Power BI Developer

Power BI Developer (Azure Databricks / Unity Catalog)

Role Overview: We are seeking a skilled Power BI Developer to build and deliver dashboards and reports using data sourced from our CyberDW Azure Databricks Lakehouse. The role will focus on developing stakeholder-specific dashboards by source system, ensuring accurate data representation, consistent metrics, and high-quality visualizations. This is a hands-on development role working closely with data engineering and business teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop interactive Power BI reports and dashboards
• Build Cyber Dashboards aligned to individual source systems
• Implement drill-downs, drill-throughs, slicers, and advanced visualizations

Databricks Integration:

• Connect Power BI to Databricks SQL endpoints / Unity Catalog tables
• Consume curated Gold-layer datasets for reporting and analytics
• Support both Import and DirectQuery modes

Data Modeling:

• Develop and maintain Power BI data models (star schema, relationships)
• Create DAX measures, calculated columns, and KPIs
• Work with data engineers to ensure optimized datasets for reporting

Data Transformation:

• Use Power Query (M language) to clean, shape, and transform incoming data
• Validate and reconcile data to ensure accuracy and consistency

Governance & Security:

• Implement row-level security (RLS) for user-based access
• Ensure dashboards align with enterprise data governance and access control policies
• Performance Optimization

Optimize report performance through:

• Efficient DAX calculations
• Model optimization
• Dataset tuning

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Work with business users and SMEs to understand metric reporting requirements
• Translate business needs into usable dashboard solutions
• Provide support for feedback, enhancements, and issue resolution

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in Power BI development
• Power BI Desktop and Service
• DAX, Power Query (M)
• Data modeling (star schema, relationships)
• Experience integrating Power BI with Azure Databricks
• Strong SQL skills and understanding of data transformation concepts
• Experience implementing row-level security (RLS)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with Databricks Lakehouse / Unity Catalog
• Exposure to financial services or cybersecurity data/reporting
• Experience building dashboards across multiple data domains/source systems
• Familiarity with Azure tools (ADF, ADLS, Entra ID)

Technical Skills:

• Power BI (DAX, Power Query, Reports, Dashboards)
• Azure Databricks (SQL Warehouse, data consumption)
• SQL, Data Modeling, Data Visualization & Reporting
• Data Governance & Security (RLS, access control)
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise reporting environments
• Exposure to dashboard performance tuning
• Experience enabling self-service reporting