Power BI Developer

FDM is seeking a Power BI Developer located in Dallas, Texas to support a project in the financial sector. Involvement in this project is anticipated to last initially until the end of the year but may be extended.

This role will be hybrid with requirements to be in office 4 days per week.

Key Responsibilities

• Power Platform solutions using Power BI, Tableau, Power Apps, Power Automate, and advanced SQL.

• Lead technical discovery with business and technology partners, translating ambiguous objectives into actionable solution designs, delivery roadmaps, and measurable business outcomes.

• Own the end-to-end technical delivery of high-visibility analytics products, including data analysis, SQL development, semantic models, dashboards, applications, automated workflows, testing, deployment, and production support.

• Establish reusable development standards, reference architectures, design patterns, source-control practices, release processes, and quality controls for BI and Power Platform development.

• 5.Drive modernization and rationalization initiatives, including Tableau-to-Power BI migration, report consolidation, process automation, technical-debt reduction, and retirement of redundant analytics assets.

• Architect governed Power BI semantic models and reusable Tableau data assets that promote consistent metrics, trusted business definitions, scalability, and self-service analytics.

• Analyze complex data structures, embedded business logic, source-system dependencies, and SQL queries to identify data-quality, performance, reconciliation, and migration risks.

• Ensure solutions adhere to applicable security, privacy, accessibility, data-governance, change-management, and operational-support requirements.

• Partner with platform administrators, data engineers, application teams, and architects to integrate enterprise data sources, APIs, gateways, connectors, and cloud services.

• Manage technical operations and delivery risks by monitoring solution performance, prioritizing remediation, coordinating production support, and communicating status to leadership.

• Mentor and coach BI engineers and developers through solution reviews, design sessions, code reviews, technical training, and hands-on problem resolution.

• Influence the BI and automation roadmap by evaluating emerging capabilities, recommending investments, and presenting strategic options to senior stakeholders.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 7-10+ years of progressive BI solutions development and technical leadership across Tableau, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and advanced SQL.

• Proven ability to architect enterprise-scale, governed Power BI semantic models and reusable Tableau data assets.

• Advanced SQL mastery, including performance tuning and troubleshooting across large, multi-source enterprise environments.

• Demonstrated experience owning end-to-end technical delivery of high-visibility analytics products and workflow-automation solutions.

• Experience establishing enterprise development standards, reference architectures, and quality controls for BI/Power Platform.

• Track record leading modernization and rationalization initiatives (e.g., Tableau-to-Power BI migration, report consolidation).

• Experience mentoring and providing technical leadership to BI engineers and developers.

• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s preferred, with proven senior technical leadership in enterprise BI environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading multi-year, enterprise-scale BI platform migrations (Tableau to Power BI), including vendor/accelerator evaluation.

• Deep expertise with Microsoft Fabric, Power BI Premium capacity planning, and DataOps/CI-CD practices.

• Experience building and governing enterprise Power Platform Center of Excellence frameworks (DLP, environments, ALM).

• Executive-level communication experience, including presenting BI/AI strategy and roadmaps to senior leadership.

• Experience with AI-assisted BI development (e.g., Copilot-assisted report/DAX conversion, agentic BI workflows).

• Relevant advanced certification(s) such as Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect or Fabric Analytics Engineer.

• Experience managing vendor/consulting partnerships for BI modernization delivery.

• Experience designing BI operating models, RACI structures, or federated BI governance frameworks

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy delivering client and industry driven solutions through our 5 core specialist Practices; Software Engineering, Data & Analytics, IT Operations, Change & Transformation, and Risk, Regulation & Compliance.