Power BI Developer (Databricks & Azure)

Jersey City, NJ — Hybrid 12 Month Contract


W2 Only


8 Years Experience Financial or Cybersecurity  Domain Required


We are seeking a skilled Power BI Developer to build and deliver dashboards and reports using data sourced from our Azure Databricks Lakehouse. The role will focus on developing stakeholder-specific dashboards by source system, ensuring accurate data representation, consistent metrics, and high-quality visualizations. This is a hands-on development role working closely with data engineering and business teams.

? Critical Requirements

• 8 years of overall experience required
• Recent financial domain experience required
• W2 candidates only — no C2C or 1099

Key Responsibilities

Dashboard Development

• Design and develop interactive Power BI reports and dashboards
• Build Cyber Dashboards aligned to individual source systems
• Implement drill-downs, drill-throughs, slicers, and advanced visualizations

Databricks Integration

• Connect Power BI to Databricks SQL endpoints and Unity Catalog tables
• Consume curated Gold-layer datasets for reporting and analytics
• Support both Import and DirectQuery modes

Data Modeling

• Develop and maintain Power BI data models (star schema, relationships)
• Create DAX measures, calculated columns, and KPIs
• Work with data engineers to ensure optimized datasets for reporting

Data Transformation

• Use Power Query (M language) to clean, shape, and transform incoming data
• Validate and reconcile data to ensure accuracy and consistency

Governance & Security

• Implement row-level security (RLS) for user-based access
• Ensure dashboards align with enterprise data governance and access control policies

Performance Optimization

• Optimize report performance through efficient DAX calculations
• Apply model optimization and dataset tuning techniques

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work with business users and SMEs to understand metric and reporting requirements
• Translate business needs into usable dashboard solutions
• Provide ongoing support for feedback, enhancements, and issue resolution

Required Qualifications

• 5 years of hands-on Power BI development experience
• Strong proficiency with Power BI Desktop and Service
• Expert-level DAX and Power Query (M) skills
• Solid data modeling experience (star schema, relationships)
• Experience integrating Power BI with Azure Databricks
• Strong SQL skills and understanding of data transformation concepts
• Experience implementing row-level security (RLS)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Databricks Lakehouse and Unity Catalog
• Exposure to financial services or cybersecurity data and reporting
• Experience building dashboards across multiple data domains and source systems
• Familiarity with Azure tools (ADF, ADLS, Entra ID)

Technical Skills

Power BI — DAX, Power Query, Reports & Dashboards

Azure Databricks — SQL Warehouse, Data Consumption

SQL & Data Modeling

Data Visualization & Reporting

Data Governance & Security (RLS, Access Control)

Unity Catalog & Lakehouse Architecture

? Nice to Have

• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise reporting environments
• Exposure to dashboard performance tuning
• Experience enabling self-service reporting