Job Summary:

The ideal candidate will be responsible for working cross-functionally to understand architecture needs by multiple business units. To be effective in this position, you must feel comfortable owning the entire architecture development process from inception to completion.

Responsibilities

- Analyzing and understanding business requirements for data analysis and reporting.

- Designing, developing and maintaining business intelligence solutions.

- Designing data models and schemas for optimal reporting performance.

- Transforming, cleaning, and preparing data for use in Power BI.

- Integrating data from various sources, such as databases, APIs, and files.

- Managing data refresh schedules and ensuring data accuracy and consistency.

- Setting up role-based security and managing user access to reports and dashboards, and implementing data-level security to restrict access to sensitive data.

- Identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks in reports and data models.

- Tuning queries and optimizing data loading processes.

- Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including data engineers and analysts.

- Managing projects involving Power BI development, including planning, tracking progress, and meeting deadlines.

- Documenting data sources, models, and report specifications.

- Diagnosing and resolving issues with Power BI reports and dashboards.

- Providing technical support to end users and addressing their queries.

- Staying informed about industry trends and evolving Power BI capabilities.

- Design and develop efficient and optimized data models (star, snowflake, galaxy schema) for Power BI solutions.

DAX Expertise & Other:





- Write and optimize complex DAX calculations

- Build energetic, reusable measures and calculated columns for advanced reporting scenarios.

- Manage and optimize large datasets, ensuring performance and efficiency in reports and dashboards

- Implement custom conditional formatting using DAX and Power BIs formatting tools to highlight key data points.

- Build and configure parameters, creating dynamic reports that adapt based on user inputs.

- Identify and address performance bottlenecks in data models and DAX queries.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field (e.g., Computer Science, Data Science, Business Analytics).

- Minimum of 5 years of experience in one or more of the following tools - Power Apps, MicroStrategy , Superset , Grafana , Tableau etc..

- Proficiency in Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service.

- Working experience on SQL Server for database management and data retrieval.

- Azure Data Services: Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Lake Storage, and other Azure data services for cloud-based data storage and processing.

- Proficiency in DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) for creating custom calculations.

- Experience with data source connectors, APIs, and data extraction.

- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams.

- Certifications in Power BI, such as the Microsoft Certified: Power BI certification, is a plus.

Key traits:

- Should have excellent communication skills.

- Should be self motivated and willing to work as part of a team.

- Should be able to collaborate and coordinate with onshore and offshore teams.

- Be a problem solver and be proactive to solve the challenges that come his way.

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