Lead Data Consultant - Microsoft Fabric Analytics

About this role | Mō tēnei tūranga mahi

Theta is seeking an experienced Lead Analytics Engineer to join the Data and Insights Practice, based in our Auckland office. This is a priority hire within a team that values delivery excellence and a sustainable pace of work.

This role is centred on analytics outcomes: partnering with customers to turn business questions into trusted reporting, governed metrics, and high-quality semantic models. You’ll work directly with client stakeholders and take end-to-end ownership of delivery, working independently where appropriate, and collaborating with solution architects and delivery teams when scale, assurance, or project context requires it, with delivery centred on Microsoft Fabric and the Azure Data Platform.

The objective is consistent, reliable implementation that enables measurable business outcomes through well-modelled data, clear definitions of truth, and analytics products that teams actually adopt.

In practice, you will:

• Lead client discovery to define KPIs/metrics (“definitions of truth”) and reporting outcomes.
• Design the semantic model and analytics data model, then build the first iteration yourself in Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.
• Deliver pragmatic, fit-for-purpose solutions that teams adopt, and hand over with clear documentation and coaching.

Please note: A cover letter accompanying your application is requested

Skills and experience | Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako

Essential skills:

• 4+ years hands-on Power BI delivery, including semantic model design, complex DAX measure development, and performance optimisation (model + report).
• 4+ years client-facing consulting experience, leading discovery, facilitating stakeholder workshops, and translating ambiguous business questions into clear analytics scope and requirements.
• 4+ years analytics data modelling and SQL, including dimensional modelling/star schema design and strong SQL capability for profiling, transformation, and building analytics-ready datasets.
• 4+ years end-to-end analytics delivery ownership in a consulting (or equivalent client-delivery) environment, taking work from requirements through build, validation, release, and handover/adoption, and documentation.

Great to have:

• Microsoft Fabric depth beyond Power BI, e.g. Lakehouse/Warehouse, OneLake concepts, Delta tables, workspace/lakehouse organisation, Data Factory and/or dataflows, Fabric notebooks (PySpark where appropriate).
• Engineering-style delivery practices: Git-based development, CI/CD, automated testing (where appropriate), release management, monitoring/alerting, and environment management.
• Data governance and security-by-design experience, including metric governance (“definitions of truth”), data quality practices, and row-level security / access patterns.
• Production support and operational ownership, e.g. incident triage, root-cause analysis, performance troubleshooting, and improving reliability over time.
• Relevant Microsoft certifications (or active progress towards them), especially in Power BI/Fabric/Azure data disciplines.
• Mentoring / capability uplift, e.g. coaching analysts/engineers, establishing standards, peer review, and reusable delivery templates/assets.
• Experience with AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot or similar) used responsibly to accelerate delivery and improve consistency.

About You
You bring analytics engineering depth and genuine comfort working directly with customers. You can run discovery, translate ambiguity into clear scope, and deliver trusted reporting and semantic models that stakeholders understand and adopt.

You care about high standards, maintainability, reliability, and clarity. Balanced with delivery timelines and commercial realities. You’re collaborative, give and receive constructive feedback well, and enjoy mentoring others.

Applications are welcomed from experienced Analytics Engineers who want meaningful client interaction, ownership of outcomes, and the opportunity to shape how a growing practice delivers.

About us | Mō mātou

We have 31 years of experience as a New Zealand-owned technology consultancy. We take pride in our multicultural and diverse team of circa 280 skilled professionals. Our offices are in Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, and Christchurch.

Working with clients in both the public and private sectors, we strive to deliver innovative solutions and enable smarter outcomes. Our company attracts some of the brightest minds in the industry, as we foster a culture of excellence and continuous learning.

Theta values are at the heart of everything we do:

• Our people are our greatest asset
• We conduct business ethically
• Invention, imagination and creativity are the foundation for growth
• We work with positive energy, enjoyment, humour and work/life balance
• Excellence is our passion, and we deliver what we promise - or more!
• We strive to take a pragmatic approach to all our activities
• We value and appreciate our natural environment and seek to play our part to maintain it

Benefits of working at Theta | Ngā hua ka puta i te mahi ki Theta 

Theta offers a family friendly work environment with flexible work hours where practical; especially relevant for caregivers. We embrace gender equality and are committed to providing a supportive, diverse and inclusive work environment. 

Theta is committed to giving back to the community and are avid supporters of Cure Kids. We compete in various adventure races and do many other things to raise money for Cure Kids. And we make time for the fun things in life! 

We currently provide the following benefits to ensure your professional development and personal wellbeing: 

• Professional growth and learning opportunities 
• A competitive salary (commensurate with experience) 
• Hybrid working model – from a minimum of 2 days in the office
• Fully subsidised medical insurance for employees 
• Heavily discounted medical insurance for immediate family of employees 
• Enhanced parental leave payment – salary top-ups plus return-to-work incentive 
• Volunteer days 
• Internal Referral Incentive 
• Staff Assistance Programme 
• Annual Flu injections 
• Sick leave from your first day on board 
• Remote working options where practical and mutually agreed 
• Daily fresh fruit basket, coffee machine, wide selection of teas and biscuits in all of our offices. 
• We are also an accredited employer with INZ 

Please note, all potential employees will be required to consent to a Ministry of Justice and credit check.

We are only accepting applications from those already residing in NZ with the relevant visas.  

Apply now | Tono ināianei 

Ready to take your career to the next level? We would love to hear from you!