Infrastructure Engineer II

eTeam Inc.

Coppell, TX

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Administrative Skills, Application Programming Interface (API), Automation, Best Practices, Business Intelligence, Business Intelligence Software, Business Support, Capacity and Performance Management, Communication Skills, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Customer Relations, Customer Support/Service, Data Modeling, Data Sets, Database Extract Transform and Load (ETL), Documentation, Embedded Systems, Environmental Issues, Firewalls, Git, IBM Cognos, IBM DB2, Identify Issues, Jenkins, Knowledge Transfer, Leadership, Looker, Mentoring, Metrics, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows Azure, OAuth, On Call, Oracle, Power BI, Power Management, Product Lifecycle, Production Support, Production Systems, Publications, Python Programming/Scripting Language, REST (Representational State Transfer), Reporting Dashboards, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), ServiceNow, Single Sign-On (SSO), Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Splunk, Systems Administration/Management, Trend Analysis, Unix Shell Programming, White Papers, Windows PowerShell
LOCATION
Coppell, TX
POSTED
6 days ago
Job Title: Senior BI Platform Administrator (Power BI, Looker & QuickSight)
Location: Tampa or Dallas- Dallas,TX
Shift Schedule: Monday – Friday (9am – 5pm PST)
Type: Contract
Duration: 6 months.

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, and 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 in setting up security using Active Directory, Azure AD, and PingFederate.
  • Have worked on configuring OAuth and SAML configurations for SSO implementation.
  • Experience in defining SDLC processes and CI/CD processes using Jenkins.
  • Integrating Looker with a Git repository 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 Administration
    • Power BI Administration
    • Power BI Premium Capacity Administration
    • Extensive knowledge of Power BI Premium Service as a whole
    • Troubleshooting and identifying opportunities for automation to streamline day-to-day platform operations.
  • Experience with Looker setup and administration.
  • Architect and develop data models, ETL packages, and reports utilizing Power BI while applying best practices throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Data modeling experience using the Kimball methodology.
  • 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:
    • Network
    • Firewall
    • Proxy
  • Integrating Power BI with different tools including, but not limited to:
    • Splunk
    • Collibra
    • ServiceNow
  • Understanding of prerequisites required for 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 where delivering solid work products that exceed high expectations is a measure of success.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, influencing, and reasoning skills.
  • Ability to lead complex projects.
  • Certifications.
Responsibilities
  • Work closely with internal IT, Server, and Security teams to troubleshoot issues, review logs, and resolve production/non-production environment issues.
  • Work independently and provide solutions to users.
  • Manage Power BI Gateways to ensure dashboards and reports refresh automatically.
  • Build CI/CD pipelines to check in and migrate Power BI datasets, dashboards, and reports between workspaces utilizing Power BI REST APIs and Power Platform.
  • Build and support Power BI platform metrics including:
    • User tracking/logging
    • Usage monitoring
    • Anomaly detection in published datasets
    • Enterprise-level reporting using the Power BI Platform
  • Configure Power BI Tenant settings for features such as:
    • Workspace settings
    • Export and sharing settings
    • Publish to Web
    • Developer settings
  • Manage Power BI Premium capacities for capacity planning and performance management.
  • Monitor Premium capacities regularly to identify trends that indicate underlying issues.
  • Train self-service BI users and support the business in promoting self-service BI and the overall data platform through communications, collateral, and training materials.
  • Support BI production environments for a large-scale user base.
  • Provide on-call support for production issues.
  • Provide leadership and vision for best usage and practices regarding the Cognos toolset.
  • Establish standards and guidelines for BI development.
  • Mentor team members and facilitate knowledge transfer.

About the Company

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eTeam Inc.

Looking for a great job? Join eTeam. We’re looking for talented staffing professionals to join our staff. We also provide contract assignments and full-time jobs at Fortune 2000 Companies. We’ve been named one of the best companies to work for by Staffing Industry Analysts and New Jersey Business.
COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Other/Not Classified
FOUNDED
1998
WEBSITE
www.eteaminc.com