Power BI - Lead Consultant
sabenzait · Posted Nov 10, 2026
- Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Lead-level Power BI specialist designing and delivering semantic models and reports with focus on performance and cost optimisation.
Responsibilities
- Design, build and maintain Power BI semantic models and reports to a high technical standard
- Develop robust data models in Power BI using DAX and Power Query (M)
- Optimise model and report performance through aggregations, incremental refresh, composite models, query folding, relationship design and storage-mode choices
- Optimise Power BI or Fabric capacity usage and cost
- Connect Power BI to Databricks as a data source
Requirements
- A degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Nice to have: Microsoft certification PL-300
- Nice to have: Fabric equivalent
- Nice to have: Databricks certification