Power BI Administrator

Amaris Consulting | Part of Mantu; Portugal; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Health insurance

Job summary

Amaris Consulting in Portugal is seeking a Power BI / Fabric Administrator to support enterprise BI platforms, ensure reliable Power BI and Fabric operations, and contribute to secure, scalable analytics environments for business and technical teams.

You will manage Power BI Service environments, Fabric capacities, data gateways, pipelines, and Git-driven deployment pipelines, while automating recurring tasks with PowerShell and Fabric APIs.

Qualifications

• Enterprise Power BI experience with Service administration.
• Hands-on with Microsoft Fabric capacities, Lakehouse, notebooks and pipelines.
• Git/GitHub deployment pipelines and DEV/UAT/PROD promotions.
• PowerShell scripting and automation of admin tasks.

Responsibilities

• Administer Power BI Service environments: workspaces, apps, permissions, semantic models, dataflows, refreshes, connections, and security groups.
• Manage Microsoft Fabric environments: capacities, workspaces, Lakehouse, notebooks, pipelines, semantic models, OneLake, and lifecycle.
• Investigate capacity issues, throttling and refresh loads using monitoring tools.
• Maintain on-premises data gateways: connections, sources, credentials, and refresh failures.
• Diagnose incidents related to semantic model refreshes, dataflows, gateways, deployments, and performance.
• Troubleshoot connectivity and infra issues: DNS, ports, firewalls, proxies, ODBC, Windows VMs, PowerShell.
• Contribute to DEV/UAT/PROD release processes via Git, deployment pipelines, and validation.
• Automate recurring admin activities using PowerShell, REST Fabric APIs; document findings and coordinate with teams.

Skills

Power BI

Power BI Service

Microsoft Fabric

Git / GitHub

PowerShell

REST APIs

Automation scripting

Data gateways

Tools

GitHub

Fabric APIs

Power BI REST APIs

Job description

Amaris Consulting is an independent technology consulting firm providing guidance and solutions to businesses. With more than 1,000 clients across the globe, we have been rolling out solutions in major projects for over a decade – this is made possible by an international team of 7,600 people spread across 5 continents and more than 60 countries. Our solutions focus on four different Business Lines: Information System & Digital, Telecom, Life Sciences and Engineering. We’re focused on building and nurturing a top talent community where all our team members can achieve their full potential. Amaris Consulting is your steppingstone to cross rivers of change, meet challenges and achieve all your projects with success.

At Amaris Consulting, we strive to provide our candidates with the best possible recruitment experience. We like to get to know our candidates, challenge them, and be able to give them proper feedback as quickly as possible. Here's what our recruitment process looks like:

Brief Call: Our process typically begins with a brief virtual/phone conversation to get to know you! The objective? Learn about you, understand your motivations, and make sure we have the right job for you!

Interviews (the average number of interviews is 3 - the number may vary depending on the level of seniority required for the position). During the interviews, you will meet people from our team: your manager of course, but also other people related to your future role. We will talk in depth about you, your experience, and skills, but also about the position and what will be expected of you. Of course, you will also get to know Amaris: our culture, our roots, our teams, and your career opportunities!

Case study: Depending on the position, we may ask you to take a test. This could be a role play, a technical assessment, a problem-solving scenario, etc.

As every role is different, we adapt the process accordingly, always focusing on the best possible candidate experience. We look forward to meeting you!

Join Amaris Consulting as a Power BI / Fabric Administrator within our Information System & Digital scope. You will support enterprise BI platforms, ensure reliable Power BI and Microsoft Fabric operations, and contribute to secure, scalable, and well-governed analytics environments for business and technical teams.

Your missions

• Administer Power BI Service environments, including workspaces, apps, permissions, semantic models, dataflows, refreshes, connections, tenant concepts, and security groups.
• Support Microsoft Fabric environments by managing capacities, workspaces, Lakehouse, notebooks, pipelines, semantic models, OneLake, and Fabric item lifecycle.
• Investigate Power BI and Fabric capacity issues, including spikes, throttling, refresh load, interactive load, and problematic workloads using the Capacity Metrics App.
• Manage on-premises data gateway clusters, connections, data sources, credentials, service accounts, driver dependencies, and refresh failures.
• Diagnose Power BI incidents related to semantic model refreshes, dataflows, gateways, permissions, deployments, and platform performance.
• Troubleshoot connectivity and infrastructure issues involving DNS, ports, firewalls, proxies, ODBC drivers, connection strings, Windows VMs, and PowerShell diagnostics.
• Contribute to controlled DEV/UAT/PROD release processes through Git, GitHub, Power BI/Fabric Git integration, deployment pipelines, deployment rules, dependencies, and validation.
• Automate recurring administration activities using PowerShell, REST APIs, and Fabric APIs while documenting findings and coordinating with infrastructure, networking, database, and security teams.

Your profile

• at least 4 years of experience working with Power BI in an enterprise environment, including at least 2 years in Power BI Service administration, platform support, or production operations.
• Strong experience with Power BI Service administration, Power BI troubleshooting, on-premises data gateways, production incident management, workspace and access administration, semantic model refreshes, dataflows, and capacity investigations.
• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Fabric, including capacities, workspaces, Lakehouse, notebooks, pipelines, semantic models, OneLake, and Fabric item lifecycle.
• Experience with Git or GitHub, including repositories, branches, commits, pull requests, merge processes, review processes, and version‑control concepts.
• Knowledge of Power BI/Fabric Git integration, deployment pipelines, DEV/UAT/PROD promotion, deployment rules, dependencies, and validation.
• Knowledge of PowerShell scripting, Power BI REST APIs, Fabric APIs, authentication concepts, and automation of common administration activities.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical issues clearly to business and report owners while working effectively with infrastructure, networking, database, and security teams.

Local benefits in Portugal:

• Flexible working options according to company policy.
• Health insurance and well‑being programs, where applicable.

Our salary ranges are intentionally wide, because we hire t

• The salary range has been determined based on objective and gender-neutral criteria.
• During the recruitment process, we will not ask for information about your current or previous salary.

Our salary ranges are intentionally wide, because we hire talented minds, not "templates". The same role can attract very different candidates, and we believe in leaving room for that. What lands within the range depends on your specific experience, skills and what you bring to the role.

The ideal person shares these values:

Boldness: our entrepreneurial spirit of adventure is what brings us together and drives our success.

Trust: trust is the foundation of our relationships and enables us to promote freedom of expression, creativity and innovation.

Performance: it guides us in our continuous improvement and in our drive to achieve concrete results.

Commitment: we work with dedication and responsibility to meet our objectives.

Independence: Amaris Consulting belongs to those who created it and to those who develop it every day.

With your application, you may have the opportunity to join a company that supports its partners in the Automotive & Motorsport, Avionic & Aerospace, Defence, Railway, Industrial, Home Automation and Robotics sectors, with mechanical and electronic engineering activities in the areas of Development & Design, Testing & Validation, System Engineering, R&D and Project Management.

Diversity and inclusion: Amaris Consulting promotes equal opportunities and assesses applications based on skills, experience and potential. We welcome qualified applications without discrimination based on gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief, age, disability, marital or family status, or any other protected characteristic.