PowerBI Developer (Contractor) - MNSITE-3935

RE/SPEC Inc.•Saint Paul, MN

1d•Remote

About The Position

RESPEC is seeking a full-time Power BI Developer to turn student loan data into reliable dashboards and reports for decision-makers at the Minnesota Office of Higher Education (OHE). The role’s main goal is to establish a stable, reliable Power BI Service environment. The developer will query and validate loan data from multiple sources, build custom visualizations, and migrate legacy Tableau and Crystal Reports to Power BI. The position also involves training State staff and working closely with business and technical teams. There is no incumbent, so the developer will help shape how the environment is built. The role includes designing and maintaining Power BI dashboards, configuring Power BI in the Power Platform environment, establishing security, accessibility, and access-management controls, and ensuring reports meet performance and client requirements. The developer will gather and document business requirements and rules, lead technical meetings, prepare technical manuals, deliver training and mentoring, provide daily project status reports, and complete a thorough knowledge transfer before the engagement ends. The position is remote.

Requirements

At least 5 years of advanced Power BI development experience.
Robust experience validating student loan data, including forbearance data.
Strong experience writing technical documentation.
Excellent communication skills, including communication with senior leaders.
Versatile presentation skills for both informal and formal settings.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on SQL experience with Azure SQL Server.
Background in Power Platform configuration.
Experience migrating Tableau or Crystal Reports.
Experience with accessibility remediation.
Experience with report security and access management.
Experience automating Excel exports.
Experience training or mentoring non-technical users.

Responsibilities

Design and maintain Power BI dashboards for a variety of business users.
Build custom UI visualizations to specification, provide ad hoc reporting, and automate exports to tools such as Excel.
Write and extract SQL queries and validate data quality across multiple datasets.
Perform root cause analysis on loan-related data issues and anomalies.
Develop data refresh strategies using Azure SQL Server and other systems.
Set up and configure Power BI within the Power Platform environment.
Establish best-practice security, accessibility, and access-management controls.
Remediate accessibility issues in existing reports.
Ensure each report meets performance and client requirements.
Gather and document business requirements and business rules, and fill in when a business analyst is unavailable.
Lead technical meetings and write technical manuals.
Deliver Power BI training, mentoring, and co-development sessions.
Provide daily project status reports to the client.
Complete a thorough knowledge transfer before the engagement ends.