DevOps Engineer

Job Description: We are seeking an experienced **Azure DevOps** \& **Microsoft Fabric Engineer** with strong **Power BI platform responsibilities** to enable, stabilize, and continuously improve the enterprise analytics ecosystem. The role focuses on **platform engineering, automation, lifecycle management, governance, and release operations** for **Microsoft Fabric and Power BI** , ensuring that business\-critical reporting services are reliable, secure, compliant, and aligned with organizational change and licensing policies. You will act as a **technical custodian** of the analytics platform, enabling adoption, guiding users, and ensuring that solutions are delivered and operated according to enterprise standards. **Key Responsibilities** **Azure DevOps \& CI/CD (Analytics \& BI Delivery)** • Design, build, and maintain Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for Microsoft Fabric and Power BI assets across Dev/Test/Prod environments • Ensure that system release deployments for Fabric and Power BI are delivered in compliance with Change Management processes • Implement versioning, approvals, rollback strategies, and release documentation • Automate environment configuration, deployment validation, and operational checks **Microsoft Fabric Enablement \& Platform Improvement** • Enable Microsoft Fabric adoption and continuously improve the technical setup and platform architecture • Implement and maintain Fabric components (OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Factory, pipelines, workspaces) • Drive technical platform improvements and automation to enhance stability, scalability, and operational efficiency • Collaborate with engineering and analytics teams to align Fabric capabilities with business\-critical reporting needs **Power BI Platform Operations \& Stability** • Ensure high availability and stability of Power BI reporting services used for business\-critical decision\-making • Support the full lifecycle of Power BI assets (semantic models, reports, apps, refresh processes) • Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve platform issues impacting users’ access to data • Implement operational improvements to ensure customers and stakeholders have reliable access to trusted data **Platform Lifecycle Management \& User Guidance** • Act as platform owner for Fabric and Power BI from a technical perspective • Provide guidance and support to system users, BI developers, and data engineers • Maintain control over system lifecycle activities, including: * Patching and upgrading platform components * Configuration management * Access management (Entra ID, RBAC, service principals) * Installing and enabling new platform features • Continuously improve the technical platform in line with evolving business requirements **Governance, Compliance \& Licensing** • Ensure analytics applications and platforms are installed, configured, and used according to purchased licenses and contractual conditions • Collaborate with governance, security, and procurement teams to maintain compliance • Enforce platform governance standards including access controls, auditability, segregation of environments, and documentation • Support license awareness and optimization across Fabric and Power BI usage **Operational Excellence \& Monitoring** • Establish monitoring and alerting using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Fabric/Power BI monitoring tools • Maintain runbooks and operational procedures for incident handling and platform recovery • Drive continuous improvement in reliability, automation, and platform maturity **Required Skills \& Experience** **Core Requirements** • Strong hands\-on experience with Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Repos, YAML, release management) • Practical experience with Microsoft Fabric (OneLake, Lakehouse/Warehouse, Data Factory) • Strong experience operating and governing Power BI platforms in enterprise environments • Experience managing change, release, and deployment processes • Solid understanding of SQL; familiarity with Spark/PySpark is beneficial • Strong knowledge of identity and access management (Entra ID / Azure AD, RBAC)