Power BI Administrator/Architect

Job description

**Skill Requirements** - **Proven experience min 10 years in administering Power BI environments, including Power BI Service and Premium Capacity.** - **In-depth knowledge of Power BI tenant, workspace, dataset, and report configuration.** - **Experience with On-Premises Data Gateway management and troubleshooting.** - **Strong understanding of Power BI security models, including RLS and OLS.** - Hands-on experience in monitoring capacity metrics, optimizing resource utilization, and troubleshooting dataset refresh and performance issues. - Proficiency in implementing backup, disaster recovery, and governance policies. - Demonstrated experience in supporting CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or Git. - Excellent problem-solving abilities and experience providing advanced (L2/L3) support. - Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to partner with technical and business stakeholders. **Other Requirements (Optional)** - Power BI or Microsoft certifications (e.g., DA-100, PL-300) are highly desirable. - Experience in large-scale, enterprise Power BI deployments. - Familiarity with data modeling, DAX query optimization, and report design best practices. - Knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure) and related services. - Prior experience in developing and delivering user training sessions. **Key Responsibilities** - Manage and administer Power BI Service, Power BI Premium Capacity, and Power BI Fabric environments. - Configure and maintain Power BI tenants, workspaces, datasets, and reports. - Manage gateways (On-Premises Data Gateway) and ensure high availability. - Monitor Power BI service health, performance, and capacity utilization. - Implement and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and governance policies. **Security & Governance** - Configure Row-Level Security (RLS) and Object-Level Security (OLS). - Manage user roles, permissions, and workspace access. - Implement tenant-level security settings and governance frameworks. - Ensure compliance with organizational security standards and audit requirements. - Monitor data access and usage through audit logs and activity reports. **Performance Optimization** - Monitor Premium Capacity metrics and optimize resource utilization. - Identify and troubleshoot dataset refresh failures and performance bottlenecks. - Work closely with developers to optimize DAX, data models, and report performance. - Implement best practices for report development and deployment. **Monitoring & Support** - Provide L2/L3 support for Power BI users and stakeholders. - Troubleshoot connectivity, refresh, gateway, and licensing issues. - Create operational dashboards and reports for environment monitoring. - Manage incidents, service requests, and root cause analysis. **Deployment & Release Management** - Support Dev, Test, and Production environments. - Implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or Git integration. - Manage deployment pipelines and version control processes. - Coordinate releases and production deployments. **Stakeholder Collaboration** - Partner with business users, BI developers, data engineers, and architects. - Conduct user training and awareness sessions. - Define governance standards and platform adoption strategies.