Power BI Developer

The Power BI Developer & Administrator is a technical expert responsible for building, optimizing, and maintaining Power BI reporting solutions and infrastructure. This role works closely with data engineers and business analysts to design enterprise-grade data models, write optimized SQL queries, manage Power BI Service workspaces, and ensure secure, high-performing dashboards.
This is a hands-on technical role requiring deep experience in Power BI architecture, DAX, SQL, and data modeling along with knowledge of Azure SQL and ADF pipelines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Power BI Development:

  Create visually compelling and user-friendly

  dashboards, paginated reports, and semantic models

  using Power BI Desktop and Service.

• Data Modeling & DAX:

  Develop

  DAX measures, calculated columns, and reusable data models

  that follow best practices and support scalability.

• Environment Administration:

  Manage

  Power BI workspaces, datasets, gateways, refresh schedules

  , and enforce governance policies.

• Security:

  Configure and maintain

  row-level security (RLS)

  to protect sensitive data.

• SQL Development:

  Write and tune

  SQL queries, views, and stored procedures

  in Azure SQL to optimize reporting performance.

• Performance Monitoring:

  Monitor dataset refresh performance, troubleshoot failures, and recommend optimizations.

• Collaboration:

  Work closely with business users, analysts, and data engineers to ensure data pipelines deliver accurate, ready-to-use information.

• Training & Support:

  Provide

  self-service analytics enablement

  by mentoring power users and documenting data models and report usage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Computer Science, or related field.
• 4-6+ years of hands-on experience in Power BI development and administration.
• Proven experience managing Power BI in an enterprise environment (workspace governance, security, performance tuning).
• Strong background in SQL development and experience with Azure SQL/Synapse
• Expert-level knowledge of DAX and Power Query (M language).
• Strong understanding of data modeling (star schema, snowflake schema, surrogate keys, SCDs).
• Proficiency with Power BI Service features: deployment pipelines, incremental refresh, composite models.
• Skilled in query optimization and performance tuning for large datasets.
• Familiarity with Power BI REST API, PowerShell scripting, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Nice to Have: Experience with Power Apps and Power Automate for extended automation and workflows.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills.