Analytics Consultant

Location: Charlotte, NC

Salary: $46.00 USD Hourly - $50.00 USD Hourly

Description:

Job Title

Analytics Consultant - Business Intelligence (Power BI)

Location

Charlotte, NC; Des Moines, IA; Dallas, TX (Hybrid: 3 days onsite / 2 days remote)

Employment Type

Contingent / Contract (12 months)

Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (flexible)

About The Role

In this contingent assignment, you will support and enhance enterprise analytics capabilities by consulting on moderately complex analytics initiatives and resolving performance, capacity, and connectivity challenges. You will collaborate with platform teams, database administrators, and business partners to deliver scalable, high-performing BI solutions, with a primary focus on Microsoft Power BI.

This role requires strong technical expertise, hands-on troubleshooting skills, and the ability to partner effectively with stakeholders to meet analytics deliverables.

Responsibilities

Analytics Consulting & Delivery

• Consult on and contribute to moderately complex analytics initiatives and large-scale planning for analytics deliverables.
• Review, analyze, and resolve analytics challenges requiring in-depth evaluation of variable technical factors.
• Apply a strong understanding of analytics functions, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements to deliver solutions.
  
  

Business Intelligence Support

• Manage and resolve enterprise BI support tickets through the CASE system, primarily focused on Microsoft Power BI.
• Diagnose and resolve issues related to:
• Power BI Gateway connectivity and architecture
• Report, dataset, and semantic model access
• Capacity constraints and high system utilization
• Report and query performance issues
• Data source and database connectivity
• Missing or misconfigured gateway drivers
• Platform-level availability and performance issues

Performance Optimization & Best Practices

• Analyze data models, semantic layers, and reporting structures to identify performance bottlenecks.
• Optimize data models, relationships, cardinality, and query paths for efficient performance.
• Provide best-practice guidance for scalable, performant, and reliable BI solutions.
  
  

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with teams across the organization to troubleshoot and resolve BI and analytics issues.
• Collaborate closely with:
• Power BI Platform teams
• Database Administrators (DBAs)
• Microsoft vendor support
• Act as a technical consultant by meeting directly with users to understand business and technical requirements, recommend solutions, and coordinate implementation efforts.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4 years of analytics experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, consulting, training, military service, or education.
• Hands-on experience supporting or developing analytics and business intelligence solutions.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications / Technical Skills

Required Experience

• Microsoft Power BI
• Performance Analyzer (visual- and query-level analysis)
• Capacity Metrics App (capacity usage analysis, spike and outage identification)
• Power Query (M)
• Identifying and writing performant M code
• Paginated Reports (SSRS)
• Optimizing report rendering time and understanding CU consumption
• Microsoft Fabric
• Working knowledge of Notebooks, Direct Lake, Data Pipelines, and capacity behavior
• On-Premises Data Gateways
• Architecture, usage requirements, and connectivity troubleshooting
• Data Modeling
• Designing and assessing efficient data models
• Improving relationships, cardinality, and query performance

Bonus Skills

• DAX Studio
• Advanced diagnostics to identify query inefficiencies
• Reviewing, refactoring, and optimizing complex DAX calculations

Work Environment

• Hybrid work model with a balance of onsite collaboration and remote flexibility.
• Fast-paced, enterprise analytics environment supporting mission-critical BI platforms.
  
  

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