Power BI Architect

About Persistent

We are an AI-led platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate whats next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptors mindset commitment to client success and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation leadership and inclusion. We reported $1654.4M FY26 revenue with 17.4% Y-o-Y growth. We have delivered 24sequential quarters of growth with $436.0M in Q4 FY26 revenue up 3.2% Q-o-Q and 16.2% Y-o-Y growth. Our 27500global team members located in 18 countries have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been recognized as theFastest Growing IT Services Brand Globally in the 2026 Brand Finance IT Services 25 Report. We named a Leader in theEverest Group Private Equity (PE) Services PEAK MatrixAssessment 2026andSoftware Product Engineering PEAK MatrixAssessment 2026.

About Position:

We are looking for an experienced Power BI Architect to design and lead enterprise-scale Business Intelligence solutions and support a large MicroStrategy-to-Power BI migration program. The ideal candidate will combine strong Power BI and SQL Server expertise with solution architecture technical leadership governance and client-facing experience. This role will be responsible for defining BI architecture standards driving migration initiatives mentoring teams and delivering scalable secure and high-performing analytics solutions.

• Role: Power BI Architect BI Modernization & Migration
• Location: Pune
• Experience: 8 to 12 Years
• Job Type: Full-Time Employment

What Youll Do:

• Analyze existing MicroStrategy reports dashboards metadata and dependencies to define and execute migration strategies to Power BI.
• Design and own end-to-end Business Intelligence and Analytics architecture using Power BI and SQL Server.
• Define scalable semantic models datasets reporting frameworks and enterprise BI standards.
• Architect and oversee the development of enterprise dashboards reports paginated reports and reusable Power BI datasets.
• Establish architecture standards governance frameworks security models deployment strategies and development best practices.
• Design and implement solutions utilizing DAX Power Query Row-Level Security (RLS) dataflows gateways and deployment pipelines.
• Lead migration planning report rationalization dependency analysis effort estimation validation and post-migration optimization.
• Design and optimize SQL Server databases for analytical and reporting workloads.
• Review and optimize complex T-SQL queries views stored procedures functions indexes and execution plans.
• Define and implement performance optimization strategies for reports dashboards datasets semantic models and data refresh processes.
• Conduct requirement gathering sessions technical workshops architecture reviews and solution walkthroughs with business and client stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into secure scalable and maintainable BI solutions.
• Provide technical leadership architecture guidance design reviews and mentoring to BI and Power BI development teams.
• Act as the coordination bridge between offshore and onshore teams for successful delivery execution.
• Manage technical risks dependencies change requests and stakeholder expectations throughout the migration lifecycle.
• Collaborate with business users data engineers database administrators security teams and analytics teams to ensure successful implementation.
• Drive adoption of GenAI-powered productivity tools for analytics development documentation migration analysis and reporting modernization.

Expertise Youll Bring:

• 8-12 years of experience in Business Intelligence Analytics Reporting or Data Warehousing solutions.
• Strong expertise as a Power BI Architect BI Technical Lead or Solution Architect.
• Hands-on experience with Power BI Desktop Power BI Service Data Modeling DAX Power Query Semantic Models Dataflows and Row-Level Security.
• Extensive experience with SQL Server T-SQL development database design and performance tuning.
• Strong understanding of enterprise BI architecture reporting frameworks governance models and security implementation.
• Experience designing scalable data models and enterprise reporting solutions.
• Proven experience leading BI migration and modernization programs preferably involving MicroStrategy to Power BI migrations.
• Expertise in report optimization performance tuning and large-scale BI platform management.
• Experience defining deployment standards workspace strategies security controls and release management processes.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts dimensional modeling and analytics architecture.
• Excellent stakeholder management client communication presentation and workshop facilitation skills.
• Strong technical leadership and mentoring experience for distributed teams.
• Experience working in Agile and enterprise delivery environments.
• Ability to balance business objectives with technical excellence and governance requirements.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties flexible work hours and Long Service awards
• Annual health check-ups
• Insurance coverage: group term life personal accident and Mediclaim hospitalization for self spouse two children and parents

Values-Driven People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals including those with disabilities and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

• We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
• Our office is accessibility-friendly with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
• If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment

Lets unleash your full potential at Persistent- is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.