Power BI Developer

Job Title: Power BI Developer
Job Code: MNSITE-3935 / MN_Site-3935
Client: Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) / Office of Higher Education (OHE)
Location: Minnesota (Remote)
Duration: 8 months, 31 days
Contract Until: August 31, 2027
Work Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM (40 hours/week)
Closing Date: November 17, 2026, at 4:00 PM CDT

Position OverviewThe Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services (MNIT), in partnership with the Office of Higher Education (OHE), is seeking a full-time Power BI Developer to develop and maintain business dashboards, write and extract SQL queries, validate student loan data, and migrate existing Tableau and Crystal Reports to Power BI.

The resource will also configure Power BI within the Power Platform environment, provide user-level training, remediate accessibility issues, develop automated reporting solutions, and establish reporting security and access management controls.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain a stable and reliable Power BI Service reporting environment.
• Develop dashboards and complex custom Power BI visualizations.
• Write and extract SQL queries and validate data across multiple sources.
• Perform student loan data validation and investigate data anomalies.
• Migrate existing Tableau and Crystal Reports to Power BI.
• Configure Power BI within the Power Platform environment.
• Develop automated routines to export data to other formats, including Excel.
• Establish data refresh strategies using Azure SQL Server and other data sources.
• Configure reporting security, accessibility, and identity and access management controls.
• Gather business requirements and document business rules.
• Perform root cause analysis of data issues.
• Prepare technical documentation and manuals.
• Conduct Power BI training, mentoring, and knowledge transfer.
• Liaise with developers and business stakeholders to improve reporting functionality.
• Deliver daily project status reports and track progress against milestones.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of advanced Power BI development experience.
• Experience performing robust student loan data validation, including forbearance data.
• Strong technical documentation skills.
• Excellent communication skills, including communication with senior-level stakeholders.
• Strong presentation skills for both formal and informal settings.
• Experience with SQL queries, data quality, data validation, and dashboard development.
• Experience with Azure SQL Server and reporting data refresh strategies.

Primary SkillsPower BI, SQL, Azure SQL Server, Data Validation, Data Quality, Dashboard Development, Tableau, Crystal Reports, Microsoft Excel, Power Platform, Automation, Technical Documentation, Business Requirements, Root Cause Analysis, Accessibility, Identity and Access Management.

This is a remote position.