Power BI Developer

Title: Power BI Developer

Location: 100% Remote

Duration: 9+ Months Contract.

Note: Experience performing Robust Student Loan Data Validation (including forbearance data)/ Power BI Developer to Write/Extract SQL Queries, Validate Student Loan Data.

Position Description:

The Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services (MNIT) partnering with Office of Higher Education (OHE) is seeking one full-time Power BI Developer to Write/Extract SQL Queries, Validate Student Loan Data from various sources, construct PowerBI visualizations, create and maintain business dashboards, remediate accessibility issues, provide ad hoc reporting capabilities, and migrate existing Tableau/Crystal reports to PowerBI. In addition, this individual will need to set up and configure PowerBI as it relates to the Power Platform environment and perform user-level training to the State.

Responsibilities:

• Design a stable, reliable, and effective PowerBI Service environment for reporting
• Develop dashboards for various business users
• Create new complex PowerBI custom UI visualizations according to specifications
• Perform data validation tasks to ensure data quality across multiple data sets
• Liaise with developers to improve reporting functionality and establish best practices
• Gather business requirements and identify new features (including documentation and leading technical meetings)
• Develop technical manuals
• Lead Power BI technical training, mentoring, and co-development with business area employees
• Ensure all reports meet agency and performance requirements
• Configure and establish best practice security, accessibility, and access management controls around reporting environment
• Develop data refresh strategies sourcing from Azure SQL Server and other applicable data sources
• Deliver daily Project Status Reports to end clients tracking progress to milestones
• Perform knowledge transfer

Desired Skills & Experience

• Advanced Power BI Development experience of five years
• Experience performing Robust Student Loan Data Validation (including forbearance data)
• Strong experience writing technical documentation
• Excellent communication skills, including communication with high-level leaders
• Versatile presentation skills (informal and formal)

Thank you for your time and I look forward to receiving your reply today.