Power BI and Fabric Reporting Architect

As a Manager – Fabric Reporting Architect, you will lead the design and delivery of enterprise reporting and analytics solutions built on Microsoft Fabric and Power BI. This role represents the evolution of the traditional Power BI Architect, with a Fabric‑first focus across OneLake, Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Data Factory, and semantic models in Power BI. You will act as a trusted advisor to clients while providing delivery leadership and technical governance across engagements. What You’ll Do Own Fabric‑first reporting architecture across client engagements, ensuring scalable, performant, and governed analytics. Design and review end‑to‑end reporting solutions using Microsoft Fabric components and Power BI semantic models. Define modern reporting architectures that replace or enhance legacy Power BI and enterprise BI platforms. Lead and mentor reporting and analytics delivery teams, providing architectural oversight and delivery assurance. Partner with client stakeholders to shape reporting strategy, analytics roadmaps, and operating models. Collaborate with data engineering teams on ingestion, transformation, modelling, and refresh patterns supporting reporting use cases. Support pre‑sales activities including solution shaping, architecture definition, and estimations for Fabric and Power BI opportunities. Establish and promote best practices for Power BI and Fabric reporting, including semantic modelling, performance tuning, governance, and cost optimisation. Qualifications Skills and Experience Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. Minimum of 8+ years of experience in reporting, analytics, or business intelligence roles, including experience as a Power BI Architect or reporting lead. Hands‑on experience designing enterprise reporting solutions using Power BI and Microsoft Fabric. Strong expertise in Power BI architecture, semantic modelling, DAX, and report performance optimisation. Experience modernising legacy BI and reporting environments to Fabric‑based architectures. Proven ability to lead teams, manage stakeholders, and communicate reporting architecture decisions clearly. Nice to Have Experience with Fabric capacity management, monitoring, and cost optimisation. Familiarity with data governance and lineage tools such as Microsoft Purview. Microsoft certifications, including Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate or Power BI Data Analyst Associate. Compensation varies by region and role level: District of Columbia – $155,200 – $184,300 Maryland – $155,200 – $184,300 Massachusetts – $155,200 – $184,300 New York / New Jersey – $164,800 – $200,000 Washington – $155,200 – $184,300 Additional Information Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, colour, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state or local law. Candidates will not be required to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest. Avanade is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women. Please read Avanade's Hiring and Privacy Statement for more information on how we process your data during the Recruiting and Hiring process. Benefits Avanade offers a market‑competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long‑term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. #J-18808-Ljbffr