Power BI Developer; Azure Databricks​/Unity Catalog

Job Title:

Developer – Power BI

Job Experience Level: Mid (5-7 Years)

Work Location:

Hybrid – Jersey City, New Jersey

Term: 6 Months

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.

• 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

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

• 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

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

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

• Optimize report performance through:
  • Efficient DAX calculations
  • Model optimization
  • Dataset tuning

• 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

• 5+ years of experience in Power BI development
• Strong hands‑on experience with:
  • 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)

• 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 )

• 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