Microsoft Fabric Enterprise Administrator

Job Title: Enterprise Fabric ManagerThe RoleThis role leads the administration, governance, and operational management of Microsoft Fabric environment.This Enterprise Fabric Manager ensures enterprise-level stability, scalability, and compliance across Fabric capacities, workspaces, and connected services. They collaborate with data architects, data engineering teams, analytics engineering teams, BI architects, and governance teams to maintain a governed self-service analytics ecosystem and deliver operational excellence through proactive monitoring, auditing, and performance optimization.The administrator manages user community support, oversees audit and monitoring frameworks, and maintains critical infrastructure components such as the on-premises data gateway.They drive continuous improvement in the adoption and utilization of Power BI by combining expertise in platform administration with hands-on technical knowledge of Power BI.This role serves as both a systems owner and a technical mentor, supporting enablement efforts by developing internal knowledge articles and promoting best practices throughout the analytics community.Responsibilities:The Enterprise Fabric Manager administers and maintains Microsoft Fabric capacities, tenants, and workspaces to support secure and reliable analytics operations.They oversee platform governance, workspace provisioning, naming conventions, and capacity allocation in alignment with enterprise standards.The administrator manages and enhances Fabric audit logs, usage telemetry, and admin monitoring dashboards for visibility, compliance, and operational insights.They develop and maintain Power BI Pro license utilization reports to identify inactive users and coordinate with governance teams to reclaim unused licenses for cost efficiency.Implement proactive alerting and automated health checks for capacity utilization, gateway performance, and workspace compliance.Lead the maintenance, upgrade, and configuration of the on-premises data gateway to sustain seamless on-premises and cloud data connectivity.Administer RBAC, object-level, and workspace security through Microsoft Entra ID, ensuring governance compliance across Fabric and Power BI environments.Manage and resolve user community tickets and service requests in alignment with defined SLAs, escalating or collaborating with Microsoft as needed.Monitor capacity consumption and optimize workloads across multiple Fabric SKUs to maintain cost and performance balance.Collaborate with other teams to integrate Fabric telemetry into enterprise monitoring and analytics dashboards (e.g., Log Analytics, Sentinel, Power BI).Support CI/CD pipelines, deployment pipelines, and version control integration for Fabric artifacts.Develop and maintain operational documentation, standard operating procedures, and runbooks for platform maintenance and incident response.Mentor and provide technical guidance to associate administrators and analysts, promoting operational excellence and professional development.Develop and maintain internal knowledge base articles, how-to guides, and technical enablement materials for Power BI users and the analytics community.Demonstrate deep technical knowledge of Power BI Desktop, Power BI Report Builder, Power Query (M), DAX, and semantic modeling to support and guide report developers and analytics engineers.Support integration of Power BI with Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, and the Power BI mobile app to drive collaboration and cross-platform analytics adoption.Participate in roadmap discussions, tenant feature reviews, and platform improvement initiatives with the BI governance and architecture teams.