Job Summary :

We are seeking an experienced and passionate BI Solution Architect to lead our Business Intelligence transformation initiatives. This role is responsible to :

Innovator BI Practice :

- Developing reusable accelerators.

- Optimize PBI Service and workspaces - not just dashboards.

- Expedite end-to-end development process ensuring we do more with less.

- Lead Programmes that turnround dashboard migration involving thousands of dashboards within few months duration.

- Establishing governance and best practices.

- Identify opportunities to automate repetitive BI development tasks.

- Build utilities using PowerShell, Power Automate, REST APIs, and Microsoft Fabric capabilities.

- Leverage AI-assisted development where appropriate.

- Explore Copilot and AI-driven features to improve productivity.

Dashboard Modernization & Migration :

- Lead migration of dashboards from legacy BI platforms such as Tableau, Qlik, Cognos, Business Objects, SSRS, MicroStrategy, and Excel to Power BI.

- Assess existing reporting environments and define migration strategies.

- Develop migration frameworks, templates, and automation utilities.

- Optimize migrated reports for performance, usability, and maintainability.

- Minimize business disruption during migration initiatives.

Accelerator Development :

- Design and maintain reusable accelerators that improve project delivery, including :

1. Power Query transformation libraries.

2. Deployment automation scripts.

3. Report validation and testing frameworks.

4. Governance toolkits.

5. Metadata documentation generators.

6. Performance optimization checklists.

7. Migration accelerators.

8. Security and Row-Level Security (RLS) templates.

9. Continuously enhance accelerators based on project learnings and evolving best practices.

Solution Architecture :

- Design scalable enterprise Power BI solutions.

- Optimize DirectQuery, Import, Composite Models, and Hybrid Tables.

- Ensure solutions meet enterprise scalability, performance, and security requirements.

Performance Optimization :

- Diagnose slow reports and datasets.

- Optimize DAX calculations and Power Query transformations.

- Improve dataset refresh performance.

- Optimize semantic models for large datasets.

- Reduce report rendering times through efficient visual design.

- Recommend capacity optimization strategies for Power BI Service and Microsoft Fabric.

Technical Leadership :

- Mentor Power BI developers and conduct technical reviews.

- Lead design discussions and architecture reviews.

- Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to standards.

- Support complex development efforts and production issue resolution.

- Facilitate knowledge-sharing sessions and internal technical communities.

Training & Capability Development :

- Develop onboarding programs for Power BI developers.

- Create internal learning paths and technical documentation.

- Conduct workshops on DAX.

Must have skills :

- Building BI products & accelerators end to end.

- Visualisation tools : Tableau, PowerBI.

- Programming : Python, React, NodeJS.

- APIs : PowerBI, Fabric, Tableau.

- Warehouses : Local (MySQLServer, DuckDB), Cloud (Snowflake, Databricks).

- Cloud : Azure, Fabric.

- Scripting : PowerShell, YAML, JSON, XML.

- Data Ops - GIT, Docker.

Good to have skills :

- MSFT MVP Credential.

- Contributions to open source projects.

- Experience of building accelerators in past.

- End to End product thinking from ideation to GTM.

Key Competencies :

- Enterprise BI Architecture.

- Dashboard Modernization.

- Accelerator Development.

- Performance Tuning.

- Technical Leadership.

- Innovation Mindset.

- Problem Solving.

- Stakeholder Management.

- Coaching & Mentoring.

- Communication & Presentation.

Success Metrics (KPIs) :

- Reduction in dashboard migration effort through reusable accelerators.

- Improvement in report performance and refresh times.

- Increase in Power BI adoption across business teams.

- Percentage of reusable components adopted across projects.

- Reduction in development cycle time.

- Governance compliance across workspaces.

- Developer productivity improvements.

- User satisfaction with Power BI solutions.

- Successful delivery of migration and modernization initiatives.

- Growth of organizational Power BI capability through mentoring and training.

Nice-to-Have Certifications :

- Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300).

- Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600).

- Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203).

- Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900).