Position: Tech Lead – BI Migration (Qlik to Power BI on Azure)
Location – Chicago, IL(2 days at client Office)
Duration – 12+ Months
Rate - DOE
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to oversee the end‑to‑end migration of enterprise BI reporting solutions from Qlik (QlikView/Qlik Sense) to Power BI, leveraging the Microsoft Azure data platform. This role will drive architecture, development standards, data modeling, and team leadership to ensure a scalable, secure, and high‑quality BI environment.
Key Responsibilities
1. Migration Leadership
- Lead the conversion of Qlik dashboards, data models, and scripts into Power BI datasets, semantic models, and reports.
- Assess existing Qlik assets, document functional requirements, and define the migration roadmap.
- Ensure functional parity or improvement when redesigning reports in Power BI.
2. Technical Architecture & Development
- Design scalable BI and analytics architecture on Azure (Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure Analysis Services/Fabric).
- Build optimized Power BI semantic models, including star schema modeling, DAX measures, and performance tuning.
- Oversee integration with data pipelines feeding BI datasets.
3. Governance, Security & Best Practices
- Implement Power BI workspace governance, RLS/OLS security models, deployment pipelines, and DevOps ALM practices.
- Establish coding standards for DAX, M queries, data modeling, and reusable components.
- Ensure compliance with data privacy, security, and enterprise standards.
4. Stakeholder Engagement
- Partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into performant BI solutions.
- Collaborate closely with data engineering, cloud infrastructure, and analytics teams.
- Provide guidance, training, and enablement for Power BI adoption across teams.
5. Technical Leadership & Mentoring
- Lead a team of BI developers and analysts delivering migration work.
- Conduct code reviews, provide architectural guidance, and ensure solution quality.
- Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and modernization of the BI stack.
Required Skills & Experience
- 8–12+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Engineering.
- Strong expertise in QlikView/Qlik Sense, including load scripts, data models, and dashboard design.
- Advanced proficiency in Power BI—DAX, Power Query, data modeling, performance optimization, deployment pipelines.
- Hands‑on experience with Azure data services:
- Azure SQL / Synapse
- Azure Data Factory / Fabric pipelines
- Azure Data Lake (ADLS Gen2)
- Azure Analysis Services or Power BI semantic models
- Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts (star schema, ETL/ELT).
- Experience leading development teams in complex BI modernization or cloud migration programs.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric
- Familiarity with CI/CD for Power BI using Azure DevOps or GitHub.
- Knowledge of Qlik-to-Power BI automated migration tools
- Azure certifications such as DP‑203, PL‑300, or AZ‑900.
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