Performance Information Technical Lead – Power BI / Microsoft Fabric
Client: EDF
Location: Bristol (Hybrid – on-site days TBC)
Contract: Until 31/12/2026
Rate: £500–£579 per day (Inside IR35)
Security Clearance: BPSS required
Overview
EDF is seeking a Performance Information Technical Lead to own the governance, architecture, and operational model of its Power BI and Microsoft Fabric estate within the HPC programme.
This is a senior technical leadership role responsible for transitioning a growing, business-led reporting environment into a secure, enterprise-governed analytics platform aligned to Information Design Authority (IDA), security, and regulatory standards.
You will act as the technical authority for the tenant, defining governance frameworks, lifecycle processes, and platform standards while optimising licensing, capacity, and operational resilience.
Key Responsibilities
Governance Framework
Design and implement the enterprise Power BI governance model, including:
Workspace strategy and segmentation
RBAC and security group model
Dev/Test/Prod lifecycle and deployment pipelines
Certification and endorsement standards
Naming, metadata, and documentation standards
Data source approval and security controls
Tenant-level governance settings
Align governance with IDA, security, data protection, and audit requirements
Produce clear, accessible governance documentation for business stakeholders
Platform Administration & Technical Oversight
Act as technical authority for the Power BI / Fabric tenant
Define and oversee:
Workspace provisioning and ownership model
Capacity management and optimisation
Monitoring, audit logging, and usage analytics
Gateway architecture and connectivity controls
Service principals and credential management
Standardise use of enterprise tooling (e.g. DAX Studio, Tabular Editor, ALM Toolkit)
Rationalise and optimise the existing estate to improve resilience, performance, and cost efficiency
Operating Model & Lifecycle Management
Define RACI across business owners, data owners, developers, Enterprise IT, and Information Management
Establish lifecycle processes for onboarding, change control, certification, and decommissioning
Define support tiers and service boundaries for analytics artefacts
Commercial & Licensing Optimisation
Review and optimise Pro, PPU, and Fabric capacity licensing models
Align platform capacity with organisational demand
Deliver transparent reporting on usage and cost drivers
Support financially sustainable scaling of analytics capability
Stakeholder Engagement
Partner with Enterprise IT on platform configuration and access controls
Engage business stakeholders to embed governance standards and clarify responsibilities
Present recommendations to architecture and IDA governance forums
Act as a trusted advisor on enterprise analytics platform strategy
Essential Technical Experience
Extensive tenant-level administration of Power BI
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Fabric architecture
Experience managing Premium and/or Fabric capacities
Advanced DAX and enterprise semantic modelling (star schema)
Performance tuning and optimisation of semantic models
Advanced Power Query diagnostics and optimisation
SQL optimisation for analytics workloads
Working knowledge of Python in analytics contexts (e.g. Fabric notebooks, Databricks)
Strong understanding of:
Entra ID / Azure AD security groups
RBAC models
Deployment pipelines
Power BI REST APIs and automation
Data gateway architecture
Audit logging and monitoring
Proven experience designing enterprise analytics governance frameworks
Governance & Platform Maturity
Experience implementing or maturing analytics governance in a federated environment
Experience operating within structured architecture governance (e.g. IDA)
Track record of improving ownership, accountability, and lifecycle management for data platforms
Commercial & Strategic
Experience optimising licensing and capacity models
Ability to align technical controls with commercial efficiency
Experience producing platform roadmaps or business cases
Qualifications
Essential:
Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (or equivalent advanced Power BI certification)
Degree (or equivalent experience) in Data, Engineering, Computer Science, or similar
Desirable:
PL-300 (Power BI Data Analyst)
Azure Administrator and/or Security certifications
Experience in regulated or safety-critical environments
Experience delivering enterprise-scale analytics transformation
Personal Profile
Self-starter with strong personal accountability
Structured, methodical, and pragmatic
Comfortable operating in complex, federated organisations
Strong communicator able to produce policy and technical guidance
Confident influencing senior stakeholders and technical teams
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