Senior Data Engineer

SENIOR DATA & AI ENGINEER | REMOTE

Sorry, no 3rd parties. No sponsorship is available now or at any time in the future. Must be eligible to work in the US without ever needing sponsorship or transfer.

Join an enterprise organization investing heavily in Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI, Power BI, and modern data governance. This is a highly visible role for a hands-on engineer who wants to build scalable data platforms, develop practical AI solutions, and deliver analytics used by business leaders and external partners.

The position is approximately 60% data and AI engineering and 40% Power BI development. You will work across data modernization, AI-enabled automation, Microsoft Purview, secure analytics portals, and regulatory data solutions.

Duties and Responsibilities

Data & AI Engineering

• Design, develop, and maintain data warehouse, lakehouse, and data integration solutions using Microsoft Fabric.
• Build and optimize data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, semantic models, and enterprise data architectures.
• Develop scalable solutions that support data quality, reliability, security, governance, and performance.
• Design and implement AI-enabled business solutions using Azure AI Foundry, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and related technologies.
• Develop AI-assisted automation solutions that improve business processes, reporting, data management, and operational efficiency.
• Lead the implementation and ongoing enhancement of the Microsoft Purview Data Catalog.
• Automate metadata generation, data classification, lineage documentation, and business glossary creation.
• Design and support automated data transformation and reporting solutions for external reporting entities.
• Develop secure Azure-based applications for data collection, validation, workflow management, and platform integration.
• Support Microsoft Fabric administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, optimization, and performance tuning.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.

Business Intelligence & Analytics

• Design, develop, and maintain dashboards, scorecards, reports, and self-service analytics solutions using Power BI.
• Create advanced DAX measures, KPIs, calculations, semantic models, and data visualizations.
• Develop reporting solutions for executive, operational, regulatory, and external stakeholders.
• Optimize dashboard performance, usability, scalability, refresh processes, and user adoption.
• Lead the design and implementation of a secure external-facing Power BI analytics portal hosted within Azure.
• Configure and maintain Row-Level Security, Role-Based Access Control, authentication, authorization, tenant segmentation, and data governance controls.
• Support reporting requests, dashboard enhancements, KPI development, and ad hoc analysis.
• Promote reporting standards, visualization best practices, and data literacy across the organization.

Required Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Engineering, Business Intelligence, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years of experience in data engineering, business intelligence, analytics, software development, or related disciplines.
• 5+ years of experience developing enterprise Power BI solutions.
• 5+ years of experience with SQL development and enterprise data modeling.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric or comparable Azure data platforms.
• Advanced experience with Power BI, DAX, Power Query, semantic models, and dashboard optimization.
• Experience with SQL, Python, REST APIs, data warehouse engineering, and lakehouse architecture.
• Experience developing secure, enterprise-scale data solutions.
• Experience with Azure authentication, authorization, Row-Level Security, and Role-Based Access Control.
• Ability to translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Azure AI Foundry, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, or related AI technologies.
• Experience with Microsoft Purview, data governance, metadata management, and data lineage.
• Experience developing secure cloud-based applications within Azure.
• Experience with XML data transformation and regulatory reporting processes.
• Experience building external-facing analytics portals or secure data-sharing platforms.
• Experience within insurance, financial services, healthcare, government, or another regulated industry.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
• Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, or Azure certifications.