Diné Development Corporation is a Navajo Nation owned family of companies that provides government agencies and commercial organizations with high-quality IT services. They are seeking a skilled Analytics / Data Engineer to build reliable data pipelines and transform data into analytics-ready models for reporting and decision-making.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain robust data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes using Azure Data Factory, SSIS, or similar tools
- Support and enhance data integrations between enterprise applications and external data sources (batch and near real-time)
- Manage and optimize Azure SQL PaaS and on-prem SQL Server and Oracle Database environments for performance, scalability, and security
- Collaborate with application teams to ensure seamless data feed operations and troubleshoot integration issues
- Participate in DevOps and CI/CD workflows for data and analytics solutions
- Develop, optimize, and govern Power BI semantic models (datasets), including relationships, measures, and calculated columns
- Write and optimize DAX measures to support complex business logic and performance-efficient reporting
- Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports, ensuring usability, performance, and consistency across the organization
- Partner with business stakeholders to translate reporting requirements into scalable, reusable analytics assets
- Implement and enforce Power BI governance practices, including workspace design, dataset reuse, security (RLS), and deployment standards
- Implement and maintain data governance, data quality, lineage, and documentation practices
- Ensure compliance with data security, privacy, and access control standards across data and analytics platforms
- Support auditing, monitoring, and certification of enterprise datasets and reports
- Develop and maintain operational runbooks covering:
- Break/fix procedures
- Refresh restarts and failure remediation
- Access provisioning and troubleshooting
- Participate in ITIL-aligned processes including incident, problem, change, and release management
- Performs other related duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship
- Must reside in Eastern Time Zone
- 3+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or business intelligence roles
- Strong proficiency in SQL Server, Oracle, T-SQL, and Azure SQL PaaS
- Hands-on experience with Power BI, including: Semantic model (dataset) design, DAX measures and calculations, Report and dashboard development
- Solid understanding of data modeling, dimensional modeling, and data warehousing concepts
- Experience supporting application data integrations and analytics use cases
- Strong performance tuning skills for both SQL queries and Power BI models
- Limited travel may be required
- Experience with Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Lake, or Fabric
- Familiarity with AWS data services (e.g., Redshift, S3, Glue)
- Experience with SSIS, SSRS, and SSAS (Tabular)
- Exposure to Python or other scripting languages for data transformation and automation
- Experience with Power BI deployment pipelines, workspace governance, and tenant-level best practices
- Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines for data and analytics workloads
- Experience with data cataloging, metadata management, and lineage tools
- Security+ certification or ability to obtain a DoD clearance is a plus