Power BI Developer

Description

The BI Developer / Data Modeler is responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing scalable analytics and semantic data models that power enterprise reporting and self-service analytics. This role partners closely with data engineering, product, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into governed, high-performance BI solutions. The developer builds and maintains Power BI models and dashboards and contributes to a modern cloud data platform.

Experience with Tableau and Palantir analytics environments is a plus.

Essential Functions of this Position:

• Design and develop enterprise semantic models and curated data sets to support scalable self-service analytics.
• Build and maintain interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI aligned to business KPIs and product requirements.
• Partner with data engineering and platform teams to model data from cloud data platforms and warehouse environments.
• Translate business requirements into dimensional and analytical data models using best practices.
• Optimize model performance through proper schema design, DAX tuning, aggregation strategies, and query optimization.
• Implement data governance, naming standards, and documentation for BI assets and semantic layers.
• Support CI/CD, versioning, and controlled promotion of BI artifacts across environments.
• Perform data validation, reconciliation, and quality checks across source systems and analytical outputs.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders on backlog refinement and delivery priorities.
• Stay current on Power BI platform capabilities and emerging BI and analytics tooling.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future need for visa sponsorship. Unfortunately, this position does not support sponsorship for employment visas (e.g., H-1B, OPT, CPT).

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred; equivalent professional experience will also be considered.

• 4+ years of experience in Business Intelligence or Analytics Engineering roles.
• Hands‑on experience building Power BI semantic models, datasets, and enterprise dashboards.
• Strong experience with DAX, Power Query (M), and advanced data modeling techniques.
• Experience modeling data using star schema and dimensional modeling principles.
• Experience working with cloud data platforms and modern data warehouses.
• Experience using Palantir Foundry to prepare and integrate datasets for Power BI reporting is a plus.
• Proficiency in SQL for data analysis and dataset validation.
• Experience tuning BI models and reports for performance and scalability.
• Experience working in Agile delivery teams.

• Strong Power BI development skills including semantic models, DAX, and Power Query.
• Solid understanding of dimensional modeling and analytical data design.
• Ability to design reusable, governed datasets for self‑service analytics.
• Strong SQL skills across relational and analytical databases.
• Understanding of data platform architecture concepts.
• Experience with data quality validation and reconciliation techniques.
• Familiarity with data governance, lineage, and metric definition practices.
• Ability to explain technical data concepts to business users.
• Strong problem solving and debugging skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

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This position follows a Hybrid Work Schedule, requiring the employee to work on‑site a minimum of three (3) days per week at or near an Acosta Corporate Office. The remaining days may be worked remotely, depending on business needs and team collaboration requirements. Candidates should reside within a reasonable commuting distance or be willing to relocate to meet this on‑site expectation.

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