Tableau Architect/administrator

**Job Title**

Tableau Architect/Administrator
**Job Description Summary**

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a highly skilled Tableau Architect / Administrator to lead the implementation, and governance of scalable, secure, and high-performing business intelligence and analytics solutions across the enterprise. Reporting to the Director of Data Engineering & Analytics, this hands-on leadership role focuses on modernizing the data platform, guiding the adoption of emerging technologies, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals and compliance standards.
As part of Cushman & Wakefield’s mission to deliver exceptional value through real estate services, this role plays a key part in enabling enterprise-wide data strategy, analytics, and AI/ML capabilities—unlocking insights that drive performance, optimize operations, and enhance client value.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Lead the **architecture, implementation, and administration of Tableau** as the enterprise analytics and visualization platform.
- Design and maintain **Tableau Server/Cloud architecture**, including environment setup, clustering, scalability, and high availability.
- Administer Tableau environments**:manage user access, roles, authentication (AD/SSO), and licensing**.
- Develop, optimize, and maintain **Tableau dashboards, scorecards, and reports** that deliver actionable insights, following visualization best practices.
- Collaborate with business users to **translate requirements into interactive dashboards**, ensuring usability, performance, and alignment with KPIs.
- Lead the **conversion and migration of Salesforce CRM Analytics (CRMA) reports and dashboards into Tableau**, ensuring business continuity and improved visualization standards.
- rive the creation of **POCs and prototypes** to evaluate new Tableau features, visualization techniques, and integration with emerging data platforms.
- Optimize Tableau performance by conducting **system monitoring, capacity planning, tuning extracts, and query optimization**.
- Define and enforce **governance standards** for workbooks, dashboards, data sources, and certified datasets.
- Collaborate with BI developers and data engineers to **integrate Tableau with enterprise data sources** (Fabric, Synapse, Databricks, SQL Server, Snowflake, etc.).
- Partner with Data Governance teams to ensure **data lineage, metadata management, and quality** in Tableau-certified data sets.
- Develop and maintain **reusable templates, style guides, and governance frameworks** for dashboards and self-service analytics.
- Conduct **architectural reviews, upgrades, and platform migrations** (e.g., Tableau Server Tableau Cloud).
- Work closely with business stakeholders to ensure **analytics solutions align with business requirements and KPIs**.
- Provide training and onboarding for analysts, power users, and business teams to **foster self-service analytics adoption**.
- Implement **DevOps/DataOps best practices** for Tableau deployment, including version control, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.
- Create detailed **technical documentation** and promote collaboration across **data engineering, BI, and analytics teams**.

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in **Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related field**.
- 6+ years of progressive experience in **BI/analytics**, with at least 3+ years in **Tableau administration and architecture**.
- Proven experience designing and managing **enterprise-scale Tableau environments** (On-Prem, Online, or Cloud).
- Strong expertise in **building advanced Tableau dashboards, scorecards, and interactive visualizations** with complex calculations, parameters, and KPIs.
- Strong understanding of **data visualization best practices, governance, and user adoption strategies**.
- Proficiency with **SQL and integration with enterprise data sources** (Azure Synapse, Fabric, Databricks, SQL Server, Snowflake, etc.).
- Experience with **Tableau Server/Cloud administration**, including security, SSO/AD integration, licensing, and monitoring.
- Hands-on expertise in **performance tuning and optimization** of dashboards, extracts, and live connections.
- Working knowledge of **DevOps/DataOps practices** including Git-based workflows, automation, and CI/CD pipelines.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Experience with **migration from Tableau Server to Tableau Cloud** or hybrid deployments.
- Experience with **Salesforce CRM Analytics (CRMA / Einstein Analytics)**, including **converting/migrating CRMA reports and dashboards into Tableau**.
- Industry experience in **commercial real estate, financial services, or other data-rich environments**.
- Familiarity with **data governance and MDM solutions** (Profisee, Purview, Collibra, etc.) to align Tableau with governed data sources.
- Proficiency in **Python or scripting languages** for Tableau automation (TabCmd, Tableau REST API).
- Knowledge of **modern data architecture patterns** such as d