Client laptop will be provided

Job Title: Power BI Developer & Analytics Engineer

This position requires on-site presence five days per week.

Contract Duration: This role is structured as a contract assignment of up to 18 months.

MUST have FABRIC and 8 plus years of experience minimum

• The Power BI Developer & Analytics Engineer will play a key role on the Freestyle Data Science & Analytics team, responsible for transforming complex datasets into actionable insights through interactive Power BI dashboards while also supporting underlying data engineering and analytics infrastructure.
• This role is instrumental in enabling data-driven decision-making across cross-functional teams and ensuring continuity of critical reporting and analytics capabilities.

Experience Requirements:

• The ideal candidate will bring 2–5 years of relevant professional experience in Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Analytics Engineering, or Data Engineering, with hands-on expertise in Power BI, SQL, and modern data platforms.
• Experience supporting enterprise reporting environments, semantic models, and data pipelines is highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities and Technical Contributions:

• The candidate will play a critical role in supporting business insights, reporting modernization efforts, data engineering activities, and knowledge transfer for Freestyle analytics platforms.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing, developing, and maintaining interactive Power BI dashboards and reports that communicate key business and operational metrics
• Building, optimizing, and supporting Power BI semantic models, measures, calculations, and row-level security (RLS)
• Leveraging DAX, Power Query (M), SQL, and data modeling techniques to create scalable and reusable analytical solutions
• Partnering with business stakeholders to gather requirements, translate business needs into technical solutions, and deliver actionable insights
• Supporting ongoing reporting and analytics modernization initiatives, including Redshift and Microsoft Fabric-related activities
• Assisting with production support, root cause analysis, data reconciliation, and issue resolution across reporting and analytical platforms
• Creating and maintaining documentation for dashboards, data models, pipelines, business logic, and operational processes
• Participating in knowledge transfer activities to ensure continuity of critical reporting, analytics, and data engineering capabilities

Top Required Skills and Competencies:

• Strong Power BI experience, including dashboard development, data modeling, DAX, Power Query (M), semantic models, and report optimization
• Experience implementing and supporting Row-Level Security (RLS)
• Strong SQL skills, including querying, data validation, troubleshooting, and performance optimization
• Experience working with enterprise data platforms such as Amazon Redshift, Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, or similar technologies
• Experience troubleshooting data quality issues and supporting production reporting environments
• Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence (AI), predictive analytics, and how modern analytics platforms support AI use cases

Preferred Skills:

• Microsoft Fabric experience including Lakehouse, Warehouse, Semantic Models, and Data Factory components
• Experience supporting connected equipment, IoT, telemetry, operational, or high-volume event data
• Experience with Python, Spark, or automation scripting
• Experience supporting data migrations and platform modernization initiatives

Preferred Soft Skills and Behavioral Traits:

• Ability to thrive in ambiguous and rapidly evolving environments with a proactive, ownership-oriented mindset
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects while balancing development, support, and documentation activities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across business and technical teams
• Strong documentation habits and commitment to knowledge sharing
• Ability to independently investigate issues, identify root causes, and recommend sustainable solutions

Key Responsibilities

• Power BI Development: Design, develop, maintain, and optimize interactive Power BI dashboards and reports supporting sales, engineering, operations, product, and digital teams.
• Semantic Modeling: Develop and maintain semantic models, DAX measures, business KPIs, and row-level security configurations.
• Analytics Engineering: Build and maintain reusable datasets, data marts, and scalable analytical models for reporting and business consumption.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements, translate them into technical solutions, and deliver actionable insights.
• Reporting & Analysis: Generate recurring and ad hoc reporting to drive business decisions and performance management.
• Production Support: Troubleshoot data quality issues, report discrepancies, platform issues, and refresh failures.
• Documentation & Knowledge Transfer: Maintain comprehensive documentation of data workflows, schemas, pipelines, business logic, semantic models, and dashboard functionality while supporting knowledge transfer activities.

Technical Skills

• Business Intelligence Tools: Power BI (DAX, Power Query, Report Design, Data Modeling, Semantic Models, RLS)
• Data Querying: SQL, KQL
• Cloud & Data Warehousing: Amazon Redshift, Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL, Azure Data Factory, Synapse Analytics
• Programming (Preferred): Python, Spark
• Collaboration Tools: Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Excel

Core Competencies

• Data Visualization & Storytelling
• Power BI Development & Optimization
• Semantic Modeling & Analytics Engineering
• Data Engineering Fundamentals
• Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
• Production Support & Root Cause Analysis
• Technical Documentation
• Cross-functional Communication
• Agile & Collaborative Teamwork
• Knowledge Transfer & Continuous Learning