Contract Power Bi Developer
Contract Length: 11 months with the possibility of extending based on project need.
Local RVA candidates OR those within 2 hours drive (in case an onsite meeting is required)
The client's 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 client's 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 client 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 client maintenance and knowledge retention.
- Support end user adoption through report walkthroughs and knowledge transfer to business users and client staff.
- Participate in agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, and requirements discussions.
Required/Desired Skills
- 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