Data Analyst Ii Jobs

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers to levels they cannot achieve anywhere else. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking a cloud-enabled world.
Microsoft’s Intelligence Platform engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like Power BI, Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Explorer. We will bring the world’s data to the Microsoft Cloud, power a new class of data first applications, and empower everyone on the planet to make better decisions with data.  
We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our ideas are better, our products are better, and our customers are better served.
Power BI is quite possibly one of Microsoft’s most exciting services. Frequently in the news, rapidly growing its user base, and making waves across the industry. The Administration & Governance team delivers scalable and data driven products and features that are core for Power BI. This work is designed to ensure that customers experience exceptionally fast service interactions and can efficiently manage Power BI for their organization.
We rely on numerous Azure technologies like Azure Data Explorer (Kusto), Azure Data Lake, API Management, blob storage, Service Fabric, SQL Azure, REDIS cache, Service Bus, Document DB, containers, etc. We are building and expanding a world-class service that combines big data, mission critical services, and real-time insights. This combination makes the area among the most cutting-edge across the entire industry!
Would you like to join a growing team focused on building world class, out of the box analytics for Power BI Administration? Does the challenge of an analytics role heavily focused on performance at scale appeal to you? We're looking for a Data Analyst II who has experience building enterprise grade analytics solutions who can drive delivery of insights to millions of Power BI Admins and Users.
As a Data Analyst II on the Power BI Admin and Governance Team you will demonstrate proper dimensional modeling techniques, expertise in DAX and Power Query M and exceptional data storytelling as you build customer facing admin tools.
If your ready to join a fast paced, process oriented team that has direct impact to an important segment of the Power BI customer base, we want to hear from you!
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities
You will be working with Data Cloud Administration & Governance Team to manage various reports that are consumed by Power BI to gain insights into report performance and usage patterns, analyze audit events and monitor capacity resource utilization. You will play a key role in ensuring that these reports are industry-leading and provide insights for tenant administrators and content owners to understand how Power BI products are used within their organization.
Responsibilities Include
Data Analyst:

• Demonstrates knowledge of the tradeoff between analytical requirements and compute/storage consumption for data.
• Evaluates project plan to understand data costs, access, usage, use cases, and availability for scenarios related to product features.
• Assess feasibility of data needs and finds alternative options if requirements cannot be met.
• Partner with Product Managers to translate requirements into scalable and sustainable Features.
• Applies product knowledge to validate that the correct data is ingested and that the data is modeled and shaped correctly.
• Demonstrates an understanding of costs associated with data that are used to assess the total cost of ownership.
• Through the analysis of relevant data sources, develop insights to aid Power BI Service Administrators.
• Partner with Data Engineering teams to ensure data quality and completeness from upstream sources.

Governance

• Governs accessibility of data within assigned data pipelines and/or data model(s).
• Follows data modeling and data handling procedures to maintain compliance with applicable laws and policies across assigned workstreams

Support

• Own, develop, and drive insights from performance data for product engineers
• Own and develop the data models and reports for external facing customers.
• Contributes to troubleshooting guides (TSGs) and operating procedures for reviewing, addressing, and/or fixing problems/anomalies.
• Perform root cause analysis in response to detected problems/anomalies to identify the reason for alerts and implement solutions that minimize points of failure.
• Manage monitoring and alerting based on performance data
• Provide data-based insights into the health of data products owned by the team according to service level agreements (SLAs) across assigned features.

Other

• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications
Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field AND 2+ year(s) experience in business analytics, data science, software development, or data engineering work
• 2+ years of proficiency with industry standard data warehousing principles
• 2+ years of experience in analyzing large volumes of data, extracting insights, processing large data sets, and building visualizations using reporting tools such as Power BI
• OR equivalent experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling or data engineering work

Background Check Requirements
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years of business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling or data engineering work experience
• Basic understanding of statistics and machine learning
• Previous experience working with enterprise-scale cloud services and/or applications
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science , Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling or data engineering work
• Experience with performance tuning and optimization of large scale data platforms
• Demonstrated ability to work in ambiguous situations and across organizational boundaries
• OR equivalent experience
• Ability to influence diverse audiences and build strong partnerships with stakeholders
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, particularly the ability to synthesize complex issues/scenarios into easy-to-understand concepts
• Experience with Power BI Tenant/Capacity/Workspace Administration
• Action-oriented, self-motivated, agile, attending to detail and driven to think out-of-the-box

Data Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,300 - $182,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $120,900 - $198,600 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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