Senior Power BI & Analytics Analyst — Infrastructure

Southern Company; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 88,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Company in the United States seeks a Business Intelligence Analyst to design and maintain Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions for Infrastructure Services. You will build scalable data models, deliver executive and operational reporting, and transform large data sets into actionable insights.

Collaborate with infrastructure leaders to define requirements, validate data quality, and drive automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, reporting, or data analysis.
• 3+ years of advanced Power BI development experience.
• Expertise in: Power BI, DAX, Power Query & QueryM language, Data Modeling, SQL, Excel.
• Experience gathering business requirements and translating them into reporting solutions.
• Proficiency in applying AI techniques for predictive analytics, anomaly detection, and data-driven decision-making.
• This job requires Insider Threat certification.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions supporting the Infrastructure Services organization.
• Deliver executive-level, operational, asset, risk, and performance reporting.
• Build scalable data models and semantic layers that support consistent reporting across multiple stakeholders.
• Develop KPI and metric reporting that tells the Infrastructure Services value story.
• Transform large, complex data sets into meaningful and actionable insights.
• Partner with infrastructure leaders and operational teams to understand reporting requirements and business objectives.
• Consult with stakeholders to define reporting solutions, performance metrics, and visualization approaches.
• Present findings and recommendations to leadership audiences.
• Assist with data quality issues and inconsistencies across reporting sources.
• Partner with Data Architecture and Data Governance resources to improve data accuracy and reporting standards.
• Advocate for trusted data sources and reporting best practices.
• Reduce manual reporting processes through automation and process improvements.
• Support integration of new data sources into reporting solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency and scalability.
• Contribute to the Infrastructure Services Reporting Center of Excellence.
• Assist with reporting standards, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
• Mentor other analysts on reporting best practices and Power BI capabilities.

Skills

Power BI

DAX

Power Query

QueryM

SQL

Excel

Data Modeling

Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power Automate

Power Apps

PowerFx

Microsoft Fabric

DataBricks

Azure Data Services

Python

API-based Integrations

Kibana

Grafana

Splunk

Job description

Southern Company in the United States seeks a Business Intelligence Analyst to design and maintain Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions for Infrastructure Services. You will build scalable data models, deliver executive and operational reporting, and transform large data sets into actionable insights.

Collaborate with infrastructure leaders to define requirements, validate data quality, and drive automation.