Data and Analytics Senior Reporting Consultant

at  Fusion5

• Want to be involved in exciting Microsoft Fabric Projects?
• Want to join an exceptional team of consultants?
• Want to feel like YOU really matter, and where your input is valued, and your ca
• Want to be involved in exciting Microsoft Fabric Projects?
• Want to join an exceptional team of consultants?
• Want to feel like YOU really matter, and where your input is valued, and your career is as important to your employer as it is to you?
  Fusion5 is seeking a talented and highly engaged Senior Reporting Consultant to join our exceptional Fusion5 family in either Auckland, Wellington or Brisbane. In return for your skills, you’ll join a team like no other!
  Fusion5 is a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Data and AI and hold the Analytics on Microsoft Azure Specialisation. We’ve been a member of the Microsoft Inner Circle since 2017 and a Cloud Solutions Partner. As part of the Inner Circle, we’re called upon to contribute to Microsoft’s own business applications strategy and the aspects that impact partners like us. We have a very successful track record in delivering Microsoft solutions out of our award-winning practice.
  You will love this role if you are someone who likes to take on technical challenges, thinks outside the box, and keeps up with the latest and greatest Microsoft has to offer. You’ll join a like-minded team made up of the best in the business! It’s a unique opportunity to support solutions that drive real change in our customers’ businesses.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES:

• Power BI expertise: In-depth knowledge of Power BI Desktop, Service, and administration, with the ability to design and implement complex data models, reports, and dashboards
• Data modeling: A strong understanding of dimensional modeling concepts (including Kimball) and best practices for building efficient and scalable data models in Power BI
• DAX proficiency: The ability to write complex DAX formulas to manipulate and analyse data, creating dynamic and insightful reports
• Data transformation expertise: Proficiency in Power Query (M) for data cleansing, transformation, and shaping within Power BI
• Data integration: Experience integrating data from various sources (relational databases, cloud storage, APIs) into Power BI using best practices for data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL/ELT)
• T-SQL skills: The ability to write efficient T-SQL queries to extract, manipulate and test data from relational databases for use in Power BI
• Microsoft Fabric and Azure familiarity: Working knowledge and experience in Microsoft Fabric and the Azure cloud platform, including Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Lake Gen2, and Azure SQL Database.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING CONSULTING CAPABILITIES:

• Experience gathering requirements from clients through interviews, workshops, and user stories, ensuring a clear understanding of their needs and goals
• Excellent documentation skills including developing functional and technical specifications, as well as assisting with the creation of Statements of Work and providing accurate estimates
• Varied delivery experience across a range of agile and waterfall projects
• Confidence in designing and delivering effective training sessions for end-users on Power BI and Microsoft Fabric functionalities and best practices
• Presents well with clear written and verbal communications. Able to communicate with a wide range of people and present information and solutions to a variety of audiences, tailoring communication style to different levels of technical expertise
• Strong time management and co-ordination skills and the ability to manage and prioritise competing tasks across multiple projects.

IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING SKILLS:

• Report design principles: Knowledge of data visualisation best practices and the ability to create clear, concise, and visually appealing reports and dashboards
• Experience with Lakehouse architecture
• Experience with other cloud platforms; AWS, Snowflake, Informatica
• Experience with reporting/visualisation tools including Cognos, Tableau, Qlik
• Experience with ELT and Modelling tools; including dbt, Coalesce, and WhereScape
• Experience with advanced analytics using ML models
• Microsoft technical certifications
• PL-300: Power BI Data Analyst Associate
• DP-600: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate
• DP-203: Azure Data Engineer Associate

Please refer the Job description for details