Lead BI Engineer

About Us Acora are a progressive full-stack full-service business technology services partner, built for the AI era. Combining the capabilities of a Managed Service Provider (MSP), Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), IT Consulting, Professional Services and Development company, Acora helps customers achieve breakthrough results - often quicker and at lower risk than they thought possible.

We believe in a better working world, where our customers are confident to fully embrace the AI opportunity and generate economic impact. Our Values Be the best you can be We do what we say Together we win Description Lead BI Engineer responsible for cross-project platform architecture, governance and technical oversight.

Operates as a senior technical authority across BI platform engineering, ensuring scalability, security, cost-efficiency and reliability. Drives consistency, reusable patterns and best-practice engineering across multiple teams and engagements.

Key Responsibilities Lead the design of complex BI platform architecture, including capacity strategy, environment topology, security model and CI/CD approach Own cross-project platform governance, ensuring consistency of security, capacity and deployment standards across teams Influence platform and infrastructure decisions across BI, Data Engineering and Architecture teams Operate across multiple projects, providing senior platform oversight and acting as an escalation point for complex capacity, security or reliability issues Define reusable platform engineering patterns (infrastructure-as-code, deployment pipelines, monitoring frameworks) Identify and resolve cross-workstream platform risks, dependencies and cost inefficiencies Shape delivery approaches in partnership with BI Developers, BI Analysts, Data Engineers and Architects Support stakeholder alignment across business and technical teams on platform capability, capacity and security decisions Mentor and guide BI Engineers across teams, improving platform engineering quality and capability Key Skills Deep expertise designing and operating large-scale BI/analytics platforms (Fabric, Power BI, Databricks, Synapse) Strong knowledge of capacity planning, cost optimisation and scaling strategies Expert understanding of platform security, governance and compliance controls Proven experience with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD practices for BI environments Ability to diagnose and resolve complex platform engineering problems across systems and teams Strong communication and stakeholder-influence skills, able to guide senior decision-makers Leadership through influence, driving consistency and best practice across multiple teams Personal Specification Confident communicator able to represent Acora's platform standards in client environments Operates effectively across multiple projects and ambiguous environments Strong ownership mindset with high accountability Structured problem-solver with commercial awareness Demonstrates leadership through expertise rather than formal authority

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