Power BI Administrator

Responsibilities

• Administer the Power BI Service, including user and group management, security configurations, capacity planning, and tenant settings.
• Implement and enforce Power BI governance policies and standards to ensure data security, integrity, and compliance.
• Manage Power BI workspaces, datasets, dataflows, and reports, ensuring optimal performance and organization.
• Monitor Power BI service health, identify potential issues, and implement proactive solutions.
• Coordinate and execute Power BI deployments, updates, and migrations.
• Provide technical support and guidance to Power BI users across the organization.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for Power BI administration processes and best practices.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest Power BI features and updates, evaluating their potential impact and benefits for the organization.

Monitoring Fabric Capacity via the Metrics App:

• Monitor how your capacity units (CUs) are being consumed over time, including peak usage periods and overall trends, helping prevent overconsumption and throttling.
• Gain visibility into how different Fabric workloads (Power BI, Data Engineering, Data Science, Lakehouse, etc.) are consuming capacity, enabling targeted optimization.
• Drill down to specific datasets, notebooks, pipelines, or reports that are consuming significant resources, aiding performance tuning and governance.
• Integrate with Power BI or Azure Monitor to set alerts for capacity thresholds, ensuring proactive management and avoiding disruption due to capacity limits.
• Use detailed usage insights to inform budgeting decisions, justify scaling capacity, or implement chargeback models across departments or projects.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Work closely with data engineers, data scientists, IT infrastructure teams, and business users to understand their needs and provide effective solutions.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders regarding Power BI administration and Microsoft Fabric monitoring initiatives.
• Participate in cross-functional projects related to data and analytics.

Job Requirement

Qualifications

• 6+ years of industry experience.
• Proven experience (5+ years) in administering and managing Microsoft Power BI environments.
• Solid understanding of Power BI concepts, including data modeling, DAX, Power Query (M), and visualization best practices.
• Monitoring Fabric Capacity via the Metrics App
• Experience in designing and developing interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI.
• Strong understanding of data governance, security, and compliance within the Power BI ecosystem.
• Experience in building monitoring dashboards or similar analytical solutions for cloud-based data platforms is a significant advantage.
• Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Python) for automation tasks is a plus.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on accuracy and quality.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Microsoft certifications related to Power BI or Azure data services (e.g., PL-300, DP-203).
• Experience with other data visualization tools.
• Knowledge of ITIL framework and best practices for service management