Main Responsibilities and Required Skills for Power BI Developer
A Power BI Developer is a professional who specializes in developing and implementing business intelligence solutions using the Microsoft Power BI platform. They create data models, build dashboards and reports, and deploy BI solutions to help business users make data-driven decisions. In this blog post we describe the primary responsibilities and the most in-demand hard and soft skills for Power BI Developers.
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Main Responsibilities of Power BI Developer
The following list describes the typical responsibilities of a Power BI Developer:
Analyze
Analyze and synthesize raw data sets into meaningful insight using designated tools.
Analyze, define requirements, develop and create documentation for dashboards.
Anticipate
Anticipate future analytics needs in solution designs and reference architecture.
Assess
Assess and make recommendations on how Power BI can be used to improve operations.
Assist in
Assist in solving Power BI issues related to data acquisition and data transformations.
Assist in special projects and perform other duties as required.
Assist management team in key development goals.
Assist project managers with risk management and progress reviews.
Attend
Attend regular meetings, present and report results in a reliable and professional manner.
Build
Build dashboards, reports using analytic tools including Power BI.
Build effective relationships with internal / external stakeholders and ensures alignment.
Build new reports / dashboards / analytics using Power BI.
Build relationships and collaborate with various groups of diverse stakeholders.
Build solutions that are supportable, scalable and achieve our aspiration of common assets.
Collaborate with
Collaborate with teams to integrate systems.
Communicate
Communicate project status updates and recommendations.
Conceptualize
Conceptualize business needs into insightful / interactive dashboards and reports in Power BI.
Conduct
Conduct independent analysis and assessment to resolve strategic issues.
Conduct unit testing and troubleshooting.
Configure
Configure data intake using Power Query and its formula language.
Configure, optimize and maintain Tableau server and clients.
Configure a design that satisfies business requirements and desired specifications.
Consult
Consult with internal clients to identify, assess, and solve challenging business problems.
Contact
Contact suppliers and subcontractors to exchange technical data and to discuss project performance.
Contribute to
Contribute to continuous improvement of the team's process.
Contribute to database design and development.
Create
Create and / or validate technical design documents.
Create advanced chart types, visualizations and complex calculations to manipulate the data.
Create new Custom Visuals for the new expected report.
Create overall integration plans.
Create tools to store data (e.g. OLAP cubes).
Create various types of charts like Heat Maps, Geocoding, Symbol Maps, Pie Charts.
Create visualizations and reports for requested projects.
Decompose
Decompose business requirements and translates them into detailed design specifications and code.
Define
Define, execute and interpret SQL queries.
Define external interfaces.
Deliver
Deliver a potentially releasable Increment of "Done” product at the end of each Sprint.
Develop
Develop and execute database queries and conduct analyses.
Develop and migrate reports to Power BI and support in-house applications.
Develop and update technical documentation.
Develop automation techniques to enable end-user content publishing.
Develop business models to express raw analytical data in effective dimensional models.
Develop Computer Software Component (CSC) software requirements and algorithms.
Develop corrective action plans.
Develop custom visuals for specific data in Power BI.
Develop / decomposes, documents and maintains designs for a CSC.
Develop, deliver and maintain BI dashboards for the Publishing, Sales and Marketing teams.
Develop, evolve, and measure key business metrics.
Develop, maintains, and supports applications for the enterprise's Internet / intranet sites.
Develop / modify data models, business reports and dashboards using Microsoft Power BI.
Develop Power BI reports based on the functional requirements and solution documents.
Develop reports and dashboards as needed (in partnership with the BI Analyst).
Develop tabular and multidimensional models that follow industry best practice.
Develop visual reports, dashboards, & KPIs in Power BI.
Document
Document all work and communications to a high professional standard.
Document components and applications.
Educate
Educate business stakeholders on intelligence reporting capabilities.
Ensure
Ensure accurate and up-to-date project and solution life cycle documentation.
Ensure adherence to appropriate design, coding and source control standards.
Ensure application of best practices.
Ensure quality and timeliness of delivery and assist in the enhancement of reporting methodologies.
Establish
Establish standards and best practices for requesting, prioritizing and developing dashboards.
Evaluate
Evaluate and improve existing BI systems.
Execute
Execute development tasks according to plan and selected methodology.
Expose
Expose low-level roadblocks in system designs, and provide options to address the issues.
Facilitate
Facilitate deployment of changes.
Facilitate UAT and QA testing.
Gather
Gather and analyze requirements.
Generate
Generate ad-hoc data analysis utilizing Power BI, R, Python, Excel, and / or other tools.
Handle
Handle client browser support inquiries.
