Specialist-BI Architect

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Design and develop enterprise BI architectures and implement the architectural vision for TIBCO Spotfire at the enterprise level hosted in AWS
- Partner with data engineers and architects to ensure optimal data modeling, caching, and query performance in Spotfire
- Design scalable, secure, and high-performance Spotfire environments, including multi-node server setups and hybrid cloud integrations.
- Develop reusable frameworks and templates for dashboards, data models, and automation processes.
- Optimize BI query performance, indexing, partitioning, caching, and report rendering to enhance dashboard responsiveness and data refresh speed.
- Implement real-time and batch data integration strategies, ensuring smooth data flow from APIs, ERP/CRM systems (SAP, Salesforce, Dynamics 365), cloud storage, and third-party data sources into BI solutions.
- Establish and enforce BI governance best practices, including data cataloging, metadata management, access control, data lineage tracking, and compliance standards.
- Troubleshoot interactive dashboards, paginated reports, and embedded analytics solutions that deliver actionable insights.
- Implement DataOps and CI/CD pipelines for BI, leveraging Deployment Pipelines, Git integration, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to enable version control and automation.
- Stay up to date with emerging BI technologies, cloud analytics trends, and AI/ML-powered BI solutions to drive innovation.
- Collaborate with business leaders, data analysts, and engineering teams to ensure BI adoption, self-service analytics enablement, and business-aligned KPIs.
- Provide mentorship and training to BI developers, analysts, and business teams, fostering a data-driven culture across the enterprise.

Must-Have Skills:

- Experience in BI architecture, data analytics, AWS, and enterprise BI solution development
- Strong expertise in Spotfire including information links, Spotfire Analyst, Spotfire Server, and Spotfire Web Player
- Hands-on experience with Databricks (Apache Spark, Delta Lake, SQL, PySpark) for data processing, transformation, and analytics.
- Experience in scripting and extensions Python or R
- Expertise in BI strategy, KPI standardization, and enterprise data modeling, including dimensional modeling, star schema, and data virtualization.
- Hands-on experience with cloud BI solutions and enterprise data warehouses, such as Azure Synapse, AWS Redshift, Snowflake, Google BigQuery, or SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS).
- Experience with BI governance, access control, metadata management, data lineage, and regulatory compliance frameworks.
- Expertise in Agile BI development, Scaled Agile (SAFe), DevOps for BI, and CI/CD practices for BI deployments.
- Ability to collaborate with C-level executives, business units, and engineering teams to drive BI adoption and data-driven decision-making.

Good-to-Have Skills:

- Experience with Tibco Spotfire Lead Discovery
- Knowledge of AI-powered BI, natural language processing (NLP) in BI, and automated machine learning (AutoML) for analytics.
- Experience with multi-cloud BI architectures and federated query solutions using Power BI Tableau.
- Understanding of GraphQL, REST APIs, and data mesh principles for enterprise data access in BI.
- Knowledge of AI/ML pipeline integration within enterprise data architectures.

Education and Professional Certifications

Bachelor s degree with 9-13 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field

- Tibco Spotfire Certifications
- Power BI Certifications
- Tableau Certifications

Soft Skills:

- Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
- High degree of initiative and self-motivation.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.
- Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals.
- Ability to learn quickly, be organized and detail oriented.
- Strong presentation and public speaking skills.

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