BI Solution Architect

We are seeking an experienced and passionate BI Solution Architect to lead our Business Intelligence transformation initiatives.

This role is responsible for:

BI Practice Innovation

• Develop reusable accelerators.

• Optimize Power BI Service and workspaces—not just dashboards.

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

• Lead programs that transform dashboard migration involving thousands of dashboards within a few months.

• Establish governance frameworks 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:

• Power Query transformation libraries

• Deployment automation scripts

• Report validation and testing frameworks

• Governance toolkits

• Metadata documentation generators

• Performance optimization checklists

• Migration accelerators

• Security and Row-Level Security (RLS) templates

• 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.

BI & Visualization

• Building BI products & accelerators end-to-end

• Tableau

• Power BI

Programming

• Python

• React

• Node.js

APIs

• Power BI APIs

• Microsoft Fabric APIs

• Tableau APIs

Data Warehouses

• Local: MySQL Server, DuckDB

• Cloud: Snowflake, Databricks

Cloud

• Microsoft Azure

• Microsoft Fabric

Scripting

• PowerShell

• YAML

• JSON

• XML

DevOps & DataOps

• Git

• Docker

• MSFT MVP Credential

• Contributions to open source projects

• Experience of building accelerators in the past

• End-to-End product thinking from ideation to GTM

• Enterprise BI Architecture

• Dashboard Modernization

• Accelerator Development

• Performance Tuning

• Technical Leadership

• Innovation Mindset

• Problem Solving

• Stakeholder Management

• Coaching & Mentoring

• Communication & Presentation

• 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.

• Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300)

• Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600)

• Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203)

• Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)