Power BI Lead Developer Microsoft Fabric Architect

Location: Remote
Duration: 6 Months Contract

STAFFXPERT LLC is seeking a Power BI Lead Developer / Microsoft Fabric Architect on behalf of our client in Remote

We are seeking an architect-level Microsoft Fabric professional with deep expertise in Power BI architecture enterprise analytics modernization and Microsoft Fabric migrations. The ideal candidate will lead large-scale migration initiatives design scalable analytics platforms optimize performance across Power BI and Fabric workloads and provide technical leadership to distributed development teams.

This role requires strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric Power BI semantic modeling advanced DAX optimization Direct Lake architecture SQL Python and enterprise analytics governance.

• Lead enterprise Power BI migration initiatives from Premium/Fixed Capacity environments to Microsoft Fabric.

• Design develop and optimize Power BI semantic models dashboards and Fabric-native analytics solutions.

• Drive performance tuning initiatives across DAX VertiPaq Formula Engine and Storage Engine workloads.

• Implement Direct Lake architectures and optimize Fabric storage caching and workload performance.

• Develop SQL and Python solutions for analytics reporting automation and data engineering use cases.

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and DevOps best practices.

• Lead offshore development teams and coordinate delivery across distributed environments.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders architects and engineering teams to deliver scalable analytics solutions.

• Provide technical leadership mentoring and best-practice guidance on Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.

• Support governance release management and production deployments.

• 8 years of experience in Business Intelligence Data Engineering Analytics or related disciplines.

• 5 years of hands-on Power BI development and architecture experience.

• 3 years of Microsoft Fabric implementation optimization or migration experience.

• Strong expertise in advanced DAX semantic modeling and Power BI performance tuning.

• Experience optimizing VertiPaq models cardinality partitioning compression and query performance.

• Strong SQL and Python development skills.

• Experience implementing and optimizing Direct Lake architecture.

• Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions and CI/CD automation.

• Experience leading offshore or distributed development teams.

• Excellent communication leadership and stakeholder management skills.

• Microsoft Fabric Power BI or Azure certifications.

• Experience supporting enterprise-scale Fabric or Power BI Premium environments.

• Knowledge of data governance security frameworks and enterprise reporting platforms.

• Consulting systems integration or managed services experience.

• Experience within Retail Consumer Products or Manufacturing industries.

The successful candidate will be an architect-level Microsoft Fabric expert with proven experience leading Power BI modernization initiatives executing enterprise Fabric migrations optimizing large-scale semantic models and delivering high-performance analytics solutions. Strong leadership communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities are essential.