Principal Software Engineer (Power BI Admin)

POSITION NAME

Job Title

Power BI / Microsoft Fabric Technical Administrator & Support Engineer,

Work Timing

12PM – 9PM

Work Location

Bangalore

Work mode

Hybrid mode(3 days office)

SUMMARY OF POSITION AND OBJECTIVES

Power BI / Microsoft Fabric Technical Administrator & Support Engineer is responsible for administration, maintenance, monitoring, support, and continuous improvement of the organization's Business Intelligence platform landscape.

The role covers operational ownership of Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure Analysis Services (AAS), SQL environments, gateways, integrations, workspaces, deployment processes, monitoring, and platform governance. The successful candidate will act as the primary technical point of contact for BI platform stability, user support, troubleshooting, platform security implementation, and operational excellence.

As part of the Group Finance IT BI organization, the position supports enterprise-scale reporting and analytics solutions used across multiple countries and business units while ensuring availability, performance, compliance, and supportability of the BI ecosystem.

POSITION & OBJECTIVES

Platform Administration

Administer Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Analysis Services, gateways, capacities, workspaces, service principals, and supporting BI infrastructure.

Technical Support

Provide L2/L3 support for BI platforms and reporting solutions. Investigate incidents, troubleshoot failures, coordinate issue resolution, and communicate with stakeholders.

Monitoring & Operations

Implement and maintain proactive monitoring, alerting, health checks, usage analytics, and operational dashboards.

Performance Optimization

Analyze and optimize Fabric capacities, Power BI datasets, semantic models, AAS environments, SQL databases, refresh processes, and report performance.

Release & Environment Management

Support deployments across development, test, and production environments, ensuring compliance with release and change management processes.

Security Administration

Implement and maintain BI security configurations, workspace permissions, RBAC structures, service accounts, and access management processes.

Backup, Recovery & Continuity

Define and maintain operational procedures supporting platform resilience and recovery.

Platform Governance

Ensure compliance with architectural standards, governance policies, naming conventions, and operational best practices.

Documentation

Maintain operational procedures, technical documentation, runbooks, support articles, and knowledge repositories.

Continuous Improvement

Drive automation, operational efficiency, platform standardization, and adoption of new Fabric capabilities.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Minimum 4-6 years of experience in BI platform administration, BI support, platform operations, or infrastructure-related roles.

Strong experience with

Microsoft Fabric Administration,

Power BI Administration,

Azure Analysis Services,

SQL Server administration and performance tuning,

Data Gateway configuration and maintenance.

Strong understanding of platform monitoring, incident management, capacity planning, and operational support.

Experience with security management, RBAC models, tenant-level configuration, and audit monitoring.

Experience supporting enterprise reporting platforms in global environments.

Good understanding of data integration, semantic models, and BI architecture.

Experience with automation and scripting (PowerShell, REST APIs, CI/CD pipelines) is an advantage.

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Fluent English communication skills.

Additional Information

Work Environment

Collaborative, international environment working with cross-functional teams across IT and business domains.

Contract Type & Location

Temporary contract (2-3 years). B2B preferred, with flexibility for hybrid remote collaboration with international teams.

Professional Development

Opportunities to enhance and gain practical and solid expertise in Microsoft BI ecosystem and participate in global projects.

Key Attributes

Reliable platform owner with strong technical troubleshooting capabilities, operational discipline, customer-service mindset, attention to detail, and proven experience maintaining enterprise-scale BI platforms.