BI Platform Engineer

Were a small BI team inside IFS R&D Product and were looking for someone to build something that matters. Not another dashboard. The foundation the governed certified scalable semantic data layer that enables over 1500 people in our R&D organisation find and trust data. 

You will drive the design quality and governance of our Power BI semantic models build the deployment pipelines that bring reliability to our analytics platform and play a lead our efforts to scale Microsoft Fabric toward AI-readiness. Your work directly enables business users across Product Management Operations and senior leadership to make data driven decisions.

This is a rare opportunity to play a key roll in the transformation for the data architecture role inside an established organisation with executive backing a clear 12-month roadmap and a team that wants to do things properly.

This is NOT a report building role. If you are most excited about designing visuals choosing color palettes and building executive dashboards this isnt the right fit. If you are most excited about the model that makes the dashboard possible the schema the RLS the measures the refresh architecture keep reading.

Semantic model design and ownership

• Design and maintain all shared Power BI semantic models star schemas composite models calculated tables and measure libraries
• Establish and enforce naming conventions folder structures and documentation standards across all models
• Own the certification process with IT for all shared datasets ensuring every promoted model is tested documented and refresh-monitored
• Iterate on the existing definition and implementation of row-level security (RLS) patterns across all models handling sensitive data

Data pipeline and workspace architecture

• Design and own the workspace architecture to address team and business needs
• Build and manage deployment pipelines (dev test prod) for all model changes eliminating manual workspace promotions
• Own ingestion pipelines for key REST API data sources: GitHub Jira ServiceNow Claude API   etc.
• Partner with Lead and Senior BI Analysts on Fabric Lakehouse architecture and Direct Lake model migrations.

Governance and standards

• Lead workspace audit inventorying triaging and classifying all existing datasets and reports
• Review enhance and maintain the teams governance documentation: naming standards access control model certification criteria
• Conduct quarterly workspace access reviews and dataset health checks
• Champion data quality proactively identifying and resolving model performance issues before they affect users

Enablement and collaboration

• Support the self-service program by ensuring certified models are accessible documented and usable by business report builders
• Provide technical mentorship to BI Analyst team members on semantic modelling and DAX best practices
• Collaborate with the Business insights team to ensure models expose the right measures and dimensions for analytical use
• Participate in BI office hours to support business users building their own reports on certified datasets

Qualifications :

• Power BI semantic model design
• Intermediate to advanced DAX
• Row-level security static and dynamic patterns
• Power Query / M transformation logic
• Azure / Microsoft Fabric experience
• REST API data ingestion experience especially GitHub Jira or ServiceNow
• Python or PySpark for Fabric notebook-based transformations

Desirable: 

• Experience with deployment pipelines and ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) in Power BI
• REST API data ingestion experience especially GitHub Jira or ServiceNow
• Experience working in an R&D product or engineering organisation you understand sprint metrics velocity and development lifecycle data
• Analytical and Reporting skills (Power BI & Power Query) 
• JIRA experience 
• Microsoft Fabric DP-600 and/or DP-700 certification (or active pursuit of it)
• Microsoft AI-901: Azure AI Fundamentals certification (or AI-900 equivalent)
• Experience in the Enterprise Software industry would be a plus (Software Platform IT)

Additional information
Job Competencies

• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving 
• Business Acumen 
• Effective Communication Skills 
• Constantly curious 
• Data analysis and strategy 
• Data Visualization using Power BI 
• Data Modeling Concepts 
• Creativity and Innovation 
• Dependability 
• Planning and Organizing/Time Management 
• Results-Oriented 

Additional Information :

We embrace flexibility and hybrid work opportunities to support diverse needs and lifestyles while also valuing inclusive workplace experiences. By fostering a sense of community we drive innovation strengthen connections and nurture belonging. Our commitment ensures you can work in a way that suits you best while also engaging with colleagues to share ideas and build meaningful relationships.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time