Power BI Developer, Azure Databricks / Unity Catalog #3613452

Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, Axiom Path, is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today! Be Part Of A High-Performing Team: Join a technology team supporting a large financial services environment where data accuracy, reporting consistency, and secure analytics are critical to business operations. This role sits within a collaborative reporting and data function focused on transforming curated enterprise data into meaningful dashboards for cybersecurity and business stakeholders. The team works closely across data engineering, business users, and subject matter experts to deliver scalable, governed reporting solutions. What's In Store For You: Engagement: W2 only (no C2C/1099) This is a hybrid contract opportunity based in Jersey City, NJ. The role offers the chance to work hands-on with modern BI and data platforms, including Power BI, Azure Databricks, Unity Catalog, and curated Lakehouse datasets. This is a strong opportunity for a Power BI professional who enjoys building enterprise dashboards, optimizing reporting performance, and partnering with stakeholders to turn complex data into actionable insights. How You Will Make An Impact Design, build, and deliver interactive Power BI dashboards and reports tailored to different stakeholder groups and source systems. Create cybersecurity-focused dashboards using curated data from an Azure Databricks Lakehouse environment. Connect Power BI to Databricks SQL endpoints and Unity Catalog tables, supporting both Import and DirectQuery reporting models. Build and maintain Power BI data models using star schemas, relationships, calculated columns, DAX measures, and KPIs. Use Power Query to clean, transform, validate, and reconcile data for accurate reporting outputs. Implement row-level security and ensure dashboards align with enterprise data governance and access control requirements. Optimize dashboard and dataset performance through efficient DAX, model tuning, and reporting best practices. Partner with business users, SMEs, and data engineers to gather metric requirements, resolve issues, and support dashboard enhancements. Are you an experienced Power BI Developer ready to make an impact in enterprise reporting? 5+ years of hands-on Power BI development experience. Strong experience with Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service, DAX, Power Query, dashboards, and reports. Proven ability to build clean, scalable data models using star schema design, relationships, KPIs, and reusable measures. Experience integrating Power BI with Azure Databricks, including Databricks SQL endpoints or SQL Warehouse. Strong SQL skills and understanding of data transformation, validation, and reporting concepts. Experience implementing row-level security and supporting governed dashboard access. Ability to collaborate with business stakeholders and translate reporting needs into usable dashboard solutions. Preferred experience with Databricks Lakehouse, Unity Catalog, financial services, cybersecurity reporting, Azure Data Factory, ADLS, Entra ID, enterprise reporting, performance tuning, and self-service BI enablement.