What are the responsibilities and job description for the PowerBI Developer position at Motion Recruitment?
Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Software Engineer in Wilmington, DE (Hybrid).
Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Required Skills & Experience
Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Required Skills & Experience
- 4 years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education.
- PowerBI (6 Years)
- Minimum 4 years of software engineering, BI/reporting, or analytics experience, with at least 3 years focused on advanced PowerBI development in enterprise environments.
- Deep expertise in crafting BI solutions reporting on enterprise software development ecosystems, toolchain adoption, and DevOps maturity.
- Proven experience with connecting PowerBI to a variety of toolchain platforms (such as Jira, GitHub, Azure DevOps, other CI/CD tools), and designing KPIs for adoption, onboarding, and usage.
- Advanced skills in DAX, Power Query/M, and complex data modeling for management-level reporting.
- Demonstrated success in building executive dashboards highlighting adoption, risk, compliance, automation, productivity, cost savings, or similar impact areas.
- Strong data integration skills: ETL, API data extraction, direct query, and on-prem/cloud data source integration.
- Deep understanding of enterprise data governance, security, access controls, and reporting best practices.
- Excellent communication skills and seasoned experience working with technical and business stakeholders at all levels.
- Demonstrated leadership in project delivery, solution architecture, and mentoring junior team members.
- Subject matter expertise in enterprise DevOps, SDLC/ALM toolchains, engineering productivity tooling, or related reporting domains.
- Experience directly supporting executive or board-level reporting initiatives.
- Microsoft PowerBI and/or Power Platform certification.
- Experience in highly regulated or financial services environments.
- Consult on or participate in moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within Software Engineering and contribute to large-scale planning related to Software Engineering deliverables.
- Review and analyze moderately complex Software Engineering challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
- Contribute to the resolution of moderately complex issues and consult with others to meet Software Engineering deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements.
- Collaborate with client personnel in Software Engineering.
- Architect, develop, and maintain advanced PowerBI dashboards and reports that deliver analytics on enterprise toolchain adoption, usage patterns, process maturity, and impact on business objectives.
- Collaborate directly with engineering, operations, and transformation teams to gather requirements, define key metrics, and ensure data accuracy and relevancy for management reporting.
- Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert in toolchain reporting, with strong knowledge of common tools (e.g., Jira, GitHub, Azure DevOps, CI/CD platforms, testing & security tools) and connected data sources.
- Develop frameworks, data models, and reporting methodologies to assess adoption and maturity levels (e.g., tool usage, onboarding KPIs, process adherence, automation coverage, impact on delivery velocity/quality/security).
- Integrate data from multiple sources—including APIs, data lakes, internal databases, and vendor platforms—into the PowerBI ecosystem using advanced data transformations and DAX.
- Ensure reports provide meaningful executive and operational views, with robust drill-down capabilities for action planning and decision support.
- Partner closely with business and IT leadership to present findings, recommend action items, and evolve analytics to align with strategic objectives.
- Act as the primary escalation point for all technical issues related to toolchain adoption reporting, and drive continuous improvement of reporting processes and solutions.
- Define, document, and enforce best practices for management reporting, including data governance, integrity, security, and lifecycle management.
- Mentor and coach junior engineers and analysts in best practices for both PowerBI and toolchain reporting.
- Deliver highly accurate, visually compelling management reports and dashboards for leadership visibility and decision-making.
- Ensure reporting complies with client’s data security, compliance, and risk mitigation standards.
- Monitor, maintain, and continuously evolve reporting solutions as toolchain adoption and enterprise needs mature.
- Occasional after-hours support for critical deployments or reporting issues.