Sr. BI Developer

The Senior BI Developer is a senior individual contributor responsible for designing, building, and governing high-quality business intelligence solutions across KCI's enterprise systems, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft Dynamics 365-driven data. This role combines advanced Power BI development, semantic modeling, data visualization, and business analysis skills to transform trusted, curated data into clear, visually polished dashboards and intuitive reports. The Senior BI Developer plays a key role in helping Finance, Operations, project-based teams, and leadership understand performance, identify trends, and make informed business decisions., Design, develop, and maintain enterprise Power BI reports, dashboards, semantic models, and datasets using governed data from Dynamics 365 and other enterprise systems.

• Partner with business stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable, user-friendly analytics solutions.

• Create intuitive, visually compelling dashboards that follow enterprise data visualization and usability standards.

• Collaborate with the Data Engineer to improve data models, resolve data quality issues, and optimize reporting solutions.

• Partner with the Data Operations Manager to refine reporting requirements, estimate effort, and support work prioritization.

• Develop reusable semantic models, certified datasets, standardized KPIs, and common calculations to support enterprise reporting.

• Validate report accuracy by reconciling results with business rules, source systems, and stakeholder expectations.

• Optimize report performance, DAX calculations, dataset refreshes, and overall solution scalability.

• Manage Power BI workspaces, deployment pipelines, security, refresh schedules, and report lifecycle activities.

• Monitor report usage and user feedback to improve adoption, usability, and reporting effectiveness.

• Establish BI development standards, documentation, and best practices while mentoring other BI developers.

• Evaluate emerging Microsoft technologies, including Fabric and AI capabilities, to enhance analytics and reporting.

• Create and maintain documentation for report logic, data definitions, security, and business assumptions.

• Support user acceptance testing, production deployments, and post-implementation issue resolution.

• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, expand self-service analytics, and increase data literacy across the organization.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Essential Duties and Responsibilities are the basic job functions that an employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, analytical, business, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of experience in BI, analytics development, data visualization, or enterprise reporting.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Power BI, including report development, semantic modeling, DAX, Power Query, workspace management, deployment practices, and dashboard design.
• Strong report design and data visualization skills, with the ability to create polished, professional, and easy-to-use dashboards for business audiences.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with curated datasets, governed data models, and enterprise reporting standards.
• Experience validating BI outputs against business rules, source system behavior, and stakeholder expectations.
• Experience delivering analytics for ERP or complex enterprise systems.
• Pre-employment drug screening and background check are conditions of employment. Motor vehicle checks may be required based upon position.

Education and/or Work Experience Preferred:

• Experience with Dynamics 365 reporting, project-based financial reporting, or operational analytics.
• Familiarity with Azure analytics platforms, Microsoft Fabric, Lakehouse/Warehouse concepts, or modern Microsoft data platform architecture.
• Experience with row-level security, performance tuning, refresh troubleshooting, and Power BI governance practices.
• Experience creating user guidance, report documentation, training materials, or adoption support for business reporting solutions.

Certificates, licenses, and/or Registrations Preferred:

• Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300)
• Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer (DP-600) (optional / emerging)
• Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)

We offer a competitive compensation package, family friendly benefits, a collaborative working environment, and the training, mentoring and resources you need to advance in your career.

We understand that you have choices, and we know that together we will make a great team!

At KCI, we're building an enduring community that provides unparalleled value to our employee-owners. We make our mark designing and delivering our world-class solutions, so we invest deeply in supporting and developing our team. We reward integrity and commitment, and when we do well, you do well. Our employees have the freedom to innovate, unlimited growth, a voice that matters, a lifestyle that works, and skin in the game. Achievements are shared and celebrated. As a team, we are motivated to better ourselves, each other, and the world around us., KCI Technologies, Inc. is a 100% employee-owned engineering, consulting and construction firm serving clients throughout the United States. KCI is recognized as an industry leader, employing cutting-edge technologies, management practices and strategic growth initiatives. Employee ownership fosters an entrepreneurial spirit, encourages technical expertise, and shapes strategic planning. KCI is currently ranked #56 on Engineering News-Record's list of the Top 500 design firms in the nation.