Power BI Developer

Title: Power BI Developer
Work Location: Denver, CO / Remote    (Candidate must be Local)
Duration: 8months – W2 Contract

Description: Our Client is seeking a skilled Power BI Developer to assist with our BI Program. 
Responsibilities:

• Assist with the Business Intelligence (BI) Program by developing and supporting Power BI solutions.
• Collaborate with business users and data analysts to gather requirements and understand business objectives for reports, visualizations, and underlying data models.
• Identify relevant data sources and attributes for use in reporting and data models.
• Use Excel at an intermediate level, including complex formulas, pivot tables, and data analysis.
• Reverse engineer processes originally developed by business users by deconstructing existing Excel formulas, pivot tables, and data analyses to interpret business requirements based on existing manual processes.
• Identify and suggest efficiency improvements and logic optimizations for existing business processes.
• Design and document efficient conceptual, logical, and physical data models that support business requirements.
• Establish reusable semantic data models within Power BI.
• Implement row-level and column-level security within Power BI semantic models.
• Create relationships between tables and optimize data structures.
• Run Tabular Editor Best Practice Analyzer to ensure adherence to modeling and DAX best practices.
• Connect to various data sources, including APIs, BigQuery, ArcGIS map and feature layers, SQL databases, Excel files, and streaming datasets.
• Ensure seamless data extraction and transformation.
• Collaborate with the Integrations team to determine available integration patterns.
• Write DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) formulas, including calculated columns, measures, and custom calculations.
• Design and develop interactive and visually appealing Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Incorporate slicers, visuals, drill-through functionality, streaming visuals, and ArcGIS visuals.
• Optimize Power BI reports and recommend improvements to underlying data models for better performance.
• Utilize DAX Studio and built-in Power BI performance tools.
• Publish reports to the Power BI Service, manage access controls, automate refresh schedules, and optimize performance for large datasets.
• Work with AI tools and leverage AI technologies to enhance processes and optimize data analysis workflows.
• Follow organizational patterns for source and version control of Power BI files.
• Utilize Azure DevOps as appropriate within the source and version control process.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, explain technical concepts to non-technical users, and deliver reports aligned with business goals.
• Present complex data insights and reports to non-technical audiences and stakeholders.
• Prepare for meetings, screen-share, and conduct working sessions, including discussions of backlog item statuses and gathering additional or changing requirements.
• Collaborate remotely with colleagues and attend in-person meetings at State offices when required.

Required Qualifications:

• Strong hands-on experience developing solutions using Microsoft Power BI.
• Experience gathering and analyzing business and reporting requirements.
• Experience translating business requirements into reports, visualizations, and data models.
• Ability to identify relevant data sources and attributes required for reporting and analytics.
• Intermediate-level Excel proficiency, including complex formulas, pivot tables, and data analysis.
• Ability to reverse engineer existing Excel-based and manual business processes to determine underlying business requirements.
• Strong data modeling skills, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Experience developing reusable semantic data models within Power BI.
• Experience implementing row-level and column-level security within Power BI semantic models.
• Experience creating table relationships and optimizing data structures.
• Familiarity with Tabular Editor Best Practice Analyzer and DAX best practices.
• Experience connecting Power BI to APIs, BigQuery, ArcGIS map and feature layers, SQL databases, Excel files, and streaming datasets.
• Experience with data extraction and transformation.
• Strong proficiency in DAX, including calculated columns, measures, and custom calculations.
• Experience designing and developing interactive Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Experience with slicers, visuals, drill-through functionality, streaming visuals, and ArcGIS visuals.
• Experience optimizing Power BI reports and underlying data models for performance.
• Experience using DAX Studio and built-in Power BI performance tools.
• Proficiency with Power BI Service, including report publishing, access controls, automated refresh schedules, and performance optimization for large datasets.
• Ability to follow organizational source-control and version-control standards for Power BI files.
• Experience utilizing Azure DevOps as part of source and version control processes.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to explain technical concepts and complex data insights to non-technical users and stakeholders.
• Experience preparing for meetings, screen-sharing, conducting working sessions, discussing backlog item statuses, and gathering changing requirements.
• Contractor must perform the work within the State of Colorado
• Ability to attend occasional in-person meetings at State offices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Location in the Denver Metropolitan Area.
• Experience working with Google AI tools.
• Experience leveraging AI technologies to improve processes and optimize data analysis workflows.
• Experience with ArcGIS maps, feature layers, and ArcGIS visuals.
• Experience with streaming datasets and streaming visuals.
• Experience collaborating with integration teams and established integration patterns.