Role overview
A Power BI Administrator is responsible for managing and governing Power BI environment to ensure secure, scalable, and high-performing business intelligence delivery. This role focuses on tenant configuration, workspace and dataset governance, access control, monitoring, and collaboration with data engineering and analytics teams.
6-9,9-12,12-15 yers
mumbai chennai
Key responsibilities
- Manage Power BI tenant settings, licensing, and capacity allocation (Power BI Premium/Embedded).
- Configure and enforce governance policies for workspace creation, content publishing, and dataset refreshes.
- Administer user and group access through Azure Active Directory integration and role-based access controls.
- Monitor usage, performance, and health of Power BI services using audit logs, usage metrics, and monitoring tools.
- Optimize dataset and report performance by advising on data modeling best practices, incremental refresh, and query optimization.
- Implement and maintain deployment pipelines, content lifecycle management, and CI/CD processes for reports and datasets.
- Ensure security and compliance by implementing row-level security (RLS), data sensitivity labels, and data loss prevention (DLP) controls.
- Troubleshoot and resolve platform, authentication, and connectivity issues with Power BI, gateways, and data sources.
- Manage and maintain on-premises data gateways, including installation, clustering, and update coordination.
- Provide training, documentation, and support to report authors and business users on best practices and tools.
- Collaborate with data engineers, architects, and IT teams to align Power BI with enterprise data strategy.
Required technical skills
- Strong knowledge of Power BI Service administration, workspace architecture, and licensing models.
- Experience configuring and managing Power BI Premium capacities and performance tuning.
- Experience with on-premises data gateway configuration, troubleshooting, and high-availability setups.
- Understanding of data modeling, DAX, and Power Query (M) to guide report authors on performance improvements.
- Knowledge of security features such as row-level security, sensitivity labels, and data governance frameworks.
- Ability to use monitoring and logging tools, including Power BI admin portal, Microsoft Purview/Azure Monitor, and audit logs.
- Familiarity with deployment pipelines, source control (Git), and automated deployment practices.
Tools & technologies commonly used
- Power BI Service and Desktop
- Power BI Admin Portal
- Azure Active Directory
- On-premises data gateway
- Git / DevOps for deployment pipelines
- SQL Server
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