£500 - £550 per day
Outside Spy
Edinburgh, UK
Power BI Data Modeller (Contract - Outside IR35) Hybrid – Edinburgh (2 days onsite) £500 - £550 per day Role Overview This is a proper modelling role – not just building reports. You will take ownership of an existing Power BI estate, optimise performance, and lead a full modernisation programme while supporting BAU. You will review the semantic model end-to-end (DAX, performance, storage, security), improve scalability, and drive key upgrades across tooling, governance, and data sources (including Snowflake migration). Essential Skills
Deep Power BI semantic modelling expertise (not just reporting)
Strong DAX, VertiPaq optimisation, and performance tuning
Experience with Tabular Editor, DAX Studio, SSMS (XMLA)
Power BI Enterprise Gateway setup and management
Git / CI/CD in Power BI or Fabric environments
Experience modernising / migrating existing BI estates
Strong understanding of dimensional modelling (Kimball)
Bonus Points
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