Data Analytics Architect — BI & Azure Expert

Bentley-University; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

Bentley University seeks a Data Analytics Specialist to translate business needs into data requirements, build and maintain trusted reporting and dashboard solutions, and partner with data engineering and business teams to deliver scalable data products. The role blends business analysis, BI development, data modeling, testing, and hands-on engineering support across the analytics lifecycle.

It involves applying statistical or machine learning techniques when appropriate while maintaining

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in data analytics, information systems, computer science, statistics, mathematics, economics, or a related field.
• Two or more years of progressive experience in data analytics, business systems analysis, enterprise reporting, business intelligence, or a related discipline.
• Two or more years of hands-on experience with Power BI or other similar tools, including data modeling, DAX, Power Query (M), semantic model design, dashboard prototyping, iteration, deployment, and ongoing optimization across the full BI development lifecycle.
• Two or more years of experience with data modeling and the design of efficient, analytics-ready data structures.
• Proficiency with SQL and experience extracting, transforming, validating, and analyzing structured and semi-structured data.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business partners, cross-functional teams, and IT units to gather, clarify, and document detailed business, data, and reporting requirements.
• Translate business needs into technical specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, data mappings, semantic model requirements, and analytics deliverables.
• Lead or support stakeholder interviews, discovery sessions, process mapping, workflow analysis, and use-case development.
• Analyze, design, build, test, deploy, and maintain reports and interactive dashboards across BI platforms, including Power BI and SQL-based outputs.

Skills

Power BI

DAX

Power Query

SQL

Data modeling

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data analytics or related field

Tools

SQL Server

Azure Synapse

Git version control

Excel

Job description

Bentley University seeks a Data Analytics Specialist to translate business needs into data requirements, build and maintain trusted reporting and dashboard solutions, and partner with data engineering and business teams to deliver scalable data products. The role blends business analysis, BI development, data modeling, testing, and hands-on engineering support across the analytics lifecycle.

It involves applying statistical or machine learning techniques when appropriate while maintaining