Power BI Data Architect
About The Position
OneZero is seeking a senior-level Power BI Data Architect to lead the architecture and technical design for migrating an existing SAP BusinessObjects reporting environment, backed by SAP HANA, to Microsoft Power BI. The position is located in Herndon, Virginia, and supports Peraton’s Department of State Consular Systems Modernization Program for the Bureau of Diplomatic Technology. The role combines data architecture, data modeling, analytics, and Power BI expertise. The architect will define an overall enterprise reporting and analytics architecture using Power BI semantic models, robust governance, and strong security. They will assess the existing reporting environment, shape the target state, and provide technical leadership to developers implementing the architecture.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM.
- At least 7 years of experience in Business Intelligence, analytics, data architecture, or related disciplines.
- At least 4 years of hands-on experience architecting and designing enterprise Microsoft Power BI solutions.
- Advanced experience with Power BI semantic modeling, DAX, Power Query/M, and Power BI Service.
- Demonstrated experience migrating or modernizing legacy enterprise BI/reporting platforms.
- Ability to communicate architecture decisions and tradeoffs to technical teams and business stakeholders.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Must be able to obtain or hold an active Secret or higher clearance; interim clearances are acceptable.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with SAP BusinessObjects, including Web Intelligence (WebI), Universes, and enterprise reporting concepts.
- Experience migrating SAP BusinessObjects reporting environments to Power BI.
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure data services, or modern cloud data platforms.
- Experience designing enterprise Power BI governance and Center of Excellence standards.
- Microsoft Power BI or Fabric certifications.
- Experience supporting large-scale, mission-critical reporting environments.
Responsibilities
- Review BusinessObjects reports, Universes, data sources, calculations, business rules, dependencies, and security requirements.
- Develop the target-state architecture for migrating reporting and analytics capabilities to Microsoft Power BI.
- Determine which existing reports should be migrated, consolidated, redesigned, or retired.
- Design scalable Power BI semantic models and reusable enterprise datasets.
- Develop dimensional data models, including appropriate fact and dimension structures.
- Identify Power BI technical limitations, performance risks, architectural constraints, and migration issues, and recommend solutions or alternatives.
- Determine the appropriate placement of data transformations, calculations, and business logic across Synapse, Power BI semantic models, and other applicable data layers and ETL components.
- Troubleshoot Power BI performance and optimize semantic models, queries, and reports.
- Work with business stakeholders, data engineers, database teams, report developers, and application teams to translate existing reporting requirements into an optimized Power BI solution.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to Power BI developers implementing the architecture.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- 401(k) with company matching
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Employee referral program
- Educational assistance
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
