Data & AI Architect: Power BI, Data Platform & Automation

American University of Sharjah; Sharjah; On-site; AED 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

The American University of Sharjah seeks a Data and AI Specialist to design and maintain Power BI reports and dashboards, build and support AI-driven solutions, and develop the university’s data warehouse, pipelines, and integrations with Banner and Oracle Fusion.

You will establish data governance, gather stakeholder requirements, and translate business needs into governed, production-ready data and AI solutions to enable data-informed decision-making across the university.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and at least 5 years in data analytics, BI, and AI/automation solution development.
• Ability to translate business needs into governed, production-ready data and AI solutions.
• Experience with data governance, security, and end-to-end data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Power BI reports and dashboards with data models and DAX measures.
• Build and maintain data warehouse, data platform, and pipelines, including ETL/ELT and integrations with core systems.
• Develop LLM-powered and agentic AI solutions, including context engineering and tool calling.
• Implement RAG systems with embeddings and vector search for source-based responses.
• Create workflow automations and integrations via REST APIs and bots, ensuring security and reliability.
• Establish AI guardrails, monitor production models, and optimize cost and performance.
• Support procurement with vendor/platform evaluation and requirements definition.
• Enforce data governance, ownership, audit trails, and least-privilege access.
• Apply SDLC, version control, and CI/CD pipelines to deploy production-ready solutions.
• Produce technical documentation and provide user training with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Power BI

DAX

Power Query

SQL

Oracle

LLM-powered AI

Agentic AI

RAG

Embeddings

Vector search

REST API

Data governance

Data security

Git

Azure

Microsoft Fabric

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Computer Engineering, MIS, or a related discipline

Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, or a related discipline

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Oracle

REST API

Git

Azure

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

The American University of Sharjah seeks a Data and AI Specialist to design and maintain Power BI reports and dashboards, build and support AI-driven solutions, and develop the university’s data warehouse, pipelines, and integrations with Banner and Oracle Fusion.

You will establish data governance, gather stakeholder requirements, and translate business needs into governed, production-ready data and AI solutions to enable data-informed decision-making across the university.