Entry-Level IT BI Engineer - SQL & Power BI (Irvine)

Sonata Software (SonataOne); San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonata Software is seeking an entry-level IT BI Engineer to join our BI team in Irvine, CA. You will develop reports, dashboards, data models, and data integrations to support business decision-making.

The role is ideal for candidates with a solid foundation in SQL, databases, data analysis, and BI concepts who want to build a career in BI and data engineering. Contract to hire with potential full-time conversion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Data Science, or related field.
• MCA or relevant postgraduate qualification acceptable.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; good communication and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain BI reports and dashboards.
• Write and optimize SQL queries to analyze data.
• Assist in ETL/ELT processes for data extraction, transformation, and loading.
• Work with databases and data warehouses to support reporting.
• Perform data validation, reconciliation, and quality checks.
• Collaborate with Analysts, Developers, QA, and business users.
• Prepare technical documentation for reports and data processes.
• Participate in testing, deployment, and production support.

Skills

SQL & relational DBs

Data warehousing basics

ETL/ELT concepts

BI reporting tools

Excel advanced

Data visualization concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering/Data Science

MCA or relevant postgraduate

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Qlik

Looker

SQL Server

Oracle

Snowflake

Azure/AWS/GCP

Job description

Sonata Software is seeking an entry-level IT BI Engineer to join our BI team in Irvine, CA. You will develop reports, dashboards, data models, and data integrations to support business decision-making.

The role is ideal for candidates with a solid foundation in SQL, databases, data analysis, and BI concepts who want to build a career in BI and data engineering. Contract to hire with potential full-time conversion.