Senior Fabric Administrator

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Who we are

CAI is a global technology services firm with over 8500 associates worldwide and a yearly revenue of $1 billion. We have over 40 years of excellence in uniting talent and technology to power the possible for our clients colleagues and communities. As a privately held company we have the freedom and focus to do what is rightwhatever it takes. Our tailor-made solutions create lasting results across the public and commercial sectors and we are trailblazers in bringing neurodiversity to the enterprise.

Job Summary

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Fabric Administrator who ensures enterprise-level stability scalability and compliance across Fabric capacities workspaces and connected services. The role partners with data architects data engineering analytics engineering BI architects and governance teams to sustain a governed self-service analytics ecosystem and deliver operational excellence through proactive monitoring auditing and performance optimization. This position will be full-time and remote.

What Youll Do

• Administer and maintain Microsoft Fabric capacities tenants and workspaces to support secure and reliable analytics operations.

• Oversee platform governance workspace provisioning naming conventions and capacity allocation in alignment with enterprise standards.

• Manage and enhance Fabric audit logs usage telemetry and admin monitoring dashboards for visibility compliance and operational insights.

• Develop and maintain Power BI Pro license utilization reports to identify inactive users and coordinate with governance teams to reclaim unused licenses for cost efficiency.

• Implement proactive alerting and automated health checks for capacity utilization gateway performance and workspace compliance.

• Lead the maintenance upgrade and configuration of the on-premises data gateway to sustain seamless on-premises and cloud data connectivity.

• Administer RBAC object-level and workspace security through Microsoft Entra ID ensuring governance compliance across Fabric and Power BI environments.

• Manage and resolve user community tickets and service requests in alignment with defined SLAs escalating or collaborating with Microsoft as needed.

• Monitor capacity consumption and optimize workloads across multiple Fabric SKUs to maintain cost and performance balance.

• Collaborate with other teams to integrate Fabric telemetry into enterprise monitoring and analytics dashboards (e.g. Log Analytics Sentinel Power BI).

• Support CI/CD pipelines deployment pipelines and version control integration for Fabric artifacts.

• Develop and maintain operational documentation standard operating procedures and runbooks for platform maintenance and incident response.

• Mentor and provide technical guidance to associate administrators and analysts promoting operational excellence and professional development.

• Develop and maintain internal knowledge base articles how-to guides and technical enablement materials for Power BI users and the analytics community.

• Demonstrate deep technical knowledge of Power BI Desktop Power BI Report Builder Power Query (M) DAX and semantic modeling to support and guide report developers and analytics engineers.

• Support integration of Power BI with Microsoft Teams PowerPoint and the Power BI mobile app to drive collaboration and cross-platform analytics adoption.

• Participate in roadmap discussions tenant feature reviews and platform improvement initiatives with the BI governance and architecture teams.

What Youll Need

Required:

• Bachelors degree in Information Systems Computer Science or related field with 812 years of relevant experience in analytics or platform administration.

• 5 years of hands-on experience administering Microsoft Power BI Service or Fabric in enterprise-scale deployments.

• Strong technical expertise in Power BI Desktop Power BI Report Builder DAX Power Query (M) and semantic model design.

• In-depth understanding of Fabric architecture capacity management and Lakehouse integration.

• Experience managing Fabric audit logs activity monitoring and Power BI Admin APIs for operational and compliance reporting.

• Experience with PowerShell scripting REST APIs and automation of administrative tasks in Fabric and Power BI Service.

• Familiarity with Azure Monitor Log Analytics and Power BI Admin APIs for audit and capacity monitoring.

• Proven ability to configure and maintain the on-premises data gateway including updates troubleshooting and performance optimization.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Entra ID RBAC and workspace access control across Fabric and Power BI.

• Experience managing license utilization capacity consumption and SLA-driven support operations.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines deployment automation and Git integration for Power BI and Fabric artifacts.

• Strong understanding of data governance sensitivity labeling and compliance in Microsoft environments.

• Ability to create and maintain enablement documentation internal community articles and user training materials.

• Demonstrated leadership in mentoring junior administrators coordinating platform improvements and promoting user enablement.

• Microsoft Certified Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate DP-600 and Microsoft Certified Power BI Data Analyst Associate PL-300 is required.

Physical Demands

• This role involves mostly sedentary work with occasional movement around the office to attend meetings etc.

• Ability to perform repetitive tasks on a computer using a mouse keyboard and monitor.

Reasonable accommodation statement

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