Power BI Lead Developer/Architect (Onsite- GA)

Role: Power BI Lead Developer/Architect - Microsoft Fabric

Location:  Atlanta GA (Weekly 1 Day Onsite)

Day-to-Day Job Duties:

(What this person will do on a daily/weekly basis)

• Lead the migration of enterprise Power BI environments from Fixed Capacity to Microsoft Fabric architecture.
• Design, optimize, and maintain scalable Power BI semantic models, dashboards, and Fabric-based analytics solutions.
• Perform advanced DAX optimization and query tuning activities across Formula Engine and Storage Engine workloads.
• Analyze and optimize Vertipaq models, segment compression, cardinality, data types, partitioning, and query execution plans to improve performance and reduce latency.
• Implement and optimize Direct Lake architectures and Fabric-native storage strategies.
• Drive Microsoft Fabric optimization initiatives including data compaction, parquet file optimization, caching strategies, and workload performance improvements.
• Develop and maintain SQL and Python-based solutions supporting reporting, transformation, automation, and analytics initiatives.
• Lead offshore development and support workstreams while managing aggressive timelines and delivery expectations.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines leveraging GitHub Actions and DevOps best practices.
• Collaborate directly with business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to define scalable reporting and analytics solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and client enablement around Microsoft Fabric capabilities and best practices.
• Conduct performance assessments and deliver actionable recommendations to improve enterprise BI and Fabric platform efficiency.
• Support governance, release management, and production deployment activities for enterprise reporting environments.
• Participate in client workshops, architecture reviews, and knowledge transfer sessions.

Basic Qualifications:

(What are the skills required for this job with minimum years of experience on each)

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Data Engineering, or Analytics platform development.
• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on Power BI development and architecture experience.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience working with Microsoft Fabric, Fabric workloads, or Fabric migration initiatives.
• Strong expertise in advanced DAX development, optimization, and semantic data modeling.
• Strong experience tuning Formula Engine and Storage Engine query plans for Power BI performance optimization.
• Strong experience with Vertipaq optimization, segment compression, cardinality management, partitioning, and cache optimization techniques.
• Strong SQL development experience with performance tuning and enterprise-scale data environments.
• Strong Python development experience supporting analytics, automation, or data engineering workloads.
• Experience building, migrating, or maintaining Power BI models within Microsoft Fabric environments.
• Experience implementing GitHub Actions and DevOps/CI-CD pipelines.
• Experience leading offshore or distributed development teams in fast-paced delivery environments.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present technical concepts to business and executive stakeholders.
• Experience training, mentoring, and educating clients and internal teams on Microsoft Fabric capabilities and best practices.