Senior Looker SME

Shrive Technologies LLC; Texas; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Shrive Technologies LLC seeks a Senior Looker SME to spearhead enterprise BI modernization, define semantic standards, and architect scalable analytics on Google Cloud. You will lead Looker architecture, build LookML models, and guide migrations from Cognos/Tableau/Power BI to Looker while partnering with data engineers for dimensional design.

The role requires deep Looker expertise, BigQuery mastery, and strong SQL skills to deliver secure, governance-driven analytics at scale.

Qualifications

• Expert Looker and LookML capabilities required.
• Strong foundation in semantic modeling and governance.
• Experience with BigQuery-based analytics and dimensional modeling.

Responsibilities

• Lead Looker architecture, governance, and implementation programs.
• Design and manage LookML semantic models, Explores, and views.
• Define enterprise semantic layer and metric governance standards.
• Architect BigQuery-based analytics solutions optimized for Looker consumption.
• Drive dashboard modernization and reporting transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering on dimensional modeling and data warehouse design.
• Establish best practices for performance tuning, metadata management, and security.
• Lead customer workshops and executive reviews.

Skills

Looker

LookML

BigQuery

Metadata modeling

Data modeling

Dashboard design

SQL

Governance

Performance tuning

Migration experience

Job description

Job Summary

Seeking a Senior Looker SME to lead enterprise BI modernization initiatives, define semantic modeling standards, architect scalable analytics platforms, and drive Cognos/Tableau/Power BI migrations to Looker on Google Cloud.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise Looker architecture, governance, and implementation programs.
• Design and manage LookML semantic models, Explores, views, and reusable analytics assets.
• Define enterprise semantic layer and metric governance standards.
• Architect BigQuery-based analytics solutions optimized for Looker consumption.
• Drive dashboard modernization and reporting transformation programs.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering teams on dimensional modeling and data warehouse design.
• Establish best practices for performance tuning, metadata management, and security.
• Lead customer workshops, solution reviews, and executive presentations.
• Mentor Looker developers and BI engineers.

Skill Requirements

• Expert-level Looker and LookML experience.
• Deep understanding of Looker Semantic Layer architecture.
• Strong expertise in BigQuery.
• Metadata modeling and enterprise data modeling.
• Dashboard and self-service analytics design.
• Performance tuning of LookML models and BigQuery queries.
• Row-level security and governance implementation.
• Experience migrating Cognos, Tableau, Business Objects, or Power BI to Looker.
• Strong SQL expertise.