Senior Specialized IT Consultant - Remote / Telecommute

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Lead design/requirements sessions with Product Management, data experts and end users to document/understand the reporting and analytics needs.
• Work with Business Analysts to construct wireframes, mock-ups, and in an Agile development process create Power BI Embedded reports.
• Resolve and troubleshoot technical problems which arise during the use and operation.
• Evaluate and determine appropriate architecture, technical specifications, solution design and make recommendations to product management.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot functional and performance issues, implement corrective fixes, preventive fixes and triage as required.
• Partner with DevOps Engineer to ensure support of developed reports in all environments.

Must Haves:

• 5+ years' experience provisioning, configuring, optimizing Data Pipelines using Azure Synapse.
• 5+ years' experience with Data Science / Data Modeling.
• 5+ years’ experience developing Microsoft Power BI reports and dashboards (Mobile enabled).
• Strong experience with understanding user experience and designing visually effective reports and dashboards (please include portfolio of work samples).
• Strong experience with Power BI performance modeling and optimization.
• Strong experience developing within Microsoft Azure.
• Hands-on development experience with d3.js.
• Effective team player with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate complex technical information in a manner that is understandable.

Desired Skills:

• Power BI Embedded application experience would be an asset.
• Working experience of Microsoft Azure Services – Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Data Factory, DataBricks, and Azure DevOps Automation.
• Expert level experience with SQL.
• Working experience of security best practices.
• Experience in an Agile environment.
• Passion for learning the latest technologies and standards.
• Self-learner and highly self-motivated.
• Creative, solution-oriented, flexible with a positive attitude and a drive for excellence.
• Ability to successfully multitask and work to tight deadlines.
• Accurate with excellent attention to detail.

Deliverables:

• Design and develop features based on the identified requirements.
• Build functional mock-ups and assist the Product Owner in User Feedback sessions.
• Implement automated tests to ensure quality of the feature.
• Fix all associated bugs from the feature development.
• Develop required steps for the Deployment Runbook.
• Support with investigating and fixing Production bugs.
• Documentation and knowledge transfer of implemented feature to the existing team.

Criteria Details:

• Strong experience provisioning, configuring, optimizing Data Pipelines using Azure Synapse.
• Strong experience with Data Science/ Data Modeling.
• Strong experience developing Microsoft Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Experience in an Agile Environment.