Power BI Engineer

World Wide Technology is looking for a Power BI Developer. This job is part of WWT s Strategic Resourcing services. The candidate will be supporting a WWT customer and will be employed by one of WWT s preferred partners.

Job Title: Power BI Developer

Location: Alpharetta, GA, hybrid, 1 day a week on-site. Oakland, CA and Rancho Cordova, CA 1 day a week on-site is also an option.

Duration: 1 year+

Job Description:

Our client is looking for a reports developer that has experience with both dataset design and data visualization. In this role, this person would be responsible for sourcing data from the data platform (e.g., Snowflake) and build relevant datasets and reports in Power BI.

They will be required to design and develop efficient data models by connecting to Snowflake data sources, applying ETL processes, and creating structured datasets for business intelligence. The developer must also ensure that the data is clean, accurate, and structured to meet reporting requirements.

The candidate will need experience that allows them to create calculated columns, measures, and aggregations to enhance data analysis and visualization. Additionally, they will be responsible for optimizing data queries for performance and ensure seamless integration between Power BI and Snowflake.

This role also involves collaborating with business stakeholders to translate their reporting needs into actionable insights and creating interactive reports and dashboards that are user-friendly and visually impactful.

Skills/Experience:

Lead Power BI platform and the development of business reporting and visualizations solutions using Power BI

Train internal team members and business users to be proficient Power BI creators

Be accountable for technical design and architecture and ensure solutions align to company architectural and governance standards

Lead coordination with other IT and business teams on requirements

Maintain and improve Power BI development standards and best practices

Ensure platform is scaled for performance

Provide authority input to BI strategic roadmap

Craft and develop Power BI data models for reporting that support self-service

Design and develop Power BI reports that meet business requirements

Oversight of usage by business teams

Ensure regular collaboration with business teams to provide oversight of Power BI activities

Understand business needs and usage patterns as input into BI strategy

Manage Power BI governance, access and segmentation of data connections

Implement, manage and govern Power BI data gateways

Support enterprise initiatives to transition all data reporting to Power BI from other platforms

Support continuous improvement initiatives, including project support, strategic planning, and road map development and implementation

Other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

A Bachelors degree or equivalent education in Computer Science, Computer information Systems or Business is preferred, but candidates with proven experience will not be excluded from consideration

4+ years hands-on experience with Power BI

Experience with interpreting data visualizations and business intelligence reports

Detail orientation and problem-solving abilities

Ability to coordinate issues identification and resolution between customers and the technical operations team

Ability to maintain composure and adapt in a dynamic, fast-paced, customer-focused work environment characterized by rapid change, minimal lead times, and multiple competing priorities

Desired Skills:

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Ability to identify key issues and details, and present understandable alternatives to both technical and non-technical individuals

Ability to create and maintain technical documentation to support the testing, installation, operations, deployment and maintenance of products

Proven ability to effectively present data to facilitate understanding of findings

Ability to solve complex problems using analytical and creative problem-solving skills for design, development and testing of systems

Strong knowledge of prevailing technology trends, design patterns and ability to apply those as needed

Ability to interpret and analyze technology heatmaps and subsequently develop plans to remediate hardware/software nearing End of Life/End of Support

Competent at adhering to organizational processes and procedures including but not limited to scrum and various design artifacts.

Knowledge of agile development methodologies

Life-long learner, process improver