Power BI Consultant – Production Support & Optimization

Full Time | On-Site | Chennai | Immediate Joiner

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Power BI Consultant to support a business-critical reporting environment following a cloud data-platform migration. The role combines hands-on Power BI development, production support, performance optimization, functional analysis, and business stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities

- Support Power BI reports and dashboards during go-live, stabilization, and day-to-day operations. - Investigate and resolve data, refresh, access, security, performance, and reporting issues. - Validate reports, semantic models, calculations, data accuracy, and security after platform changes. - Develop and enhance dashboards, data models, DAX measures, and Power Query transformations. - Optimize report performance, dataset refreshes, data models, SQL queries, and Snowflake usage. - Perform root-cause analysis and implement sustainable solutions. - Gather business requirements and translate them into effective reporting solutions. - Work with stakeholders to define KPIs, priorities, acceptance criteria, and improvement needs. - Manage defects and enhancements from initial analysis through testing, deployment, and support. - Coordinate with data engineering, platform, security, and business teams. - Maintain documentation, support procedures, and a prioritized improvement backlog. - Support user acceptance testing, production releases, and business sign-off.

Required Skills and Experience





- At least five years of business intelligence or analytics experience. - At least three years of hands-on Power BI development and production support. - Solid experience with Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service. - Advanced knowledge of DAX, Power Query, and semantic data modelling. - Strong SQL skills and experience with Snowflake or a comparable cloud data platform. - Experience with refresh schedules, gateways, workspaces, permissions, and row-level security. - Ability to troubleshoot data discrepancies and performance issues across reporting and data layers. - Experience supporting a migration, go-live, or production stabilization period. - Proven ability to gather requirements directly from business stakeholders. - Strong communication, problem-solving, prioritization, and ownership skills. - Ability to explain technical issues clearly to both business and technical audiences.

Preferred Skills

- Power BI Premium or Microsoft Fabric experience. - Snowflake query and warehouse optimization. - DirectQuery, composite models, and incremental refresh. - Deployment pipelines, version control, and release management. - Experience with DAX Studio, Tabular Editor, Power BI APIs, or PowerShell. - Familiarity with ITIL-based incident, problem, and change-management processes.

Certification Requirements

- Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300) - SnowPro Core Certification - ITIL and ITSM Foundation for production-support experience.

📌 Power BI Consultant (Chennai)
🏢 Gantec
📍 Chennai