PowerBI/Microsoft Fabric Architect :: Remote :: W2 Position

We are looking for an experienced Power BI / Microsoft Fabric Architect to design, develop, and govern enterprise reporting and analytics platforms. The ideal candidate must have strong expertise in Power BI architecture, Microsoft Fabric, semantic modeling, and enterprise platform governance.

Power BI platform governance experience is mandatory for this role.

The candidate will be responsible for establishing architecture standards, managing security and deployment processes, optimizing platform performance, and enabling AI-driven analytics across the organization., * Design and maintain enterprise architecture for Power BI and Microsoft Fabric.

• Establish Power BI governance standards, workspace management policies, and platform administration practices.
• Develop scalable semantic models, dimensional models, and self-service reporting frameworks.
• Manage Dev, Test, and Production environments, including deployment pipelines and controlled releases.
• Implement security policies, including Row-Level Security (RLS), workspace permissions, and data access controls.
• Integrate Power BI and Microsoft Fabric with Azure services, Databricks, SQL Server, and other enterprise data platforms.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, platform monitoring, and optimization.
• Promote the use of certified semantic models and trusted data assets while reducing duplicate reports and datasets.
• Enable AI-driven analytics using Power BI Copilot, conversational analytics, and AI-powered insights.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, data engineering teams, and BI developers to deliver scalable analytics solutions.
• Lead architecture reviews, establish technical best practices, and mentor development teams.
• Evaluate new Power BI and Microsoft Fabric capabilities and recommend improvements to the analytics platform.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, or Analytics.
• 5+ years of experience designing and architecting enterprise Power BI solutions.
• Strong experience in Power BI platform governance and administration.
• Hands-on expertise in Microsoft Fabric, Power BI Service, DAX, Power Query, and semantic modeling.
• Strong understanding of dimensional modeling, enterprise reporting architecture, and self-service BI.
• Experience with Azure, Databricks, SQL Server, Lakehouse architecture, and enterprise data integration.
• Knowledge of security, RLS, workspace access management, and data governance.
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, deployment pipelines, and reporting lifecycle management.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills., * Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600).
• Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300).
• Experience implementing Power BI Copilot and AI-enabled analytics solutions.
• Experience leading enterprise BI modernization and governance initiatives.

Mandatory Skills

• Architecture Assessment
• Microsoft Fabric
• Power BI Architecture and Administration
• Power BI Platform Governance
• Microsoft Fabric - Power BI / Semantic Modeling

Key Success Criteria

• Effective implementation of enterprise Power BI governance and security standards.
• Improved adoption of certified semantic models and trusted analytics assets.
• Enhanced platform scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Reduced report duplication and semantic model sprawl.
• Successful adoption of AI-enabled analytics and self-service reporting.