Senior Microsoft Power BI Developer/Administrator
Talascend
- USA
- Contract
- Full-time
- Successful delivery and support of high visibility reports - desktop, mobile, and dashboards reports.
- Work closely with Business Analysts and end users to evaluate business requirements and advise on appropriate informative views and dashboards.
- Design, develop, deploy and configure Power BI Reports and Apps to support customers based on business requirements.
- Perform data integration and manipulation tasks using connectors and APIs.
- Conduct thorough testing, debugging, and troubleshooting of Power BI solutions.
- Provide technical guidance and support to end-users, ensuring effective adoption and utilization of Power BI solutions.
- Configure environment settings, including security, data policies, and connection references.
- Manage user access and permissions to Power Platform applications and resources.
- Configure and enforce security policies to protect data and ensure compliance.
- Maintain the Power Platform environments governance policies, best practices and security standards.
- Monitor and manage Power Platform licenses to ensure compliance with licensing agreements
- Monitor and optimize Power BI performance
- Configure and manage gateways for on-premise data sources
- Troubleshoot data refresh and connectivity issues
- Configure and manage Power Platform Center of Excellence Toolkit
- Leverage the CoE toolkit to analyze organizations Power Platform adoption.
- Understand usage patterns, identify areas for improvement, and track progress.
- Implement audit and compliance mechanisms.
- Dive into the toolkit, explore its resources, and customize to meet organizations unique needs
- Stay up-to-date with the latest features and updates in the Microsoft Power Platform ecosystem and evaluate their applicability to business needs.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and 8+ years of experience in Information Technology field.
- Prior experience must include 4+ years of Power BI development and administration, including strong proficiency in Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service, DAX, and M Query Language.
- Expert designer of information visualizations and dashboards.
- Experience in creating visually compelling reports and dashboards using Power BI.
- Solid understanding of data modeling, data integration techniques, and REST APIs
- Experience with Power BI tenant administration (tenant settings, capacity monitoring, security, and data governance).
- Knowledge of data integration techniques and best practices.
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Proactive, self-motivated, and able to work independently as well as in a team-oriented environment.
- US Citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance.
- Experience with Azure Portal, M365 Admin portal, PowerShell Scripting, Rest APIs, Power BI usage & capacity reporting, Power Automate, Power Apps, and GCC-High.
- Microsoft Power Platform certifications are preferred.