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DecisionPoint

Defense IT services and mission support

Data and BI Tester

Technical WritingUpdated on Nov 5
Full-timeChicago, IL, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A minimum of six years of relevant professional experience is required.
  • A bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, data analytics, or a related field, or a permitted equivalent, is required.
  • An active Secret clearance or higher is required.
  • An applicable Department of Defense 8570 certification is required for the assigned duties.
  • Ability to document data models, metadata, extract, transform, and load (ETL) processes, and data flows is required.
  • Ability to document business intelligence (BI) solutions, testing activities, troubleshooting procedures, and user guidance is required.
  • Ability to maintain documentation in accordance with applicable architectural and metadata standards is required.

Responsibilities

  • Create and maintain documentation for data models, warehouse components, metadata, and BI solutions.
  • Document ETL processes, transformation rules, source-to-target mappings, and data flows.
  • Maintain descriptions of data relationships, calculations, dependencies, and reporting logic.
  • Apply established architectural, metadata, terminology, and documentation standards.
  • Work with developers and engineers to verify that documentation reflects implemented functionality.
  • Document test procedures, scenarios, expected results, execution results, and supporting evidence supplied by testing teams.
  • Maintain traceability among documented requirements, data flows, BI components, test records, and identified issues.
  • Record troubleshooting steps, diagnostic findings, resolutions, and known limitations.
  • Develop user guides, job aids, report instructions, and guidance for interpreting analytical outputs.
  • Document report filters, calculations, navigation, refresh behavior, and relevant data limitations.
  • Coordinate reviews with technical specialists, data owners, testers, and Government representatives.
  • Track review comments, documentation gaps, approvals, and corrective actions.
  • Update documentation following schema changes, ETL revisions, BI releases, defect corrections, and operational findings.
  • Maintain document versions, revision histories, repository organization, and publication records.
  • Support release documentation, operational handoffs, knowledge transfer, and user acceptance activities.
  • Improve documentation clarity, consistency, accessibility, and usability based on stakeholder feedback.

Desired Qualifications

  • ISTQB Foundation Level or test automation certification is preferred.
  • Experience documenting data warehouses, analytical platforms, dashboards, and operational reports is preferred.
  • Familiarity with SQL, ETL concepts, Power BI, data modeling, and metadata management is preferred.
  • Experience maintaining test evidence, defect documentation, troubleshooting records, and requirements traceability is preferred.
  • Experience supporting federal or Department of Defense programs is preferred.
  • Familiarity with data governance, lineage, authoritative sources, and common data definitions is preferred.
  • Experience with SharePoint, Confluence, Markdown, version-controlled documentation, or comparable tools is preferred.
  • Experience developing accessible technical documentation and task-based user guidance is preferred.
  • Strong technical writing, editing, and organization skills, and cross-team communication skills, are preferred.

About the Company

DecisionPoint

Defense IT services and mission support

DecisionPoint delivers IT support services to U.S. defense and federal agencies, helping them improve mission delivery. The company uses four Centers of Excellence to design and implement solutions that blend skilled professionals, mature processes, and smart technologies to tackle government challenges. It differentiates itself through its Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) status and its center-based approach to delivering large-scale IT programs across defense and federal sectors. Its goal is to help government agencies transform and enhance performance to meet critical mission requirements.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Gaithersburg, MD
Founded
2011

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