Senior Power BI Developer with Azure - Full remote - Contractor in USD

For an international project in Chennai, we are urgently looking for a Full Remote Senior Power BI Developer. Candidates need to have +5 years of relevant experience in Reporting technologies, including Power BI. We are looking for a motivated contractor. Candidates need to be fluent in English. Tasks and responsibilities: Functional and technical analysis document with proposed solution and delivery timeline for the user story/task; Plan, design, develop, test, and deploy the application as per the approved architecture/framework; Work closely with the project Architect to get approval on the technical solution for each deliverable; Document the user stories, technical details, test cases and test results as per the established process; Profile: Bachelor or Master degree; +5 years of relevant experience in Reporting technologies, including Power BI; Dashboard & Report Development – Expertise in building interactive, user-friendly dashboards and reports using Power BI Desktop and Service; Advanced DAX & Data Modeling – Capability to understand data models and write advanced DAX measures and calculated columns; Strong SQL Skills – Develop and optimize complex SQL queries; Power Query (M Language) – Skilled in data transformation and cleansing using Power Query Editor; Import Mode & Direct Query – Hands-on experience with both modes, including hybrid models and performance optimization; Power BI DevOps Integration – Familiar with CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for report lifecycle management; Version Control & Deployment Pipelines – Experience with Git and Power BI deployment pipelines for managing environments (Dev/Test/Prod); Database & Data Lake Integration – Exposure to SQL Server, Azure SQL, and Azure Data Lake (Gen2) for sourcing data; Power BI Service – Experience working with workspaces, datasets, dataflows in Power BI Service; Performance Tuning & Optimization – Using tools like Performance Analyzer and Query Diagnostics to optimize reports and queries; Security Implementation – Implementing Row-Level Security (RLS) and Object-Level Security (OLS) for data governance; Fluent in English;