Power Platform Developer (remote)

Association For Institutional Research

Indiana, Northern (PA, KY)

Hybrid

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

HSA and FSA options

Paid parental leave

Generous PTO

401k and employer match

Wellness program

Employee recognition programs

Life & AD&D insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Job summary

American College of Education seeks a Power Platform Developer to manage and enhance our Power BI environment, develop reporting solutions, and support data integrations. You will design data models, build dashboards, and create automated workflows across departments.

Ideal candidates bring 3+ years of Power Platform experience, strong governance practices, and the ability to translate business needs into effective technical reports and apps.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 3+ years with the Power Platform.
Proven Power BI report development, dashboards, and data modeling.
Experience integrating data across systems using SQL, APIs, and dataflows.

Responsibilities

Manage and enhance ACE’s Power BI environment, including workspaces and permissions.
Design and maintain Power BI reports and dashboards for analytics and operations.
Develop data models and semantic models for scalable datasets.
Integrate data across systems (SIS, LMS, CRM) using connectors and dataflows.
Gather requirements from stakeholders and translate into technical solutions.
Ensure data governance, privacy, and security across reports and workflows.
Monitor performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize data refreshes.
Create documentation for reports, datasets, and integrations.
Build automated workflows with Power Automate to streamline processes.
Develop and support Power Apps for scalable business applications.
Provide end-user support and training for Power Platform tools.

Skills

Power Platform

Power BI

Power Automate

Power Apps

Data Modeling

DAX

SQL

Azure

APIs

Data Governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

SQL Server

Azure

Microsoft Fabric

Dataflows

APIs

Job description

At this time we cannot consider candidates residing in Alaska, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, South Dakota, or Alabama.

Job Duties

You have demonstrated experience building and maintaining solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform suite, including Power BI, Power Automate, and Power Apps. You know how to turn data, systems, and operational needs into reliable tools that support decision-making, improve efficiency, and are practical for end users.

You have demonstrated expertise in Power BI, including report development, dashboard design, semantic modeling, DAX, and creating reporting structures that are accurate, secure, scalable, and easy to understand. You bring strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to translate business questions into practical technical work.

As the Power Platform Developer, you will help manage and enhance ACE’s Power BI environment, develop new reporting solutions, support data integrations, and build resources that improve operations across the institution.
In this role you will wear different hats, but your skills will be especially essential in the following areas:

Manages and enhances ACE’s Power BI environment, including workspaces, permissions, data refreshes, gateways, report access, and performance optimization.
Designs, develops, and maintains Power BI reports and dashboards to support institutional reporting, academic analytics, and operational decision-making.
Develops and enhances data models, semantic models, datasets, and reporting structures used in Power BI and other reporting tools.
Integrates data across systems (e.g., SIS, LMS, CRM, Azure data platforms) using Power Platform connectors, APIs, and dataflows.
Collaborates with stakeholders to gather requirements, clarify business needs, and translate those needs into effective technical solutions.
Ensures adherence to data governance, data quality, privacy, and security best practices across reports, dashboards, workflows, and applications.
Monitors, troubleshoots, and optimizes Power Platform solutions, including data refreshes, report performance, workflow failures, and integration issues.
Creates and maintains documentation for reports, datasets, workflows, applications, integrations, and platform standards.
Builds and maintains automated workflows using Power Automate to streamline business processes and reduce manual effort across departments.
Develops and supports Power Apps to enable scalable, user-friendly business applications.
Provides end-user support, training, and guidance for Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps, and related solutions.
Collaborates with Institutional Analytics, IT, and business teams to ensure solutions align with institutional priorities and strategic goals.
Assists with ongoing process improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities for automation, efficiency gains, and stronger use of data.

Job Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, or a related field.
Minimum of three years of professional experience developing and supporting solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate.
Demonstrated expertise in Power BI report development, dashboard design, data modeling, semantic models, DAX, Power Query, data visualization, and report validation.
Experience building and maintaining scalable datasets, semantic models, reporting structures, and data solutions that support accurate and consistent reporting.
Experience managing Power BI workspaces, user permissions, scheduled refreshes, deployment processes, data security, and report performance.
Experience integrating data from multiple systems using SQL, APIs, dataflows, connectors, or related integration tools.
Working knowledge of relational databases, dimensional modeling, and reporting data structures, with experience using platforms such as SQL Server, Azure, Microsoft Fabric, or comparable technologies.
Experience developing workflow automation solutions, preferably using Power Automate.
Demonstrated ability to work with stakeholders to define requirements, clarify business needs, and translate operational questions into effective technical and reporting solutions.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, critical-thinking, documentation, and quality-assurance skills, with particular attention to data accuracy, report validation, security, and usability.
Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities while supporting stakeholders across departments in a remote work environment.
Experience working with enterprise systems such as student information systems, learning management systems, customer relationship management systems, enterprise resource planning systems, or student success platforms is preferred.
Professional experience in higher education, institutional research, institutional analytics, academic operations, or a related environment is preferred.
Experience working in Agile, Scrum, or other iterative development environments is preferred.

Institution Description

Founded in 2005, American College of Education continues to be a leader in professional development through our online programs. The mission of ACE is to deliver high-quality, affordable, and accessible online programs grounded in evidence-based content, real-world experience and relevant application that places our students’ needs first. Currently, enrollment is nearly 15,000 online learners.

ACE is a mission-driven institution continually recognized for its commitment to social responsibility and positive impact. As an Impact Institution, we believe we have a responsibility to our students, alumni, employees, communities, and society as a whole. Guided by our core values, we strive to create meaningful impact that extends well beyond our bottom line.

Just as we strive to empower our students for success, we also aim to enrich the lives of our employees. For 6 consecutive years, ACE was recognized as one of Indiana’s Best Places to Work, winning the #1 spot for medium-sized companies in 2020. In addition, ACE has earned national recognition, being named a USA Top Workplace in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. As a virtual first organization, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a family-like inclusive work environment. For our full-time employees, we offer the following benefits: