Power BI Platform Administrator SME

Hello, Greetings from Clifyx. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Visa Independent • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Title: PowerBI Platform Administrator SME Location: Plano, TX (Hybrid-Onsite) 12+ Month Contract Data BI & Integration Platforms is seeking an experienced Visualization Platform technology leader (Power BI) responsible for overseeing the design, deployment, and maintenance of our enterprise visualization platform on Azure/AWS. The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience with visualization platform technologies, including native visualization technologies on Azure/AWS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) development, platform provisioning & administration, cloud network design, cloud security principles, and automation for toil reduction of repetitive tasks. Job Responsibilities Modern Visualization Platform Enablement and Sustain • Manage and mentor a team of cloud visualization platform infrastructure SMEs, providing technical leadership and direction. • Provide guidance and support for application migration, modernization, and transformation projects, leveraging cloud-native technologies and methodologies. • Implement cloud infrastructure policies, standards, and best practices, ensuring cloud environment adherence to security and regulatory requirements. • Design, deploy and optimize cloud-based visualization infrastructure using Azure/AWS services that meet the performance, availability, scalability, and reliability needs of our applications and services. • Own and manage platform lifecycle – patching, upgrades, capacity planning, performance tuning, and financial/license management. • Enable new features, tools, and innovations that enhance user experience and productivity in collaboration with new product innovation and enterprise architecture team. • Drive troubleshooting of cloud infrastructure issues, ensuring timely resolution and root cause analysis by partnering with global cloud center of excellence & enterprise application teams • User access management. Managing user accounts, permissions, and roles. • Capacity management. Managing capacities, to ensure sufficient resources for user needs. • Platform configuration. Configuring settings, policies, and features to align with organizational needs and security requirements. • Governance and compliance: Ensuring compliance with organizational policies and industry regulations. • Monitoring and Auditing: Tracking usage, performance, and auditing activity. • Establish and maintain effective communication and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, including business leaders, developers, customers, and vendors. • Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate provisioning and management of cloud resources. Write and maintain scripts for automation and deployment using PowerShell, Python, or Azure/AWS CLI. • Work with stakeholders to document architectures, configurations, and best practices. • Design and implement cloud security principles around data protection, identity and access Management (IAM), compliance and regulatory, threat detection and prevention, disaster recovery and business continuity. Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in computer science. • At least 13 to 16 years of experience in managing infrastructure, architecture and operations on any two of the visualization technologies – Power BI/Fabric (preferred) – with at least 6 to 8 years of experience in IT cloud infrastructure, architecture and operations. • Extensive knowledge of cloud architecture, design, and deployment principles and practices, including containers, and DevOps. • Extensive expertise in Windows and/or Linux administration. • Familiarity of visualization technology’s REST APIs for automation and management. • Knowledge of Power BI tenant settings, workspaces, gateways, and dataflows is preferred. • Knowledge of other Visualization tools like Tableau, SAP Business Objects AWS QuickSight, etc. • Knowledge of different Azure/AWS database platforms and SQL. • Extensive expertise in Azure/AWS networking and security fundamentals, including network endpoints & network security groups, firewalls, proxy, external/internal DNS, load balancers, virtual networks and subnets. • Extensive expertise in scripting and automation tools, such as PowerShell, Python, Terraform, and Ansible. • Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences. • Certifications in Azure/AWS platform administration, networking and security are preferred. • Strong self-organization, time management and prioritization skills • A high level of attention to detail, excellent follow through, and reliability • Strong collaboration, teamwork and relationship building skills across multiple levels and functions in the organization • Ability to listen, establish rapport, and credibility as a strategic partner vertically within the business unit or function, as well as with leadership and functional teams • Strategic thinker focused on business value results that utilize technical solutions • Strong communication skills in writing, speaking, and presenting • Capable to work effectively in a multi-tasking environment. • Fluent in English language. Thanks & Best Regards, Vishal Swami – Clifyx (US IT Recruiter) Contact Number- 908-279-1295 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/vishal-swami-790a72179 Headquarters: South Plainfield, NJ – 07080