Lead Power BI Developer
Job Title: Lead Power BI Developer Experience: 12+ Years (5+ Years in Power BI) Location: Remote Duration: Contract / Full-Time Job Summary We are looking for a Lead Power BI Developer with strong expertise in Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Data Modeling, and Microsoft Power BI. The candidate will lead BI initiatives, design enterprise-level dashboards, mentor development teams, and work closely with business stakeholders to deliver scalable reporting and analytics solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of enterprise Power BI solutions.
- Gather business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
- Architect and optimize Power BI datasets, semantic models, and reporting solutions.
- Develop complex DAX measures, KPIs, calculated columns, and advanced analytics.
- Design Star Schema and Snowflake Schema data models for reporting.
- Implement Row-Level Security (RLS), Object-Level Security (OLS), and governance standards.
- Optimize report performance, dataset refreshes, and query execution.
- Integrate Power BI with SQL Server, Azure, APIs, SharePoint, Excel, and cloud platforms.
- Collaborate with Data Engineers, Architects, Product Owners, and business teams.
- Lead code reviews, establish BI best practices, and mentor junior developers.
- Manage Power BI Service administration, workspaces, gateways, deployment pipelines, and security.
- Support executive leadership with strategic reporting and analytics initiatives.
Required Skills
- 12+ years of BI/Data Analytics experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on Power BI development experience.
- Expert-level DAX and Power Query (M Language).
- Strong SQL and T-SQL development skills.
- Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, ETL/ELT concepts.
- Power BI Service Administration.
- Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Synapse Analytics.
- SSIS, SSRS, SSAS.
- Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate).
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills.
Preferred Skills
- Microsoft Certified: PL-300 Power BI Data Analyst Associate.
- Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric, or Synapse.
- Knowledge of Python or R for advanced analytics.
- Experience leading offshore/onshore teams.