Power BI Developer

Talent Groups; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Groups in Denver seeks a skilled Power BI Developer to support our BI program. You will collaborate with business stakeholders and data analysts to understand reporting needs, design robust data models, and build interactive dashboards using Power BI.

Responsibilities include connecting to diverse data sources (APIs, SQL, BigQuery, ArcGIS), writing DAX measures, creating reusable semantic models, optimizing performance, and delivering reports with slicers and drill-through.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building BI reports and dashboards.
• Strong data modeling and data source integration.
• Ability to translate business needs into measurable metrics.
• Experience with Power BI and DAX preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business and data analysts to understand reporting requirements.
• Design, document, and implement efficient data models for Power BI.
• Develop interactive reports with slicers, drill-through, and visuals.
• Connect to APIs, SQL databases, BigQuery, and ArcGIS data sources and optimize performance.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Data modeling

DAX formulas

Data visualization

Excel advanced formulas

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Tools

Power BI

Excel

DAX Studio

Azure DevOps

APIs

BigQuery

ArcGIS

SQL databases

Job description

seeking a skilled Power BI Developer to assist with our BI Program.

Ideally will have expertise in the following technical areas aspects:

• Requirements GatheringCollaborates with the business and with data analysts to understand requirements and business objectives for relevant reports & visualizations as well as underlying data model.
• Capable of identifying relevant data sources and attributes for use in model
• Proficient in using Excel at an intermediate level, comfortable with complex formulas, pivot tables, and data analysis. Ability to reverse engineer processes originally developed by business users, deconstructing existing formulas, pivot tables, and data analyses to interpret business requirements based on existing manual processes and suggest efficiency improvements and logic optimizations.
• Data ModelingDesigning and documenting efficient conceptual, logical, and physical data models to support business requirements.
• Understands how to deliver row and column-level security within the Power BI semantic model.
• Needs to be able to establish re-usable semantic data models within Power BI.
• Familiarity with running tabular Editor Best Practice Analyzer for adhering to modeling and DAX best practices.
• Creating relationships between tables and optimizing data structures.
• Data Source Connectivity SetupConnecting to various data sources (APIs, Big Query, ArcGIS map and feature layers, SQL databases, Excel files, etc.) including streaming datasets.
• Ensuring seamless data extraction and transformation.
• Collaborating with the members of OIT Integrations team to ascertain available integration patterns.
• DAX FormulasProficiency in writing DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) formulas.
• Calculated columns, measures, and custom calculations.
• Report CreationDesigning and developing interactive and visually appealing reports and dashboards.
• Incorporating slicers, visuals, and drill-through functionality, including streaming and ArcGIS visuals.
• Capable of optimizing Power BI reports or making suggestions to underlying data model for performance, including the use of DAX Studio and built in Power BI performance tools.
• Power BI Service & DeploymentProficient in publishing reports to the Power BI Service, managing access controls, automating refresh schedules, and optimizing report performance for large datasets.
• AI FamiliarityComfortable working with AI tools and leveraging AI technologies to enhance processes and optimize data analysis workflows. Experience with Google AI tools is a plus.
• It is expected that the developer will follow organizational patterns for source and version control for Power BI files and be able to utilize Azure DevOps as appropriate within that process.
• Collaboration & Communication SkillsExperienced in collaborating with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, explain technical concepts to non-technical users, and deliver reports that align with business goals.
• Ability to present complex data insights and reports to non-technical audiences and stakeholders, ensuring clarity and effective communication.
• Experienced in meeting preparation, screensharing and conducting working sessions which may include discussing backlog item statuses, and gathering additional requirements as they may change.