Hiring: Power BI / Microsoft Fabric Architect

Location: Dallas, TX ,Remote
Duration: 12 Months
Experience: 8+ Years
Work Arrangement: Onshore – US-based candidates
Role Type: Contract

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Power BI / Microsoft Fabric Architect to lead enterprise reporting and analytics architecture, with a strong emphasis on Power BI platform governance and administration.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing enterprise-scale Power BI solutions, establishing governance standards, managing semantic models, implementing security controls, and enabling self-service analytics using Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.

This role will drive platform scalability, performance, security, deployment standards, and AI-enabled analytics while partnering with data engineering teams and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise architecture standards and best practices for Power BI and Microsoft Fabric.

• Establish and govern Power BI workspaces, capacities, deployment pipelines, metadata, certified datasets, and access controls.

• Design scalable semantic models, dimensional models, dashboards, and self-service reporting frameworks.

• Manage Development, Test, and Production environments with controlled deployments and release management.

• Implement Row-Level Security (RLS), workspace security, and enterprise data governance policies.

• Integrate Power BI and Microsoft Fabric with Azure, Databricks, SQL Server, Lakehouse architectures, and other enterprise data sources.

• Lead capacity planning, performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and platform optimization.

• Establish CI/CD and DevOps practices for reporting solutions and semantic models.

• Enable AI-driven analytics using Copilot, conversational analytics, automated insights, and governed semantic models.

• Conduct architecture reviews, mentor Power BI developers and analysts, and collaborate with technical and business teams.

• Evaluate new Microsoft Fabric and Power BI capabilities and define platform adoption roadmaps.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, or Analytics platforms.

• 5+ years of experience architecting enterprise Power BI solutions.

• Strong Power BI platform governance and administration experience is mandatory.

• Hands-on expertise in Microsoft Fabric, Power BI Service, DAX, Power Query, and dimensional modeling.

• Experience designing enterprise-scale semantic models and self-service reporting solutions.

• Strong understanding of workspace governance, capacity management, security, deployment pipelines, and reporting lifecycle management.

• Experience with Azure, Databricks, SQL Server, and Lakehouse architectures.

• Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, performance optimization, and enterprise data governance.

• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600).

• Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300).

• Experience with Copilot, AI-enabled analytics, and executive decision-support solutions.

• Experience leading enterprise reporting modernization and governance initiatives.

Key Success Measures

• Increased adoption of governed and certified analytics assets.

• Improved platform scalability, reliability, and performance.

• Effective implementation of AI-enabled analytics.

• Compliance with enterprise security and governance standards.

• Reduced report duplication and semantic model sprawl.

• Improved access to trusted business insights.

Candidate Submission Details

Please share the following information along with the updated resume:

1. Full Legal Name:

2. Current Location (City, State):

3. Work Authorization:

4. Total IT Experience:

5. Relevant Power BI Architecture Experience:

6. Microsoft Fabric Experience:

7. Power BI Platform Governance / Administration Experience:

8. Semantic Modeling and DAX Experience:

9. Azure / Databricks / Lakehouse Experience:

10. Power BI Deployment Pipelines / CI/CD Experience:

11. Microsoft Certifications (DP-600 / PL-300):

12. Current Employment Status:

13. Availability to Start:

14. Expected Hourly Rate:

15. Phone Number:

16. Email Address:

17. LinkedIn Profile:

18. Confirmation of Availability for the Remote Option / Dallas, TX Arrangement:

19. Interview Availability:

Important: Prioritize candidates with enterprise Power BI platform governance, administration, and Microsoft Fabric architecture experience. Dashboard development alone is not sufficient for this architect-level position.