We are looking for a skilled Data Analytics Engineer with deep expertise in Power BI to join our team in Ankeny, Iowa. In this role, you will design, optimize, and manage semantic data models while ensuring the seamless performance of business intelligence tools. Your contributions will help drive data-driven decision-making across the organization.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Design and implement semantic data models, including dimensional modeling and star schemas, to support business intelligence needs.<br>• Develop and optimize Power BI reports and dashboards, ensuring high performance and efficient query execution.<br>• Utilize Power Query (M) to transform and manipulate data for reporting purposes.<br>• Configure and enforce row-level security within Power BI to safeguard sensitive data.<br>• Conduct performance tuning for Power BI, including query plan optimization and refresh strategies.<br>• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand analytical requirements and translate them into actionable insights.<br>• Leverage tools such as Tabular Editor and deployment pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub) to streamline BI asset management.<br>• Work with cloud-based data platforms, including Databricks, Snowflake, or BigQuery, to support lakehouse architectures.<br>• Maintain adherence to enterprise BI governance practices and ensure scalable solutions for large datasets.<br>• Implement CI/CD patterns to manage semantic models and facilitate environment promotions.
We are looking for a Business Analyst | Agile to join a service-focused team in West Des Moines, Iowa. This Long-term Contract opportunity is ideal for someone who is detail oriented and can translate business objectives into clear, testable requirements within an Agile environment. The position will partner closely with product, technical, and delivery stakeholders to shape solutions, support backlog readiness, and help ensure delivered outcomes align with business needs.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead discovery discussions to capture, refine, and organize business needs for upcoming product enhancements and user stories.<br>• Produce clear analysis artifacts such as workflow diagrams, use cases, data mappings, and detailed requirement documentation.<br>• Partner with the Product Owner to decompose larger initiatives into well-defined features and actionable stories for delivery teams.<br>• Clarify functional intent for developers and quality teams so implementation and testing align with expected outcomes.<br>• Review completed work and confirm that delivered functionality satisfies agreed business objectives and acceptance criteria.<br>• Contribute analytical support during backlog refinement sessions to improve prioritization, scope definition, and story readiness.<br>• Collaborate with solution architecture stakeholders to evaluate feasibility, dependencies, and technical limitations impacting requirements.<br>• Connect operational goals to system behavior and data impacts, ensuring proposed solutions support both process and information needs.