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1872 Consulting

Sr Power BI Developer

1872 Consulting, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290


Sr Power BI DeveloperChicago, IL or NYC - onsite 3 days/week, WFH 2 days/week

SummaryThe Senior Power BI Developer is responsible for analysis, requirements gathering, design, development, testing, and documenting to build visualizations leveraging Power BI and other relevant technologies in the Microsoft stack. Looking for strong BI Developers that also have business-facing skills to allow this person to drive solutions from a functional and technical perspective. You'll be working on a team of 4, to drive BI for various departments company-wide.

What you'll be doing

Responsible for designing, developing, and testing actionable Power BI dashboards with strong emphasis on UI and UX design.Ensure support in analysis and design during all phases of software production, including suggesting the most effective solutions for its implementation.Gather and document functional and technical requirements and translate requirements into solutions using Power BI.Collaborate with data engineers on architecture required to support visualization applications and ensure sustainable and timely data pipelines.Proactively identify and communicate dependencies, issues, risks and, or barriers to completing assignments, and escalate to appropriate project stakeholders and, or supervisors.Contribute to and assist in defining best practices around dashboard development, testing, access management and refresh scheduling.Help drive user adoption of visualization applications and evangelize data-driven decision making across the company.Support the availability and optimized performance of developed applications and visualizations.Maintain changes to data structures, schema and documentation associated with the BI applications.Ensure software standards are met and comply with the company's policies on governance and risk mitigation.Recommend enhancements and modifications to optimize business intelligence processes.Work in a highly agile development environment.Develop a strong understanding of the business and its' systems to support the company's strategic objectives.Be a resource and advocate for data within the organization by teaching and empowering others to use data.Maintains up-to-date awareness of current and future directions of business industry and associated technologies.

Skills we're seeking

5+ years of experience with BI DevelopmentMust be strong with Power BI (at least 2+ years)Advanced SQL skillsExperience interfacing with business stakeholders to understand BI business requirements

Nice to haves

Experience with SQL Management StudioExperience with T-SQLExperience with Visual StudioExperience with other BI tools such as Qlik or TableauBachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field