Power BI Developer

Location: Richmond, VA, US

The State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) Enterprise Technology Services (“ETS”) Division seeks a contract Power BI Developer to design, build, and maintain reporting and analytics solutions supporting business divisions across the agency. This is a full‑time contract engagement with an initial term of one year and the option to extend.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Power BI reports, dashboards, and semantic models supporting business divisions and product teams across the agency.
• Build reporting solutions on established Dataverse data models, working with existing tables, relationships, and security configurations rather than defining the underlying data layer.
• Develop data connections and transformations using Power Query against additional sources as required, including SQL Server, Azure Blob Storage, and Cosmos DB.
• Develop and optimize DAX measures, calculated columns, and semantic model relationships for accuracy and performance.
• Work with business stakeholders to understand reporting needs, define measures and metrics, and translate business questions into usable visualizations.
• Support reporting needs across multiple product teams and divisional efforts, with assignment and prioritization directed by the SCC Power Platform and business intelligence lead.
• Support short‑duration, time‑sensitive reporting requests as agency priorities require.
• Implement reports in accordance with established workspace structure, dataset management, and row‑level security standards, and contribute recommendations to strengthen those standards.
• Apply appropriate handling of sensitive and restricted data in accordance with SCC data classification and security requirements, building to established security design.
• Maintain and enhance existing reports and datasets, including performance tuning, refresh troubleshooting, and defect resolution.
• Document semantic models, measure definitions, data sources, and refresh dependencies to support ongoing SCC maintenance and knowledge retention.
• Support end‑user adoption through report walkthroughs and knowledge transfer to business users and SCC staff.
• Participate in agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, and requirements discussions.

Requirements

• Professional experience developing business intelligence and reporting solutions with Microsoft Power BI (4 years).
• Strong proficiency in DAX, including measure development, time intelligence, performance optimization, and a working understanding of row/filter context (4 years).
• Strong proficiency in Power Query and M for data transformation and preparation (3 years).
• Proficiency in SQL and experience querying relational data sources (3 years).
• Demonstrated experience with dimensional and semantic data modeling, including star schema design and relationship management (2 years).
• Experience building Power BI reports against Dataverse or Dynamics 365 data (2 years).
• Ability to work directly with business stakeholders to elicit reporting requirements and translate them into working solutions (4 years).
• Strong data visualization judgment, including selecting appropriate visuals and designing reports for clarity and usability (4 years).
• Ability to work independently and manage competing reporting priorities with minimal direction (4 years).
• Experience implementing and testing row‑level security in Power BI (2 years, desired).
• Experience with Power BI Service administration concepts, including workspaces, apps, dataset refresh/gateway configuration, and deployment across environments (2 years, desired).
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric (2 years, desired).
• Experience with Azure Blob Storage or Cosmos DB as reporting data sources (2 years, desired).
• Experience working in a public‑sector, regulatory, or other compliance‑driven environment (2 years, desired).
• Microsoft certification PL‑300 (Power BI Data Analyst) (2 years, desired).

Benefits

• Long‑term stability with multi‑year opportunities and room to grow.
• Comprehensive health coverage for you and your family.
• 401(k) program for future financial security.
• GC assistance: immediate Green Card processing support if required.