Lead II - Software Engineering (Power BI)

Overview Role description We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Lead II - Power BI & Microsoft Fabric to drive enterprise-scale data analytics solutions. This role combines deep technical expertise with leadership responsibilities, including architecture design, team mentorship, and stakeholder engagement to deliver high-impact business intelligence solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

Architect and design scalable BI solutions using Power BI and Microsoft Fabric

Lead implementation of end-to-end data solutions (ingestion transformation visualization)

Define best practices for data modeling, performance tuning, and report design

Oversee development of Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, and Dataflows Gen2 in Fabric

Ensure optimization of semantic models, DAX calculations, and large dataset handling

Delivery & Execution

Own delivery of BI projects from requirements to deployment

Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions

Ensure data quality, governance, and security (RLS, data lineage, compliance)

Manage release pipelines and CI/CD for Power BI and Fabric assets

Team Leadership

Lead and mentor a team of Power BI developers and data engineers

Conduct code reviews and enforce development standards

Provide technical guidance and resolve complex challenges

Drive knowledge sharing and capability building within the team

Stakeholder Management

Act as the primary point of contact for business and leadership teams

Present dashboards, insights, and architectural decisions to senior stakeholders

Influence data strategy and BI roadmap

Required Skills Expert-level experience with Power BI (Desktop, Service, Deployment Pipelines)

Strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Fabric: Data Factory

Dataflows Gen2

Lakehouse & Warehouse

Advanced proficiency in: DAX

Power Query (M)

SQL

Strong knowledge of: Data modeling (star schema, performance optimization)

ETL/ELT frameworks

Data warehousing and analytics architecture

Preferred Skills Experience with: Azure ecosystem (Synapse, Data Factory, ADLS)

Databricks / Spark

Python for data engineering

Familiarity with: DevOps practices (Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD pipelines)

Data governance and catalog tools

Exposure to real-time or streaming analytics

Experience 8-12+ years in Data & Analytics / BI domain

3-5+ years leading teams or projects

Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale BI solutions

Soft Skills

Strong leadership and mentoring ability

Excellent stakeholder communication and presentation skills

Strategic thinking with hands-on execution capability

Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities

Certifications (Preferred) Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate

Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate

Nice to Have

Experience defining enterprise BI strategy

Exposure to AI/ML integration with BI

Experience in domain-specific analytics (Finance, Retail, Healthcare, etc.)

Skills power bi,sql,microsoft fabric,azure ai,