Opening for BI Platforms Administrator (Power BI/Fabric & Tableau Cloud) in Boston, MA -Hybrid

Job Title: BI Platforms Administrator (Power BI/Fabric & Tableau Cloud)

Location: Boston, MA -Hybrid

Mode of Hire: Contract

Job Description:

Summary:

• Own and operate our BI platforms across Power BI (incl. Microsoft Fabric & Power Platform) and Tableau. Support high quality models/reports/dashboards, assist with migration project from Tableau Server Tableau Cloud

Key Duties

• Administer Power BI Service/Microsoft Fabric and Tableau Cloud (plus any legacy Tableau Server).
• Manage workspaces/sites, permissions, RLS/OLS, certification, refresh schedules, and data connectivity (Gateways/Bridge).
• Lead Tableau Server Tableau Cloud migration: inventory, content clean up, identity/permissions mapping, Bridge setup, schedule cutover.
• Build/review semantic models, datasets, dataflows, and dashboards; set standards for modeling, performance, and accessibility.
• Implement GitHub integration for Power BI (.pbip) and CI/CD (branching/PRs, deployment pipelines, GitHub Actions).
• Monitor capacity/usage/costs; troubleshoot incidents; publish health/adoption/admin dashboards.
• Partner with Security/IT on governance (sensitivity labels, DLP, auditing) and with analysts on enablement/training.

Core Skills & Requirements:

• Strong Power BI administration and development (DAX, Power Query/M, dataflows, semantic models; deployment pipelines; XMLA familiarity).
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Fabric (capacities/workspaces, OneLake concepts, Dataflows Gen2; Lakehouse/Warehouse awareness).
• Power Platform basics for BI (Power Automate integrations, environment/DLP awareness).
• Proven Tableau admin skills (Cloud/Server, sites/projects, permissions, extracts/schedules) and hands on dashboard/data source development.
• Direct experience migrating Tableau Server Tableau Cloud, including Tableau Bridge for on prem data.
• GitHub based SDLC for Power BI: Git integration for .pbip, branching/PRs, versioning, and automated deployments.
• Security & governance: RLS/OLS, sensitivity labels, auditing; identity/SSO with Entra ID (Azure AD).
• Scripting/automation comfort (PowerShell/Python) and use of Power BI/Tableau REST APIs.
• Clear documentation, stakeholder communication, and troubleshooting skills.