Senior Data Analyst

We are looking for a highly experienced Power BI professional with strong hands-on expertise in Power BI Service administration and content delivery including Dataflows Apps and Deployment Pipelines with SQL as a core skill. The role will own end-to-end dashboard/report delivery semantic modeling governed deployments across Dev/Test/Prod and performance/security best practices. Should be able to lead a team of analyst and provide estimates for projects.

Power BI Development & Delivery

• Lead end-to-end development of Power BI dashboards reports and semantic models partnering with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable BI assets.

• Build and optimize data models (star/snowflake) DAX measures and Power Query transformations to support business KPIs and analytics use cases.

• Develop and manage Power BI Dataflows for reusable governed data preparation and shared transformations across reports/datasets.

Power BI Service Apps & Workspace Management

• Manage Power BI Service assets including workspaces apps datasets/semantic models refresh schedules and access controls.

• Ensure a smooth consumer experience via governed distribution through Power BI Apps.

• Implement security best practices (e.g. RLS least privilege access controlled sharing patterns).

• Support platform governance needs.

Deployment Pipelines & Release Governance (Dev Test Prod)

• Implement and operate Power BI Deployment Pipelines using structured stages such as Development / Test / Production enabling controlled promotion and minimizing production risk.

• Configure deployment rules and environment-specific parameters (data source rules parameter mappings) to support consistent deployments across environments.

• Collaborate with platform/COE teams on lifecycle management and standardized deployment practices aligned to Power BI content lifecycle guidance.

SQL

• Write and optimize SQL (T-SQL preferred) for data extraction transformations performance tuning and validation.

• Partner with data engineering teams as needed.

Quality Performance & Operational Excellence

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to data refresh report performance and data quality.

• Implement monitoring and operational playbooks.

• Maintain documentation for datasets/models measures refresh logic and deployment processes to support audits and smooth handovers.

• Mentor junior developers and enforce best practices across modeling DAX and governed release management.

Secondary Skills.

• Power Apps (Canvas/Model-driven) to build lightweight business apps integrated with BI workflows.

• Power Automate (Cloud flows/Approvals) for alerting workflow automation and operational processes around reporting/data.

Nice-to-Have

• Hands-on exposure to data science or advanced analytics projects.

• Programming with Python (data prep analysis ML support automation).

• Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric.

• Knowledge of modern BI lifecycle practices and CI/CD concepts supporting governed releases.

Qualifications

• Bachelors / Masters in Engineering Computer Science Information Systems Data Science or related field (or equivalent experience).

Certifications (Preferred)

• PL-300 (Power BI Data Analyst) preferred.

• Fabric/Engineering certifications are a plus (role-dependent).