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.
• Strong experience with Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service.
• Advanced knowledge of DAX, Power Query, and semantic data modelling.
• Robust 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