Power BI Developer – Data Modernization

Valid8 Financial, Inc.; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cyberlocke is seeking an experienced Power BI Developer to design, build, test, deploy, and support enterprise BI solutions using Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure data services. The role collaborates with data architects, engineers, governance teams, and project managers through the data modernization lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has strong Power BI, DAX, and SQL skills, plus experience with data modeling and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of Power BI development experience.
• Strong experience designing dashboards, semantic models, and reports.
• Advanced knowledge of DAX, Power Query, and dimensional modeling.
• Proficiency in SQL for data validation and troubleshooting.
• Experience integrating Power BI with Microsoft Fabric and Azure data services.
• Knowledge of row-level security and data governance.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Implement DAX and Power Query solutions.
• Integrate Microsoft Fabric and Azure components.
• Gather and translate business requirements.
• Validate data and ensure quality.
• Optimize performance of BI solutions.
• Enforce security and governance in BI artifacts.
• Administer and deploy Power BI assets.
• Create documentation and training materials.
• Provide production support and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Power BI development

DAX

Power Query

Dimensional data modeling

SQL

Data governance/security

Performance optimization

Agile/DevOps

Data validation

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Data Factory

Azure SQL Database

Azure Synapse Analytics

OneLake

Lakehouse

Power BI Service

Power BI gateways

Purview

Git/CI/CD

Job description

Cyberlocke is seeking an experienced Power BI Developer to design, build, test, deploy, and support enterprise business intelligence and analytics solutions using Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure data services.

The Power BI Developer will transform governed enterprise data into meaningful dashboards, reports, semantic models, and executive-level insights. This role will work closely with business stakeholders, data architects, ETL architects, data engineers, quality assurance engineers, governance teams, and project managers throughout the data modernization lifecycle.

The successful candidate must have strong experience with Power BI, DAX, Power Query, dimensional data modeling, report design, performance optimization, and data validation. The candidate should also understand how Power BI integrates with Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse, Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Purview, and Azure DevOps

Key Responsibilities

• Power BI Report and Dashboard Development
• DAX and Power Query Development
• Microsoft Fabric and Azure Integration
• Business Requirements and Stakeholder Engagement
• Data Validation and Quality Assurance
• Performance Optimization
• Security and Data Governance
• Power BI Administration and Deployment
• Documentation and Training
• Production Support and Continuous Improvement

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, data analytics, business intelligence, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Three or more years of professional Power BI development experience.
• Strong experience developing Power BI reports, dashboards, semantic models, and applications.
• Advanced knowledge of DAX, Power Query, and dimensional data modeling.
• Strong SQL skills for querying, validation, reconciliation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience building star schemas using fact and dimension tables.
• Experience integrating Power BI with relational databases, data warehouses, data lakes, APIs, files, and cloud platforms.
• Experience with Power BI Service, workspaces, applications, gateways, scheduled refreshes, and permissions.
• Experience implementing row-level security and other Power BI security controls.
• Understanding of Import, DirectQuery, Direct Lake, composite, and live-connection models.
• Experience gathering business requirements and translating them into reporting solutions.
• Experience validating calculations and reconciling reports against source data.
• Understanding of Agile development, DevOps, source control, and release-management practices.
• Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to present complex data and technical concepts to business and executive audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse, Direct Lake, and Fabric deployment pipelines.
• Experience with Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Lake Storage, or Azure Synapse Analytics.
• Experience with Microsoft Purview, data lineage, classification, cataloging, and governance.
• Experience using DAX Studio, Tabular Editor, ALM Toolkit, or similar Power BI development tools.
• Experience with calculation groups, incremental refresh, aggregations, composite models, and advanced performance optimization.
• Familiarity with Python, R, PowerShell, or other scripting languages.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD, and automated deployment processes.
• Experience developing executive, financial, operational, compliance, or predictive analytics dashboards.
• Experience migrating reports from Tableau, Qlik, Cognos, SSRS, Excel, or legacy reporting platforms.
• Experience in education, healthcare, government, financial services, manufacturing, or other regulated industries.
• Experience working in consulting, professional services, or customer-facing environments.
• Understanding of accessibility and user-experience standards for business intelligence reporting.

Preferred Certifications

One or more of the following certifications is preferred:

• Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Enterprise Data Analyst Associate
• Microsoft Applied Skills credentials related to Microsoft Fabric or Power BI

Work Environment

This position may be performed onsite or in a hybrid. The Power BI Developer may occasionally participate in customer workshops, production deployments, training sessions, or release activities outside normal business hours. Some customer engagements may require travel, background screening, or compliance with customer-specific security requirements.

This job requires you to be onsite in our office in Mckinney, Texas.