Power BI IT Monitoring Dashboard Architect (Contract)

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 145,000; Part time

Job summary

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC is seeking an experienced Power BI IT Monitoring & Dashboard Consultant for a short-term engagement to design and build a consolidated IT operations dashboard. The project aims to provide a single pane of glass for executive leadership with drill-down capabilities, starting ASAP and extending through year-end.

The role involves shaping requirements, identifying data sources, and delivering maintainable dashboards while accommodating evolving needs and IT

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on Power BI dashboard development.
• Experience with IT infrastructure and IT operations monitoring.
• Experience building executive-facing dashboards and reporting.
• Strong understanding of IT operational KPIs and infrastructure health metrics.
• SQL and data integration experience.
• Experience implementing automated reporting and/or automated data feeds.
• Previous experience creating monitoring dashboards, operational health dashboards, or "single pane of glass" solutions.
• Ability to work effectively when requirements are still evolving.
• Ability to independently recommend metrics, visualization approaches, and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop executive-level IT monitoring dashboards using Power BI. Create intuitive red/yellow/green health indicators and drill-down reporting.
• Work with stakeholders to identify and prioritize the most valuable infrastructure and operational metrics.
• Incorporate metrics such as CPU utilization, disk/storage utilization, patch levels, infrastructure/system health, and other IT KPIs.
• Identify appropriate approaches for collecting, transforming, and integrating monitoring data.
• Potentially leverage SQL databases or similar data sources to feed Power BI.
• Establish automated data refreshes and reporting wherever possible.
• Evaluate existing internal monitoring pages and examples for potential reuse.
• Translate loosely defined business and technical requirements into an actionable dashboard strategy.
• Prioritize functionality based on value within the year-end timebox.
• Build the solution with maintainability and extensibility in mind for future enhancements.
• Clearly communicate what can realistically be accomplished during the engagement.

Skills

Power BI dashboards

IT monitoring

Executive dashboards

IT infrastructure KPIs

Stakeholder collaboration

Requirements elicitation

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Data integration

Job description

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC is seeking an experienced Power BI IT Monitoring & Dashboard Consultant for a short-term engagement to design and build a consolidated IT operations dashboard. The project aims to provide a single pane of glass for executive leadership with drill-down capabilities, starting ASAP and extending through year-end.

The role involves shaping requirements, identifying data sources, and delivering maintainable dashboards while accommodating evolving needs and IT