Handle sensitive information with care by following privacy protocols.
Implement
Implement new enhancements to BI, supporting additional insight into existing products and services.
Implement row level security on data and understand application security layer models in Power BI.
Incorporate
Incorporate an understand ERP systems / applications and the business context in which they function.
Integrate
Integrate data from various sources to produce requested or required data elements.
Interact with
Interact with project managers / business analysts / team leads for effort estimates.
Interface with
Interface with service architect and other developers and contribute to technical decisions.
Lead
Lead and implement initiatives as required to deliver business objectives.
Lead design and code walk-thru as a presenter or reviewer.
Lead development, selection, tailoring, and deployment of processes and tools.
Lead efforts to convert existing reporting tools to a standardized reporting infrastructure.
Lead integration / test efforts of complex systems.
Lead supplier / subcontract management team.
Maintain
Maintain and enhance existing SSAS Tabular Models, SSRS Reports, or PowerBI.
Maintain and manage the data strategy and governance for curated / shared data models (datasets).
Maintain and support data analytics platforms.
Maintain data models and transformation rules.
Maintain existing Power BI dashboards and reports.
Maintain library of model documents, templates, or other reusable knowledge.
Maintain records to document system and programming development and revisions.
Make
Make independent decisions on architectural problems and methods.
Manage
Manage customer and supplier relationships.
Mentor
Mentor junior team members on latest BI technologies.
Model
Model coding behavior data into data products that are visualized with Looker.
Monitor
Monitor, troubleshoot and resolve issues for the deployed reporting solutions.
Oversee
Oversee the development process of the Product, POC and demo versions.
Participate in
Participate in Sprint Planning and set sprint plan goals.
Perform
Perform CSC requirements change assessment.
Perform impact analysis of new feature releases that guide product decisions and priorities.
Perform optimization of MS SQL Queries and SSIS packages.
Perform quality assurance and trouble-shooting on BI reports / dashboards.
Prioritize
Prioritize tasks and leads reviews.
Program
Program all or selected components of Web applications.
Promote
Promote and share best practices and design patterns for building solid Power BI Apps.
Propose
Propose and implement potential improvements for existing dashboards.
Provide
Provide input into the planning and implementation of operational programs.
Provide solutions using SSAS cubes (Tabular / Multi-Dimensional Models).
Provide Super / End-user training.
Provide technical leadership for project management including schedules, plans, and estimates.
Provide technical support for our applications.
Provide training for business users in data warehousing space, models and integration data flows.
Push
Push data through ETL to its final BI architecture.
Research
Research, evaluate and implement new technology to optimize application efficiency and usability.
Review
Review statements of work, conduct estimates and manages risks.
Review the work of other team members as required.
Suggest
Suggest improvements to existing processes and be part of their implementation.
Support
Support issue resolution.
Support ongoing continuous improvement initiatives.
Support Power users and act as 2nd level support.
Support production issues, includes independently completing root-cause analysis and diagnosis.
Support requirements team lead in negotiating interfaces and requirements.
Support research and development of development frameworks, and definition of standards.
Support the deployment of Power BI Enterprise solution.
Support the Enterprise Analytics solution in Power Bi development and solution delivery.
Support the management of specific project deliverables & outcomes.
Support the resolution of production issues and problems.
Test
Test defects documentation, test execution logs, and test execution result evidence.
Translate
Translate business needs to technical specifications.
Translate contract requirements into work requirements, processes and tasks.
Troubleshoot
Troubleshoot and resolve reporting issues while keeping overall business goals in mind.
Understand
Understand and empathizes with other parts of the organization.
Understand EPD information needs in the context of business strategies and priorities.
Understand the underlying data and able to map the same with the dashboard.
Use
Use predictive modeling to increase and optimize different business outcomes.
Utilize
Utilize advance level calculations on the data set.
Utilize SSIS, SSRS, SQL and PowerBi to develop Power BI apps and dashboards.
Work with
Work on projects with minimal supervision and instruction.
Work toward the objective of defect free solutions.
Work with business stakeholders to develop new business solutions within Power BI.
Work with business users to refine requirements.
Work with other teams within the I.T department to ensure best practices and processes are in place.
Write
Write high quality Unit tested code.
Write SQL queries to connect to data sources.
Most In-demand Hard Skills
The following list describes the most required technical skills of a Power BI Developer:
DAX
Data Modeling
Analysis
Designing
Most In-demand Soft Skills
The following list describes the most required soft skills of a Power BI Developer:
Written and oral communication skills
Problem-solving attitude
Analytical ability
Interpersonal skills
Results-oriented
Presentation
Attention to detail
Organizational capacity
Take initiative
