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Role: Power BI Developer
Location: Richmond, VA – Hybrid
Duration: 12 Months
Interview: MS Teams or In-Person
Note: Preference is local RVA candidates OR those within 2 hours drive (in case an onsite meeting is required).
Description:
The Agency Enterprise Technology Services (“ETS”) Division seeks a contract Power BI Developer to design, build, and maintain reporting and analytics solutions supporting business divisions across the agency. This is a full-time contract engagement with an initial term of one year and the option to extend.
Responsibilities Include:
· Design, develop, and maintain Power BI reports, dashboards, and semantic models supporting business divisions and product teams across the agency.
· Build reporting solutions on established Dataverse data models, working with existing tables, relationships, and security configurations rather than defining the underlying data layer.
· Develop data connections and transformations using Power Query against additional sources as required, including SQL Server, Azure Blob Storage, and Cosmos DB.
· Develop and optimize DAX measures, calculated columns, and semantic model relationships for accuracy and performance.
· Work with business stakeholders to understand reporting needs, define measures and metrics, and translate business questions into usable visualizations.
· Support reporting needs across multiple product teams and divisional efforts, with assignment and prioritization directed by the Agency Power Platform and business intelligence lead.
· Support short-duration, time-sensitive reporting requests as agency priorities require.
· Implement reports in accordance with established workspace structure, dataset management, and row-level security standards, and contribute recommendations to strengthen those standards.
· Apply appropriate handling of sensitive and restricted data in accordance with Agency data classification and security requirements, building to established security design.
· Maintain and enhance existing reports and datasets, including performance tuning, refresh troubleshooting, and defect resolution.
· Document semantic models, measure definitions, data sources, and refresh dependencies to support ongoing Agency maintenance and knowledge retention.
· Support end user adoption through report walkthroughs and knowledge transfer to business users and Agency staff.
· Participate in agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, and requirements discussions.
Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience
· Professional experience developing business intelligence and reporting solutions with Microsoft Power BI. – Required – 4 Years
· Strong proficiency in DAX, incl. measure development, time intelligence, performance optimization, and a working understanding of row/ filter context. – Required – 3 Years
· Strong proficiency in Power Query and M for data transformation and preparation. – Required – 3 Years
· Proficiency in SQL and experience querying relational data sources. – Required – 3 Years
· Demonstrated experience with dimensional and semantic data modeling, including star schema design and relationship management. – Required – 2 Years
· Experience building Power BI reports against Dataverse or Dynamics 365 data. – Required – 2 Years
· Demonstrated ability to work directly with business stakeholders to elicit reporting requirements and translate them into working solutions. – Required – 4 Years
· Strong data visualization judgment, including selecting appropriate visuals and designing reports for clarity and usability. – Required – 4 Years
· Demonstrated ability to work independently and manage competing reporting priorities with minimal direction. – Required – 4 Years
· Experience implementing and testing row-level security in Power BI. – Desired – 2 Years
· Experience with Power BI Service administration concepts, incl. workspaces, apps, dataset refresh/ gateway configuration, & deployment across environment. – Desired – 2 Years
· Experience with Microsoft Fabric is considered a plus. – Desired – 2 Years
· Experience with Azure Blob Storage or Cosmos DB as reporting data sources is considered a plus. – Desired – 2 Years
· Experience working in a public sector, regulatory, or other compliance-driven environment is considered a plus. – Desired – 2 Years
· Microsoft certification PL-300 (Power BI Data Analyst) is considered a plus. – Desired – 2 Years
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