Remote Lead Analytics Architect | Power BI & Databricks

Taskr; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Taskr Global is partnering with an established US-based organisation to hire a Lead Analytics Architect & Analytics Engineer. You will own enterprise analytics architecture with a focus on Power BI, Azure Databricks and modern data platforms.

This role blends hands-on engineering with architectural leadership, shaping governance, data models and reusable analytics products across the organisation. You'll collaborate with senior stakeholders, data engineers and BI teams to deliver scalable,

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience across BI, Analytics Engineering, Data Architecture or related disciplines.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Microsoft Power BI, including enterprise semantic model design and administration.
• Strong expertise in Azure Databricks, Delta Lake and SQL-based data transformations.
• Advanced SQL skills, including developing, testing and optimising complex transformations.
• Expert knowledge of DAX, dimensional modelling, tabular models and performance optimisation.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Direct Lake, Import and DirectQuery.
• Knowledge of lakehouse architecture, medallion patterns and reusable data products.
• Experience establishing data governance, quality, security and deployment standards.
• Knowledge of version control, automated testing, deployment processes and platform monitoring.
• Proven ability to lead technical architecture decisions and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience troubleshooting complex data-quality, integration, semantic-model and refresh issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, development and ongoing optimisation of enterprise Power BI semantic models.
• Design and build curated analytical datasets, tables and views within Azure Databricks.
• Translate business requirements and KPI definitions into scalable SQL transformations and reusable data models.
• Develop dimensional models, DAX measures, calculation groups and optimised data relationships.
• Establish best practices for data modelling, performance, scalability and maintainability.
• Develop, maintain and optimise SQL-based transformations within Azure Databricks.
• Work with Delta Lake, Microsoft Fabric, OneLake and modern lakehouse architecture.
• Design effective integration patterns across Direct Lake, Import and DirectQuery.
• Improve semantic model performance, refresh strategies and platform reliability.
• Support the development of reusable, enterprise-wide analytical data products.
• Provide technical direction and architectural guidance to BI developers, analysts and data engineering teams.
• Lead design reviews and establish reusable development standards.

Skills

Power BI

Azure Databricks

DAX

SQL

Leadership

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

OneLake

Direct Lake

Import

DirectQuery

Delta Lake

Job description

Taskr Global is partnering with an established US-based organisation to hire a Lead Analytics Architect & Analytics Engineer. You will own enterprise analytics architecture with a focus on Power BI, Azure Databricks and modern data platforms.

This role blends hands-on engineering with architectural leadership, shaping governance, data models and reusable analytics products across the organisation. You'll collaborate with senior stakeholders, data engineers and BI teams to deliver scalable,