Looker Admin

Primary Skills: BI Platforms Administration including Power BI, Looker Administration, Amazon QuickSight, Active Directory, Azure AD and Ping Federate. Requirements • Extensive experience with implementing and managing BI platforms for business intelligence, data applications, and embedded analytics. • 10+ years of experience in managing BI Platforms including Power BI , Looker, Amazon QuickSight. • Experience in designing and delivering complex platform architectures. • Extensive experience with Python programming, Shell Scripting, and PowerShell Scripting. • Identify and implement various automation solutions using scripting. • Have worked on various product APIs to automate Admin functions. • Extensive knowledge and experience on setting up security using Active Directory, Azure AD, and Ping Federate. • Have worked on configuring OAuth, SAML configurations for SSO implementation. • Experience in defining SDLC processes and CI/CD processes using Jenkins. • Integrating Looker with a GIT repo for code commits. • Extensive knowledge and experience with platform governance and resiliency. • Power BI Service architecture design and administration including but not limited to Azure and Power BI Administration, PBI Premium Capacity Administration, and extensive knowledge of Power BI Premium Service as a whole and how to troubleshoot and find opportunities for automation to streamline the day-to-day operations of the platform. • Experience with Looker Setup and Administration. • Architect and develop data models, ETL packages, and reports utilizing Power BI applying best practices to the development lifecycle. Data Modeling experience with Kimball method. • Experience with more than one database tool such as Snowflake, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server. • Understanding of various external components that BI tools depend on for successful connectivity, including understanding of Network, Firewall, Proxy, etc. • Integrating Power BI with different tools, including but not limited to Splunk, Collibra, ServiceNow. • Understanding of pre-requisites for a successful connection setup. • Strong ability to quickly propose solutions by recalling the latest best practices learned from MVP & Product Team articles, vendor documentation, whitepapers, and community publications. • A passion for understanding and integrating business semantics into technology solutions. • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, client-facing role were delivering solid work products to exceed high expectations is a measure of success. • Excellent communication, presentation, influencing, and reasoning skills. • Ability to lead complex projects. Must Have Skills & Experience: • Strong Looker Admin Experience (including LookML, dashboard creation, and instance management). • AWS Knowledge (EC2, S3, Lambda, Redshift). • Experience with CI/CD Processes (for automating testing and deployment). • Experience with SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle). • Experience with ITSM (IT Service Management) and Change Management. • Proficiency in Scripting (Python, Shell, PowerShell). • Automation and Infrastructure Management Skills. • Understanding of Network Firewalls and Proxies (in cloud environments).