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Holistic Partners, Inc

BI Engineer

Contract · In Office · Bethesda, Maryland (USA)

Posted Aug 31, 2026

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Cloud Stack
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Job Type
Position Group
  • Job Opportunity:Business Intelligence Engineer
  • Location: Bethesda, Maryland 5 Days Onsite
  • Duration: 6 Months CTH
  • Key Responsibility
  • Build and maintain reporting solutions using Power BI
  • Leverage SQL skills to answer ad-hoc data and reporting requests.
  • Work with business stakeholders to gather, vet, and translate requirements for new and existing reporting solutions.
  • Provide training and support to business users, ensuring effective use of BI tools and reporting solutions.
  • Work with senior team members in optimization of data models and refactoring of existing reporting solutions.
  • Own BI ticketing system, working with business users to address identified problems with reports and track new requests.
  • Drive documentation of current and new BI architecture and reporting solutions
  • Work with Director of BI to support governance and best practices adoption across the organization.
  • Be proactive and take ownership of the projects and tasks assigned.
  • Qualification
  • Bachelor's degree from four-year College or university in Computer Science, Technology, Business, or related field.
  • 2-3+ years of experience in business intelligence, data analysis or related fields
  • Proven track record in building impactful reporting solutions using cloud native tools.
  • Experience with cloud-based business intelligence technologies.
  • Experienced with SQL for data analysis and data modeling.
  • Knowledge about leveraging the cloud in the development of data models.
  • Understanding of database and data modeling concepts
  • Knowledgeable about BI governance strategies and best practices
  • Passionate about data, data analytics, visualizations, and storytelling
  • Strong analytic skills, attention to detail, ability to multi-task, troubleshoot and problem solve along with the ability to make recommendations based on analysis are extremely important.
  • Must possess excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
  • Must be self-managed, highly motivated and have a strong drive for results.
  • Must be naturally able to exert influence, drive, and steer stakeholders in the right direction.
  • Proven, demonstrated capability in gathering and documenting complex business and functional requirements.
  • Ability to grasp concepts quickly and reduce them to practice with little supervision.
  • Ability to manage changing priorities and plan effectively to meet deadlines.
  • Ability to analyze complex situations and to derive workable actions.
  • Ability to constructively challenge requirements and current state to increase overall value to the firm.
  • Experience with cloud-based analytical platforms (GCP, Azure), is preferred.
  • Experience with enterprise Business Intelligence technologies (Power BI, Looker), is preferred.
  • Knowledge of data lifecycle management (DLM), is preferred.
  • Familiar with retail operations, is preferred.
  • Notes:
  • Role Focus
  • Primary Tool: Power BI (expert-level required) interview will go in detail on what issues could arise, how you solve.
  • Tool/Skill Priority:
  • Power BI
  • SQL for data analysis and modeling
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Fabric
  • Demonstrates a deep technical understanding and is comfortable getting "in the weeds" when solving problems or analyzing data.
  • Interested in leveraging AI within a Business Intelligence environment to drive insights, automation, and business value.
  • Looker (helpful not mandatory)
  • Candidate Qualities
  • Strong communication skills
  • Proactive and curious
  • Willing to dig into data
  • Motivated to find answers
  • Team & Project Context
  • Focused on data, BI, and reporting
  • Responsibilities include:
  • Working with new data points, features, and functionality
  • Collaborating across a cross-functional team
  • Applying best practices
  • Building viable reporting solutions
  • Heavy use of Power BI
  • Experience with cloud-based BI platforms (GCP, Azure preferred)
  • Understanding of data modeling, database architecture, and data lifecycle management
  • Familiarity with BI governance and best practices

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BI Engineer

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