Senior Power BI Developer

Ascentt; Plano (AL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascentt is seeking a Senior Power BI Developer in Plano, TX to own enterprise reporting end-to-end. You will serve as the technical authority on Power BI, govern semantic models, and mentor junior developers.

Responsibilities include building dashboards, securing data with Row-Level Security, and collaborating with business leaders in an Agile environment. Experience with Snowflake/Databricks and Tableau is valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Information Systems, Analytics, or related field
• 8+ years in BI development, including enterprise projects with direct stakeholder engagement
• Strong Power BI portfolio, including Paginated Reports
• Proficiency in DAX and Power Query (M)
• Row-Level Security and Power BI performance tuning experience
• Advanced SQL—joins, CTEs, subqueries, window functions; ability to analyze large procedures
• Experience with Snowflake/Redshift/BigQuery/Azure Synapse/SQL Server
• Solid data modeling and visualization principles; Agile team experience

Responsibilities

• Build in Power BI: executive dashboards, interactive reports, KPI scorecards, and paginated reports with complex DAX & M
• Govern and secure: implement Row-Level Security, tune performance, manage workspaces, refresh schedules, and gateway config
• Translate requirements: meet with leaders, convert needs into specs and wireframes, deliver on an Agile cadence
• Model data: maintain governed semantic layers with certified metrics and conformed dimensions; support star/snowflake schemas on Snowflake/Databricks
• Write serious SQL: complex joins, CTEs, window functions, stored procedures; profile and optimize slow queries
• Validate: source-to-report reconciliation and regression testing for metrics accuracy
• Support Tableau: dashboards using LOD expressions and Tableau publishing/permissions
• Lead: mentor juniors, set BI standards, document architecture and data lineage

Skills

Power BI

DAX

Power Query (M)

SQL

Data modeling

Agile

Row-Level Security

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Information Systems, Analytics, or related field

Tools

Snowflake

Redshift

BigQuery

Azure Synapse

SQL Server

Job description

Ascentt is building cutting-edge data analytics & AI/ML solutions for global automotive and manufacturing leaders. We turn enterprise data into real-time decisions using advanced machine learning and GenAI. Our team solves hard engineering problems at scale, with real-world industry impact. We’re hiring passionate builders to shape the future of industrial intelligence.

Senior Power BI Developer

Location: Plano, TX | Experience: 8+ years | Reports to: [Manager, BI & Analytics]
Type: Full-time | Work model: [On-site / Hybrid]

About the Role

We're hiring a Senior Power BI Developer in Plano to own enterprise reporting end to end — from stakeholder conversations through governed semantic models, tuned SQL, and dashboards executives rely on daily. You'll be the technical authority on Power BI, contribute to a secondary Tableau estate, and mentor junior developers.

What You'll Do

• Build in Power BI: Executive dashboards, interactive reports, KPI scorecards, and paginated reports — with complex DAX measures and Power Query (M) transformations.
• Govern and secure: Implement Row-Level Security, tune dataset and report performance, and manage workspaces, refresh schedules, and gateway configuration in Power BI Service.
• Translate requirements: Meet with business and department leaders, convert needs into technical specs and wireframes, and deliver on an Agile cadence.
• Model data: Maintain governed semantic layers with certified metrics, conformed dimensions, and hierarchies; support star/snowflake schemas on Snowflake, Databricks, or equivalent.
• Write serious SQL: Complex joins, CTEs, window functions, and stored procedures — plus profiling and optimization of slow queries and pipelines.
• Validate: Source-to-report reconciliation and regression testing to keep metrics accurate and consistent.
• Support Tableau: Dashboards using LOD expressions, table calculations, parameters, and action filters; extract optimization and Tableau Server/Cloud publishing and permissions.
• Lead: Mentor junior developers, set BI standards, and document architecture and data lineage.

What You'll Bring

Required

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Information Systems, Analytics, or related field
• 8+ years in BI development, including enterprise projects with direct stakeholder engagement
• Strong Power BI portfolio, including Paginated Reports
• Proficiency in DAX and Power Query (M)
• Row-Level Security and Power BI performance tuning experience
• Advanced SQL — joins, CTEs, subqueries, window functions; able to analyze large existing procedures and functions
• Experience with large datasets in Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Azure Synapse, or SQL Server
• Solid grasp of data modeling and visualization principles; comfortable in Agile teams

Preferred

• Microsoft PL-300 or DP-600 certification
• Tableau development experience; Tableau Desktop Certified Professional
• Tableau Server/Cloud administration
• Tableau Prep, Alteryx, or dbt
• Exposure to Looker, QuickSight, or Figma for wireframing

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