Senior Report Developer (Power BI)

Senior Report Developer (Power BI)

Duration: 243–250 Days
Location: Onsite (5 Days/Week)
Hours: 7.25 hours/day between 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Client: Ontario Public Sector (OPS)

Position Overview

The Senior Report Developer will support the migration of approximately 270 operational reports from legacy court systems to the new Court Digital Transformation (CDT) solution. The resource will assess existing reports, recommend modernization opportunities, and redesign, develop, test, and implement reports using Power BI Desktop and Power BI Report Builder while ensuring compliance with OPS standards, accessibility requirements, and reporting best practices.

Key Responsibilities

Report Assessment & Migration

• Analyze existing operational reports and reporting requirements.
  
• Conduct reporting needs assessments with business stakeholders.
  
• Evaluate report functionality and determine migration approach.
  
• Modernize legacy reports where appropriate.
  
• Migrate reports to:
  • Power BI Desktop
    
  • Power BI Report Builder
    
  • CDT standard reporting solutions
    

Design & Development

• Design and develop Power BI reports and dashboards.
  
• Create and optimize Power BI data models.
  
• Develop DAX calculations, measures, and business logic.
  
• Write and optimize SQL queries using T-SQL and PL/SQL.
  
• Build reporting solutions aligned with business intelligence and analytics requirements.
  
• Design, build, and test databases and reporting objects.
  

Testing & Troubleshooting

• Perform report validation and reconciliation activities.
  
• Troubleshoot data quality and reporting issues.
  
• Resolve defects identified during testing.
  
• Support pre-release testing activities.
  
• Validate migrated reports against business requirements.
  

Business Intelligence & Analytics

• Design and deploy data models optimized for reporting and analytics.
  
• Support advanced analytics and business intelligence initiatives.
  
• Conduct prototyping and proof-of-concept activities.
  
• Integrate reporting solutions with third-party systems.
  

Documentation & Knowledge Transfer

• Produce technical and functional documentation.
  
• Document report specifications, data mappings, and development standards.
  
• Provide knowledge transfer to project teams and OPS staff.
  
• Share lessons learned, best practices, scripts, code, and report artifacts.
  

Mandatory Qualifications

Power BI Development

• Minimum 2 years experience with:
  • Power BI Desktop
    
  • Power BI Report Builder
    
• Experience designing and developing reports, dashboards, and data visualizations.
  

SQL Development

• Minimum 4 years experience with:
  • T-SQL
    
  • PL/SQL
    
• Strong experience writing complex queries and database analysis.
  

DAX Development

• Minimum 2 years experience with:
  • DAX measures
    
  • Calculated columns
    
  • Advanced Power BI functionality
    

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building enterprise reporting and dashboard solutions.
  
• Data modelling expertise for Business Intelligence environments.
  
• Financial reporting and data reconciliation experience.
  
• ETL development experience using:
  • Azure Data Factory (ADF)
    
  • SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)
    
• Experience integrating data from multiple systems.
  
• Prototyping and requirements gathering experience.
  
• Experience implementing BI and analytics solutions in large organizations.
  

Technical Skills

Reporting & Analytics

• Power BI Desktop
  
• Power BI Report Builder
  
• Power BI Service
  
• DAX
  
• Data Visualization
  
• Dashboard Development
  
• Report Migration
  

Database Technologies

• SQL Server
  
• T-SQL
  
• PL/SQL
  
• Database Design
  
• Query Optimization
  

Data Integration

• Azure Data Factory (ADF)
  
• ETL Processes
  
• SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)
  
• Data Modelling
  

Accessibility & Compliance

• AODA Compliance
  
• WCAG 2.0 Level AA
  
• OPS Standards and Guidelines
  

Evaluation Criteria

1. Technical Knowledge (50%)

• Power BI Desktop & Report Builder development
  
• DAX programming
  
• T-SQL development
  
• Data modelling
  
• ETL tools (ADF, SSDT)
  
• Dashboard and report development
  

2. Analytical & Problem Solving Skills (30%)

• Troubleshooting BI solutions
  
• Data quality analysis
  
• Report validation
  
• Complex reporting implementations
  
• Performance optimization
  

3. Communication Skills (20%)

• Stakeholder engagement
  
• Documentation preparation
  
• Knowledge transfer
  
• Team collaboration
  
• Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
  

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be a senior Power BI developer with strong experience in report migration projects, advanced SQL development, DAX programming, data modelling, and business intelligence solutions. Experience working within Ontario Public Sector or large government environments, combined with knowledge of AODA/WCAG accessibility standards, would be highly beneficial. The candidate should demonstrate strong analytical abilities, stakeholder communication skills, and experience delivering enterprise-scale reporting solutions.