Power BI Developer

Power System Power BI Developer Contractor

Objective: Address the growing demand for analytics and reporting within Power System by contracting a dedicated Power BI Developer for a one to two year term. This role will focus on designing, enhancing, and maintaining Power BI dashboards and reports, allowing data scientists and analytics engineers to concentrate on higher value activities such as advanced modeling and analytical use cases.

The Power BI Developer will work closely with the OT Strategic Services (OTSS) team, Grid Data & Analytics (GD&A), and Data Services to deliver scalable, standardized, and high-quality reporting solutions aligned with enterprise data standards.

Key Responsibilities

Power BI Dashboard Development & Maintenance

·       Design, develop, and maintain Power BI dashboards that support OTSS and Power System business needs.

·       Translate business and operational requirements into clear, effective data visualizations and reporting solutions.

·       Apply established best practices to ensure dashboards are intuitive, performant, and visually consistent.

·       Document dashboard design, data sources, and logic to support long term sustainability and knowledge transfer.

Support Increasing Analytics Demand

·       Serve as the primary point of contact for routine dashboard development requests, improving responsiveness and reducing reliance on data scientists for routine reporting needs.

·       Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify dashboard requirements, priorities, and manage the dashboard development backlog.

·       Continuously enhance and optimize existing dashboards based on user feedback and evolving business needs.

·       Improve turnaround time for dashboard delivery aligned with OTSS and stakeholder priorities.

Data Model & Semantic Layer Alignment

• Collaborate with EI&DG and GD&A to consume certified and governed datasets where available.
• Develop and maintain Power BI semantic models (datasets) that align with enterprise and OT data standards.

·        Establish and enforce consistent measures, KPIs, and data definitions across dashboards to ensure alignment and accuracy.

Governance, Standards, and Best Practices

·       Adhere to enterprise Power BI, data governance, and security standards.

·       Work with data engineering to promote reuse of datasets, and ‘shift logic left’ to auditable datasets.

·       Work with stakeholders to promote templates to improve efficiency and maintain consistency across reporting solutions.

·       Collaborate with Enterprise Data Governance teams to support trusted, reliable, and well governed reporting.

Knowledge Transfer & Enablement

• Document data and dashboard logic, measures, and design approaches for knowledge sharing and long-term maintainability.
• Support training and enablement for analysts and business users consuming Power BI content.

·        Contribute to the development and adoption of standardized dashboard design and development practices within OTSS.

Benefits

·        Improve responsiveness to dashboard and reporting requests from Power System stakeholders.

·        Reduce reporting workload on data scientists, enabling greater focus on advanced analytics, modeling, and innovation.

·        Enhance consistency, quality, and usability of Power BI dashboards across OT and Grid Analytics.

·        Accelerate delivery and time to value for analytics and reporting initiatives.

·        Strengthen availability of reliable, trusted, and standardized reporting to support operational and business decision making.

Timeline

The Power BI Developer contractor will be engaged for an initial one year term, with the option to extend up to two years based on workload, performance, and demonstrated business value. The role will begin with an onboarding phase in coordination with OTSS and EI&DG to build familiarity with enterprise standards, available datasets, and established reporting patterns. Following onboarding, the contractor will transition to supporting ongoing dashboard development, backlog reduction, and enhancement of reporting solutions. This position is intended to help meet increasing analytics demand while aligning with ongoing data governance initiatives and the continued formalization of reporting processes.

Conclusion

Adding a dedicated Power BI Developer contractor is necessary to meet the growing demand for dashboards and reporting within Power System. This role will improve delivery speed and reporting quality while relieving data scientists of routine dashboard development tasks.

By shifting this work appropriately, data scientists can focus on higher value analytics, modeling, and innovation. The result will be more trusted and standardized data products, improved stakeholder support, and more effective use of advanced analytics capabilities across OTSS and Grid Data and Analytics.