About this role
Dura Digital is looking for a Business Intelligence consultant who knows that great analytics starts with strong data models. You care deeply about semantic consistency, performance, and usability; and you’re passionate about helping organizations deliver effective BI platforms.
As a Senior Business Intelligence Developer and consultant, you’ll play a key role in working with our clients designing and maintaining Power BI data models , supporting the migration of Power BI reports from SQL Server to Snowflake. You’ll work closely with data engineers, analytics partners, and project stakeholders to ensure trusted, scalable, and high-performing analytics solutions.
WHAT MOVES YOU
• You enjoy translating complex project requirements into intuitive, performant BI solutions.
• You’re analytical, curious, and thoughtful about how data models impact downstream reporting and decision-making.
• You’re a strong communicator who can explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• You take pride in clean, well-documented models and reports that others can easily understand and reuse.
• You enjoy mentoring others and raising the overall maturity of BI practices.
• You stay calm and focused when navigating ambiguity, change, or platform migrations.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
• Design, develop, and maintain Power BI data models using best practices for performance, scalability, and usability.
• Lead and support the migration of Power BI reports and data models from SQL Server to Snowflake.
• Partner with data engineering teams to align Power BI models with Snowflake data structures and transformation logic.
• Work with project stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into clear, actionable reporting solutions.
• Optimize DAX measures, calculated columns, and model relationships for performance and clarity.
• Ensure consistency in metrics, dimensions, and definitions across reports and subject areas.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and reduce technical debt in existing Power BI content.
• Support data validation and reconciliation efforts during platform migrations.
• Promote BI best practices including version control, documentation, and deployment workflows.
• Assist in establishing standards for Power BI development, governance, and lifecycle management.
• Provide production support for critical BI assets, ensuring reliability and trust in reporting.
WHAT YOU'VE DONE
• You have a university degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. or equivalent experience.
• You bring 5+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Analytics Engineering, or Data Analytics roles.
• You have deep hands-on experience with Power BI, including:
• Data modeling
• DAX
• Performance optimization
• Data design for self-service analytics
• You have strong SQL skills and experience working with SQL Server.
• You have experience supporting or leading BI migrations (on-prem to cloud and/or platform-to-platform).
• You’ve worked with cloud data warehouses, with Snowflake experience strongly preferred.
• You understand dimensional modeling concepts (e.g., Kimball) and how they apply to BI semantic layers.
• You’re comfortable collaborating with data engineers and analysts.
• You have experience working in Agile or iterative delivery environments
SKILLS
• Business Intelligence & Analytics
• Power BI (data models, reports, dashboards)
• DAX optimization and modeling best practices
• Semantic layer design
• Data Platforms
• SQL Server
• Snowflake / cloud data warehouses
• Data Modeling
• Dimensional modeling (Kimball)
• Metrics standardization
• Languages & Tools
• SQL
• DAX
• Version control (Git)
• Practices
• BI governance and lifecycle management
• Data quality validation
• Performance tuning
• Documentation and knowledge sharing
Location: Edmonton, Alberta