Mashreq
Location
Bangalore | India
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Job Purpose
The Power BI Administrator plays a crucial role in managing and maintaining the Power BI environment within the organization. This role involves configuring, monitoring, and optimizing Power BI services and the reporting server, ensuring data security, collaborating with stakeholders, and providing technical support to users. The Power BI Administrator is responsible for maintaining a reliable, efficient, and secure Power BI platform to support data-driven decision-making across the organization. Key Result Areas · Power BI Environment Management: - Administer and manage the organization's Power BI environment, including Power BI Service and Power BI Report Server. - Configure and optimize server settings, data gateways, and data source connections for efficient data processing and distribution. · User Access and Security: - Create and manage user accounts, groups, and roles within the Power BI environment. - Enforce security policies to control access to reports, datasets, and dashboards. - Collaborate with the IT security team to ensure compliance with data protection regulations and company policies. · Data Governance: - Implement and enforce data governance best practices to maintain data quality, accuracy, and consistency across reports and dashboards. - Work with data owners to establish data lineage, definitions, and documentation. · Report Development and Publishing: - Assist report developers in optimizing report performance, data modeling, and visualization design. - Publish reports and dashboards to appropriate workspaces, taking into consideration user access and usage requirements. · Monitoring and Troubleshooting: - Monitor system health, performance, and usage patterns to identify potential issues and bottlenecks. - Troubleshoot technical problems, performance degradation, and data refresh failures. · Backup and Recovery: - Develop and maintain backup and disaster recovery strategies for Power BI reports, datasets, and configurations. · Collaboration and Training: - Collaborate with business users, report authors, and stakeholders to understand their requirements and provide technical support. - Conduct training sessions for users to promote self-service reporting and data exploration. · Upgrades and Enhancements: - Keep up-to-date with Power BI updates, new features, and enhancements. Plan and execute platform upgrades when necessary. · Documentation: - Document Power BI environment configurations, processes, and best practices. Knowledge, Skills and Experience Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. 7+ years of IT professional experience 3+ years of proven experience as a Power BI Administrator or similar role with other BI technologies Strong understanding of Power BI Service, Power BI Report Server, and related technologies. Strong experience in working with PowerBI REST API and dataset scheduling and refresh orchestration Proficiency in managing user access, security, and data governance in Power BI. Experience with data modeling, transformation, and DAX . Familiarity with data integration, ETL processes, and data connectors. Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Relevant Microsoft certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate, Microsoft Certified: Power BI Administrator) are a plus. Additional Skills Desired: Bachelors/Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent Excellent verbal and written communication skills and good stake holder management skills Strong Analytical thinking and ability to handle stakeholders. Confident in decision making and the ability to explain processes or choices as needed. Ability to multitask on multiple projects in various phases. Agile and waterfall Project Methodology KnowledgeJob tags
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