features announced in Microsoft's wave plans

What You Will Need

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An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED "SECRET" Federal or DoD security clearance

Bachelor's degree

THREE (3) years of professional experience including TWO (2) years of Power BI development experience and compiling and cleaning data from multiple different sources using programming languages (Python, R, SQL) or low-code/no-code software (Power Query, Tableau Prep)

Ability to work on client site in Washington, DC metro region 3 days per week

What Would Be Nice To Have

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Experience consulting for the Department of Defense or other Federal agencies

Experience administering Power BI or Tableau Server/Cloud workspaces and apps for multiple different stakeholders

Any Tableau or Microsoft data analytics or data visualization certifications

Strong understanding of data visualization and design best practices

Excellent verbal and written communication, organizational, prioritization, and time management skills, with strong attention to detail

Experience developing new and re-designing existing processes to meet new and/or evolving business requirements

Ability to work independently with minimal direction

Ability to anticipate and respond to management and client needs

Ability to provide guidance and direction for specific projects or sub-tasks

Capability to manage multi-task projects

Ability to facilitate meetings and present topics to diverse groups of functional and technical staff

Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of staff within an organization

Experience working with human capital-related data

Experience with cloud-based analytics platforms such as Databricks, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure

What We Offer

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Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Basic Life & Supplemental Life

Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

Student Loan PayDown

Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

Skills Development & Certifications

Employee Referral Program

Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer-Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or guidehouse@myworkday.com . Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse. Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process.

If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse's Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact recruiting@guidehouse.com . Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant's dealings with unauthorized third parties.

Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.