Principal Engineer I - Senior Power BI Engineer

Job Title:

Location:

What you'll do:

• Take assignments that can be worked on individually without supervision and manage work effort from concept to completion.
• Design, build, optimize, automate and maintain the Power BI analytics platform, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
• Implement data analytics principles aimed at business enablement, reliability practices and sound recovery procedures.
• Ensure compliance with IT policies, procedures, and industry standards, including reviewing and refining IT control enhancements.
• Design and manage Power BI workspaces, gateways, datasets, support business teams with secure, efficient report publishing and data refresh strategies.
• Support governance and compliance standards across all analytics platforms.
• Work closely with business and analytics teams to ensure reliable and governed data access for reporting and visualization.
• Troubleshoot platform issues, optimize performance, and ensure uptime for critical data services.
• Stay current on emerging data analytics technologies, recommending enhancements to improve efficiency and governance.
• Collaborate with product owners and business stakeholders to gain a working understanding of business requirements and operational processes.
• Act as a thought leader on analytics implementation, end user enablement and training.

What you'll need:

• 8+ years of related experience in data analytics administration and development.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required, Masters in related field preferred.
• Previous leadership experience preferred.
• Advanced to expert experience in managing and administering Power BI environments (Capacity management, User access management, gateways, Rest APIs, workspace configuration, DAX optimization, RBAC set up, Disaster Recovery).
• Advanced to expert experience with Power BI development (Semantic models, reporting and visualization, DAX).
• Deep understanding of Microsoft Azure data services, including Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Key Vault, Azure Monitor.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred).
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and/or PySpark.
• Advanced to expert knowledge general Financial Services or Banking preferred.
• Advanced proven experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Advanced ability to see the big picture and align projects with organizational goals. Capable of leading and motivating cross-functional teams. Expertise in resolving conflicts and addressing challenges as well as skilled at identifying and mitigating risks at the project level.
• Advanced communication skills, excellent teamwork experience, ability to mentor and develop more junior engineers.
• Occasional travel might be required.

Benefits you'll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation