Power BI Developer (Databricks Migration) | Contract (3-6 Months)

Location: 100% on site in Irvine, CA to start, then can switch to hybrid on site
Duration: 3-6 Month Contract
Employment Type: Contract on W2 only
Hourly Rate: up to $60/hour

Overview

We are seeking a talented Power BI Developer to support a major reporting modernization initiative. This individual will be responsible for migrating existing Power BI reports and dashboards from traditional SQL-based data sources to Databricks, while also supporting the ongoing development, enhancement, and maintenance of enterprise reporting solutions.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Power BI, SQL, and Databricks, along with a proven track record of developing scalable reporting solutions and supporting business-critical analytics environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Migrate existing Power BI reports and dashboards from SQL-based data sources to Databricks.
• Develop, enhance, and maintain Power BI dashboards, reports, data models, and visualizations.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather reporting requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Design and optimize SQL queries, datasets, and data models to support reporting and analytics needs.
• Troubleshoot and resolve reporting, data quality, and performance issues.
• Support existing BI reporting environments while contributing to future-state reporting architecture.
• Work closely with data engineering teams to ensure accurate and efficient data integration with Databricks.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on Power BI development experience.
• Strong expertise creating dashboards, reports, semantic models, and visualizations in Power BI.
• Experience working with Databricks as a reporting and analytics data source.
• Strong SQL development skills, including complex queries, data analysis, and performance tuning.
• Experience supporting report migrations and BI modernization initiatives.
• Ability to work directly with business users and translate requirements into reporting solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ERP reporting environments (Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards, Dynamics, or similar).
• Experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with data warehousing, dimensional modeling, and analytics best practices.
• Exposure to cloud-based data platforms and modern BI architectures.

What We're Looking For

• Strong Power BI development expertise.
• Hands-on Databricks experience.
• Advanced SQL skills.
• Experience migrating and modernizing reporting environments.
• Ability to support both new development and ongoing dashboard maintenance.

If you are passionate about data visualization, analytics, and helping organizations modernize their reporting platforms, we'd love to hear from you.