Power Platform Developer

About this role

Who is American College of Education
Founded in 2005, American College of Education continues to be a leader in professional development through our online programs. The mission of ACE is to deliver high-quality, affordable, and accessible online programs grounded in evidence-based content, real-world experience and relevant application that places our students’ needs first.
ACE is a mission-driven institution continually recognized for its commitment to social responsibility and positive impact. As an Impact Institution, we believe we have a responsibility to our students, alumni, employees, communities, and society as a whole. Guided by our core values, we strive to create meaningful impact that extends well beyond our bottom line.
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Who You Are
You are passionate about helping students achieve their educational goals. You thrive in a competitive and collaborative team environment. You are comfortable working remotely and have experience collaborating with others in a virtual environment. You possess a strong attention to detail.
You have demonstrated experience building and maintaining solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform suite, including Power BI, Power Automate, and Power Apps. You know how to turn data, systems, and operational needs into reliable tools that support decision-making, improve efficiency, and are practical for end users.
You have demonstrated expertise in Power BI, including report development, dashboard design, semantic modeling, DAX, and creating reporting structures that are accurate, secure, scalable, and easy to understand. You bring strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to translate business questions into practical technical work.
As the Power Platform Developer, you will help manage and enhance ACE’s Power BI environment, develop new reporting solutions, support data integrations, and build resources that improve operations across the institution.
Compensation
ACE is committed to paying a competitive wage while staying true to our mission of maintaining high quality, affordable programs for our students. The starting salary for this position is $107,000 plus all full-time employees are eligible for an annual bonus. Offers vary depending on education, prior experience, and expertise being applied to the role.
What We Look for in the Ideal Candidate
Demonstrates self-reliance by meeting/exceeding workflow needs.
Demonstrates positive attitude and motivation, concern for students, teamwork, and excellent time management skills.
Follows established processes as outlined by organization and leadership.
Completes assigned duties based on daily business needs and individual skill set.
Consistently produces a high volume of quality work.
Capable, adapts as needed, to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
Proven ability to work independently with limited supervision and with other department personnel.
Must support and embrace the College’s Impact mission to improve the people and communities we serve through our civic engagement initiatives.
Must have exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills.
Must be "self-motivated" as well as creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems.
Must be collaborative in driving decisions and a team-player.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
Builds and maintains student satisfaction.
Recognizes and anticipates student needs.
Day to Day Responsibilities
In this role you will wear different hats, but your skills will be especially essential in the following areas:
Manages and enhances ACE’s Power BI environment, including workspaces, permissions, data refreshes, gateways, report access, and performance optimization.
Designs, develops, and maintains Power BI reports and dashboards to support institutional reporting, academic analytics, and operational decision-making.
Develops and enhances data models, semantic models, datasets, and reporting structures used in Power BI and other reporting tools.
Integrates data across systems (e.g., SIS, LMS, CRM, Azure data platforms) using Power Platform connectors, APIs, and dataflows.
Collaborates with stakeholders to gather requirements, clarify business needs, and translate those needs into effective technical solutions.
Ensures adherence to data governance, data quality, privacy, and security best practices across reports, dashboards, workflows, and applications.
Monitors, troubleshoots, and optimizes Power Platform solutions, including data refreshes, report performance, workflow failures, and integration issues.
Creates and maintains documentation for reports, datasets, workflows, applications, integrations, and platform standards.
Builds and maintains automated workflows using Power Automate to streamline business processes and reduce manual effort across departments.
Develops and supports Power Apps to enable scalable, user-friendly business applications.
Provides end-user support, training, and guidance for Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps, and related solutions.
Collaborates with Institutional Analytics, IT, and business teams to ensure solutions align with institutional priorities and strategic goals.
Assists with ongoing process improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities for automation, efficiency gains, and stronger use of data.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, or a related field.
Minimum of three years of professional experience developing and supporting solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate.
Demonstrated expertise in Power BI report development, dashboard design, data modeling, semantic models, DAX, Power Query, data visualization, and…