Senior Power BI Administrator - USC

Location: Remote (U.S. Based Only) Employment Type: Contract Eligibility: USC Position Overview We are seeking an experienced Power BI & Microsoft Fabric Administrator to lead enterprise administration, governance, and optimization of our modern analytics platform. This role is responsible for managing the Power BI tenant, Microsoft Fabric workloads, Azure data integrations, security governance, and performance optimization across enterprise-scale environments. The ideal candidate has deep hands-on experience with Power BI Premium, Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Warehouse, OneLake), and Azure data services, with a strong understanding of governance and enterprise BI architecture. Key Responsibilities Power BI & Fabric Administration • Administer and manage Power BI tenant settings, Premium capacities, and workspace governance • Manage Microsoft Fabric capacities and workloads (Lakehouse, Warehouse, Real-Time Analytics) • Configure and monitor OneLake data storage environments • Manage deployment pipelines and lifecycle management across Dev/Test/Prod • Oversee semantic model governance and dataset certification processes Azure Integration & Data Platform Oversight • Integrate Power BI and Fabric with: • Azure SQL Database / Managed Instance • Azure Synapse Analytics • Azure Data Factory • Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS Gen2) • Configure and manage Azure Active Directory security groups and RBAC • Monitor data flows between Azure services and Fabric workloads • Support hybrid architectures (on-prem + Azure + Fabric) Security & Governance • Implement Row-Level Security (RLS) and Object-Level Security (OLS) • Enforce enterprise data governance and sensitivity labeling • Configure Conditional Access and tenant security policies • Monitor audit logs and ensure compliance with enterprise standards • Manage data loss prevention (DLP) policies Performance & Capacity Optimization • Monitor Power BI Premium and Fabric capacity metrics • Optimize large semantic models and incremental refresh strategies • Identify bottlenecks in DAX queries and model design • Manage Fabric workload balancing and cost optimization DevOps & Automation • Implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub • Automate administrative tasks using PowerShell and REST APIs • Support source control integration for Power BI and Fabric artifacts • Manage version control and release management processes Monitoring & Reporting • Maintain admin dashboards for: • Usage metrics • Capacity performance • Adoption tracking • Security monitoring • Proactively resolve service health issues • Provide executive-level reporting on BI platform performance Required Qualifications • U.S. Citizen (Required) • 6+ years of experience administering Power BI in enterprise environments • 2+ years of experience with Microsoft Fabric (required) • Strong hands-on experience with: • Power BI Service & Premium • Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Engineering workloads) • OneLake architecture • Azure Active Directory • Azure SQL / Synapse / Data Factory • Experience with Azure resource management and RBAC • Strong understanding of data modeling, DAX, and performance tuning • Experience managing enterprise-scale BI (500+ users) Preferred Qualifications • Microsoft Certified: • PL-300 (Power BI Data Analyst) • DP-203 (Azure Data Engineer) • Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate • Experience in regulated industries (Healthcare, Finance, Government) • Experience with: • Delta Lake architecture • Spark workloads in Fabric • Purview for data governance • Cost optimization across Azure + Fabric • Familiarity with FedRAMP / HIPAA / SOC2 environments Technical Skills Core Platform: • Power BI Service Administration • Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Warehouse, Real-Time Analytics) • OneLake • Power BI Premium Azure: • Azure SQL • Azure Synapse • Azure Data Factory • ADLS Gen2 • Azure Active Directory • Azure DevOps Security & Governance: • RBAC • RLS / OLS • DLP Policies • Sensitivity Labels • Audit & Compliance Monitoring Automation & DevOps: • PowerShell • REST APIs • CI/CD Pipelines • Git Integration