Head of Data Platform – Azure, Fabric, Power BI

Candidate Description

Specialising in Azure cloud data platforms and enterprise analytics, this professional brings over 20 years of experience delivering data strategy, business intelligence and engineering solutions at a Professional Services Firm. Their current contract position is Head of Data Platform — Azure, Fabric, Power BI. Their leadership experience includes serving as Senior Manager and Data Hub & Data Analytics Portfolio Lead, overseeing 14 data engineering and analytics professionals. They combine enterprise architecture expertise with a strong grounding in data governance, data quality, master data management and secure reporting. Core capabilities span Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Lake Storage and Power BI. Their experience bridges professional services operations, financial management reporting and integrations with enterprise business applications.

Turning complex data estates into governed analytics services, they have architected data warehouses, ETL pipelines, semantic models and self-service reporting solutions. Their technical toolkit includes SQL Server, SSIS, multidimensional and Tabular SSAS, advanced SQL, PySpark, Spark SQL, Apache Spark, Azure Databricks, MDX and DAX, alongside Alteryx, SnapLogic and Tableau. At a Professional Services Firm, they managed the transition from Tableau to Power BI, saving $1 million annually, and consolidated dashboards to reduce annual support and maintenance costs by approximately $200,000. They also oversaw the migration of 40 Alteryx workflows to Azure Data Factory, reducing annual infrastructure and support costs by approximately $50,000. Their broader delivery record includes deploying warehouse and analytics solutions across more than 80 territories of a Professional Services Firm and producing over 200 custom datasets within one month for the Advisory Firm transition from a Professional Services Firm. They apply agile delivery practices, dynamic row-level security and structured governance to connect technical implementation with business priorities.

Their leadership combines platform ownership, practical engineering depth and sustained investment in team development. As Product Owner for a Professional Services Firm's Global Data Platform initiative, they promoted adoption and aligned stakeholders around shared data capabilities. They have managed regional engineering teams, supported APAC Digital Lab expansion and trained two graduate engineers into full-stack Microsoft analytics developers. Collaboration with executives, global technology teams, business stakeholders and vendors has enabled them to translate operational needs into maintainable solutions. Their postgraduate education in information science and electronic engineering is complemented by Microsoft technical certifications, ITIL foundation training and continued development in Microsoft Fabric. Immediately available and an Australian citizen based in Sydney, they offer a combination of strategic data leadership, hands-on architecture and demonstrated operational savings.