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Senior Power BI Developer

Up to £70,000 per year
  1. Full-time
  2. IT

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Watford, Hertfordshire

In this role you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining enterprise-scale reporting, analytics, and data engineering solutions across Microsoft’s data platform.
You will be a hands-on, technical professional who can work closely with business stakeholders, data teams, and leadership to deliver high-quality, scalable, and reliable analytics solutions while meeting tight deadlines.

What you'll do:

Power BI Development

  • Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade Power BI reports, dashboards, and semantic models.

  • Build scalable and reusable data models using best practices for performance, security, and maintainability.

  • Develop advanced DAX calculations, measures, KPIs, and analytical solutions.

  • Implement Row-Level Security (RLS) and governance standards across reporting solutions.

  • Optimise report performance and troubleshoot complex Power BI issues.

Data Engineering & ETL Development

  • Design and develop robust ETL/ELT solutions using Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Microsoft Fabric.

  • Create and maintain data pipelines to ingest, transform, and load data from multiple source systems.

  • Develop scalable data warehouse, lakehouse and data mart solutions.

  • Ensure data quality, integrity, and consistency across analytical platforms.

  • Monitor and optimise pipeline performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.

Microsoft Fabric & Platform Modernisation

  • Support and lead migration initiatives from legacy BI and data platforms into Microsoft Fabric.

  • Design and implement Fabric architecture, including Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Dataflows, Pipelines, and Semantic Models.

  • Contribute to platform governance, security, and best practices.

  • Evaluate new Fabric capabilities and identify opportunities for business value.

Stakeholder Management & Delivery

  • Engage with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

  • Manage competing priorities across multiple projects and business functions.

  • Provide regular updates to stakeholders and leadership on project progress, risks, and dependencies.

  • Work effectively under tight deadlines while maintaining a high standard of delivery.

  • Mentor junior developers and promote best practices across the team.

Governance & Best Practice

  • Establish and maintain BI and data engineering standards.

  • Implement CI/CD, version control, and deployment processes where appropriate.

  • Promote best practices in Power BI development, ETL design, data modelling, and analytics delivery.

  • Support documentation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement initiatives.

What you'll bring:

  • Minimum 5 years' experience in Power BI development and data engineering roles.

  • Strong experience designing and developing Power BI dashboards, reports, and semantic models.

  • Advanced knowledge of: Power BI,DAX, Power Query (M), SQL, Data Modelling

  • Proven experience with: Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Synapse Analytics. ETL/ELT development, Data Warehousing concepts

  • Experience working with Microsoft Fabric.

  • Strong understanding of data governance, security, and performance optimisation.

  • Experience managing business stakeholders and gathering requirements.

  • Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and deliver under tight deadlines.

  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

  • Experience working within Agile delivery environments.

Desirable

  • Experience leading or supporting migrations to Microsoft Fabric.

  • Experience with Lakehouse architecture and modern data platforms.

  • Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, and source control practices.

  • Experience with Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS).

  • Experience implementing enterprise reporting governance frameworks.

  • Microsoft certifications in Power BI, Azure Data Engineering, or Fabric.

  1. Watford
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