AFL manufactures industry-leading fiber optic cable, connectivity and accessories and provides engineering and installation services for some of the largest telecom customers in the world. Our company was founded in 1984 with a single fiber optic cable and today, we manufacture thousands of products, generate an excess of $3B in revenue, and employ approximately 12,000 associates worldwide. At AFL, we recognize that our employees are our greatest asset.
We hire and train each individual, investing in them to ensure success in their careers. With a commitment to professional development and growth, let us connect you to your next career opportunity.
What We Offer
Flexible time off policy
401K Company match (up to 4% - dollar for dollar)
Professional development, training, and tuition reimbursement programs
Excellent medical, dental, vision, and life insurance policy options
Opportunities for career advancement with an industry leading company!
We are seeking an experienced
Senior Power BI Developer
to join our Enterprise Information Management (EIM) team. This role is responsible for designing, developing, optimizing, and supporting enterprise reporting and analytics solutions across the Microsoft data platform. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled Power BI professional with deep expertise in semantic modeling, DAX, SQL, data warehousing, and cloud-based analytics platforms including
Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, and SQL Server
.
This position will be able to work remotely from anywhere in the United States while supporting primarily East Coast hours.
This individual will partner closely with business stakeholders, business analysts, data engineers, and architects to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing reporting solutions that enable data-driven decision making. The role requires strong technical expertise, hands-on development experience, performance tuning capabilities, and a passion for building enterprise-scale business intelligence solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Power BI Development & Architecture
Design, develop, deploy, and maintain enterprise Power BI solutions, including: Semantic Models, Dashboards, Reports, Paginated Reports, KPI Scorecards, Self-Service Analytics Solutions
Translate business requirements into scalable reporting and analytics solutions.
Design and implement dimensional data models using star schema and best-practice modeling techniques.
Develop advanced DAX calculations, measures, calculation groups, KPIs, and time intelligence solutions.
Create efficient Power Query (M) transformations to cleanse, standardize, and prepare data for reporting.
Build executive, operational, and analytical dashboards that provide actionable insights.
Data Modeling & Analytics
Design and maintain enterprise semantic models and reusable business metrics.
Implement fact and dimension models, hierarchies, aggregations, and composite models.
Develop analytical solutions supporting operational reporting, performance management, and business intelligence initiatives.
Ensure consistency of KPI definitions and data calculations across the reporting ecosystem.
Support self-service reporting while maintaining governance and data quality standards.
Performance Optimization
Evaluate and optimize report, dataset, and model performance.Utilize tools such as: DAX Studio, Tabular Editor, Power BI Performance Analyzer, VertiPaq Analyzer
Troubleshoot refresh, query, gateway, and report performance issues.
Implement incremental refresh, aggregations, DirectLake, Import, DirectQuery, and Hybrid architectures where appropriate.
Data Integration & Engineering Collaboration
Collaborate with data engineers to design and support data pipelines and analytics solutions.
Work with data sourced from: Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Fabric, SQL Server, Excel and other enterprise systems
Support data validation, reconciliation, and quality assurance activities.
Assist with migration and modernization initiatives involving cloud and enterprise data platforms.
Governance & Security
Implement and maintain: Row-Level Security (RLS), Object-Level Security (OLS), Workspace Governance, Dataset Certification, Access Management Standards
Support deployment pipelines and release management processes across Development, Test, and Production environments.
Ensure compliance with enterprise BI governance standards, naming conventions, and development best practices.
Maintain technical documentation, data dictionaries, and reporting standards.
Stakeholder Engagement
Partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements and define reporting solutions.
Facilitate workshops and requirements discovery sessions.
Provide guidance on KPI development, reporting strategy, and visualization best practices.
Present findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
Serve as a subject matter expert for Power BI and enterprise reporting.
Mentoring & Leadership
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior and mid-level developers.
Conduct design reviews and code reviews.
Promote Power BI development standards and best practices across the organization.
Contribute to strategic planning and continuous improvement of the analytics platform.
Experience
Required Qualifications
8+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, or Data Warehousing.
5+ years of hands-on Power BI development experience.
Experience delivering enterprise-scale reporting and analytics solutions.
Experience working directly with business stakeholders and technical teams.
Technical Skills
Power BI
Expert-level experience with:
Power BI Desktop
Power BI Service
Semantic Models
Power Query (M)
DAX
Paginated Reports
Deployment Pipelines
Power BI Administration
Advanced Power BI Performance Tuning
DAX Studio
Tabular Editor
Performance Analyzer
VertiPaq Optimization
Calculation Groups
Incremental Refresh
Composite Models
DirectQuery and DirectLake Architectures
Data Modeling
Dimensional Modeling
Star Schema Design
Fact and Dimension Modeling
Many-to-Many Relationships
Data Warehousing Concepts
Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCDs)
Database & Query Development
Advanced SQL development skills:
Complex joins
Window functions
Common Table Expressions (CTEs)
Stored Procedures
Query Optimization
Data Validation
Azure & Microsoft Data Platform
Strong Experience With
Azure Data Factory (ADF)
Azure Synapse Analytics
Microsoft Fabric
SQL Server
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with one or more of the following:
Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)
Fabric Lakehouse
Fabric Warehouse
Fabric Data Pipelines
DirectLake Semantic Models
Power Platform
Python for analytics or automation
Azure DevOps
Git-based source control
CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments
Help advance the organization's modern analytics strategy through the effective use of Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, and Power BI.