Role: Power BI Publisher (On-Site)
Location: Athens, GA (In-Person)
Job Type: Contract
Job Description
Under broad supervision, designs, codes, tests, modifies, and debugs computer software.
Seeking consulting services to assist with completing a priority project to migrate IBM Cognos reports to Microsoft Power BI along with additional Power BI dashboard development work.
Project Responsibilities:
The first priority is to migrate all production Cognos reports to Power BI. Currently, there are approximately 400 Cognos reports with Oracle databases serving as the data source. The Cognos reports are used to support data collections and self-service reporting needs.
The consultant will be responsible for migrating Cognos reports by developing equivalent or enhanced Power BI dashboards. All development work will follow established development practices and frameworks, organizational data governance policies, and meet ADA Title II compliance requirements.
Core Responsibilities:
- Responsible for additional Power BI dashboard/report development and maintenance as assigned.
- Provide production support for dashboards and reports, including but not limited to:
- Data analysis
- Testing
- Issue resolution
- Enhancements
- Create consolidated Power BI usage reports and related metrics to support departmental and organizational needs.
Work with internal and external customers, business analysts, and team leads to:
- Analyze and evaluate user business problems
- Confirm and substantiate functional, technical, and ADA Title II accessibility designs in Power BI
- Provide recommendations and develop solutions to meet requirements
- Participate in Power BI workspace architecture, security architecture, versioning, and documentation processes.
Qualifications:
- Expert problem-solving skills, including debugging skills, identifying sources of issues in unfamiliar code or systems, and the ability to recognize and solve recurring problems and errors.
- Advanced experience working with Oracle DBMS, PL/SQL, and SQL.
Extensive experience with Microsoft Power BI, including designing and building:
- Lists
- Crosstabs
- Graphs
- Scorecards
- Metrics
- Filters
- Prompts
- Standard reports
Dashboards
- Experience with IBM Cognos.
- Experience working with Microsoft Fabric.
- Knowledge of current and emerging data management and analytics technologies.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, balance priorities, and meet competing deadlines.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to:
- Explain technology solutions in business terms
- Establish team and customer rapport
- Work collaboratively with others to achieve project objectives
- Knowledge of higher education data with experience in student information systems preferred.
Required/Desired Skills
Skill
Extensive experience with Microsoft Power BI in designing and building lists, crosstabs, graphs, scorecards, metrics, filters, prompts, standard reports, and dashboards
Experience working with Microsoft Fabric
Experience with IBM Cognos
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