Power BI Lead DeveloperArchitect – Microsoft Fabric

Role: Power BI Lead Developer/Architect Microsoft Fabric

Location: Atlanta GA (onsite)

Type: Contract

Day-to-Day Job Duties:

• 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:

• 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.
• Ability to work onsite in the Atlanta GA office at least 1 day per week.

Travel:

• This position may require up to one day at the client office in Atlanta GA.

Degree:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering Data Analytics or equivalent work experience.

Nice to Have:

• Microsoft Fabric Azure or Power BI certifications.
• Experience with Direct Lake architecture implementations.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale Power BI Premium or Fabric environments.
• Experience with enterprise data governance and security models.
• Experience in consumer products retail or manufacturing industries.
• Previous consulting or managed services experience.