Power Platform Developer

Founded in 2005, American College of Education continues to be a leader in professional development through our online programs. The mission of ACE is to deliver high-quality, affordable, and accessible online programs grounded in evidence-based content, real-world experience and relevant application that places our students’ needs first. ACE is a mission-driven institution continually recognized for its commitment to social responsibility and positive impact. As an Impact Institution, we believe we have a responsibility to our students, alumni, employees, communities, and society as a whole.

About the role

As the Power Platform Developer, you will help manage and enhance ACE’s Power BI environment, develop new reporting solutions, support data integrations, and build resources that improve operations across the institution. You thrive in a competitive and collaborative team environment, are comfortable working remotely, and have experience collaborating with others in a virtual setting. You possess a strong attention to detail and are passionate about helping students achieve their educational goals.

Responsibilities

• Manages and enhances ACE’s Power BI environment, including workspaces, permissions, data refreshes, gateways, report access, and performance optimization.
• Designs, develops, and maintains Power BI reports and dashboards to support institutional reporting, academic analytics, and operational decision-making.
• Develops and enhances data models, semantic models, datasets, and reporting structures used in Power BI and other reporting tools.
• Integrates data across systems (e.g., SIS, LMS, CRM, Azure data platforms) using Power Platform connectors, APIs, and dataflows.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to gather requirements, clarify business needs, and translate those needs into effective technical solutions.
• Ensures adherence to data governance, data quality, privacy, and security best practices across reports, dashboards, workflows, and applications.
• Monitors, troubleshoots, and optimizes Power Platform solutions, including data refreshes, report performance, workflow failures, and integration issues.
• Creates and maintains documentation for reports, datasets, workflows, applications, integrations, and platform standards.
• Builds and maintains automated workflows using Power Automate to streamline business processes and reduce manual effort across departments.
• Develops and supports Power Apps to enable scalable, user-friendly business applications.
• Provides end-user support, training, and guidance for Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps, and related solutions.
• Collaborates with Institutional Analytics, IT, and business teams to ensure solutions align with institutional priorities and strategic goals.
• Assists with ongoing process improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities for automation, efficiency gains, and stronger use of data.

Requirements

• Demonstrates self-reliance by meeting/exceeding workflow needs.
• Demonstrates positive attitude and motivation, concern for students, teamwork, and excellent time management skills.
• Follows established processes as outlined by organization and leadership.
• Completes assigned duties based on daily business needs and individual skill set.
• Consistently produces a high volume of quality work.
• Capable of working under pressure and meeting tight deadlines.
• Proven ability to work independently with limited supervision and with other department personnel.
• Must support and embrace the College’s Impact mission to improve the people and communities we serve through civic engagement initiatives.
• Must have exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills.
• Must be "self-motivated" as well as creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems.
• Must be collaborative in driving decisions and a team-player.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
• Builds and maintains student satisfaction.
• Recognizes and anticipates student needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, or a related field.
• Minimum of three years of professional experience developing and supporting solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate.
• Demonstrated expertise in Power BI report development, dashboard design, data modeling, semantic models, DAX, Power Query, data visualization, and report validation.
• Experience building and maintaining scalable datasets, semantic models, reporting structures, and data solutions that support accurate and consistent reporting.
• Experience managing Power BI workspaces, user permissions, scheduled refreshes, deployment processes, data security, and report performance.
• Experience integrating data from multiple systems using SQL, APIs, dataflows, connectors, or related integration tools.
• Working knowledge of relational databases, dimensional modeling, and reporting data structures, with experience using platforms such as SQL Server, Azure, Microsoft Fabric, or comparable technologies.
• Experience developing workflow automation solutions, preferably using Power Automate.
• Demonstrated ability to work with stakeholders to define requirements, clarify business needs, and translate operational questions into effective technical and reporting solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, critical-thinking, documentation, and quality-assurance skills, with particular attention to data accuracy, report validation, security, and usability.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities while supporting stakeholders across departments in a remote work environment.
• Experience working with enterprise systems such as student information systems, learning management systems, customer relationship management systems, enterprise resource planning systems, or student success platforms is preferred.
• Professional experience in higher education, institutional research, institutional analytics, academic operations, or a related environment is preferred.
• Experience working in Agile, Scrum, or other iterative development environments is preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, & vision insurance
• HSA and FSA options
• Paid parental leave
• Paid volunteer time
• Tuition reimbursement & reduction programs
• Generous PTO
• 401k and employer match
• Full-service wellness and EAP program
• Employee recognition and awards programs
• Employer paid life & AD&D insurance
• Short-term disability
• Employer paid long-term disability

Pay

The starting salary for this position is $107,000 plus an annual bonus. Offers vary depending on education, prior experience, and expertise being applied to the role.

Additional Information

• Internet bandwidth speeds from an employee's remote work location must be a minimum of 50Mbps download speeds and 5Mbps upload speeds.
• Purchase, setup, installation, support, and ongoing maintenance of reliable internet service is the responsibility of the individual.
• At this time we cannot consider candidates residing in Alaska, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, South Dakota, or Alabama.