IT Systems Engineer - Fabric & Power Platform - Ralliant

Ralliant is seeking a Microsoft 365 Power Platform Engineer to design and deliver analytics solutions with a strong focus on Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and AI-enabled analytics strategy. This role will play a key part in enabling AI-ready data foundations, supporting Copilot experiences, and operationalizing analytics and insights across the organization in a secure, governed, and scalable manner. The ideal candidate combines strong BI engineering skills with an understanding of how AI capabilities (Copilot, semantic models, data quality, and governance) depend on well-designed data platforms. You will partner with business stakeholders, security, and platform teams to ensure data products are optimized not only for reporting, but also for AI-driven insights and automation.

Key Responsibilities

Microsoft Fabric & Data Platform Engineering • Design and implement end-to-end Microsoft Fabric solutions leveraging Lakehouse/Warehouse, Data Pipelines, Dataflows Gen2, and Fabric capacities. • Build scalable data ingestion, transformation, and modeling pipelines that support analytics, self-service BI, and downstream AI use cases. • Implement standardized medallion-style data architectures (e.g., bronze/silver/gold) with strong data quality, lineage, and observability. • Optimize Fabric workloads for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency, including capacity utilization and refresh strategies. • Develop enterprise-grade Power BI semantic models designed for reuse, performance, and AI-readiness. • Create and maintain Power BI reports and dashboards with a strong focus on usability, performance, and accessibility. • Apply advanced DAX and Power Query (M) techniques to optimize large models and complex datasets. • Implement and manage Power BI deployment pipelines, workspace strategies, and lifecycle management (dev/test/prod). AI Strategy Enablement • Design AI-ready data models and semantic layers that support Microsoft Copilot, natural language querying, and generative AI experiences. • Partner with architecture and AI teams to align Fabric and Power BI assets with the organization’s broader AI and Copilot strategy. • Ensure datasets are curated, documented, and governed to support trusted AI outputs (certified datasets, promoted models, consistent definitions). • Identify opportunities to embed AI-driven insights into Power BI, Power Apps, and Microsoft 365 workflows. • Contribute to enterprise standards for responsible AI enablement, including data quality, security boundaries, and explainability. Power Platform & M365 Integration • Build supporting Power Apps and Power Automate flows that extend analytics insights into operational workflows. • Integrate solutions with Microsoft 365 services (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook) for collaboration, distribution, and automation. Governance, Security & Operations • Implement and maintain data security, access controls, and governance policies, including RLS, sensit