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# Senior Power BI Engineer at Orion Innovation

- **Company:** Orion Innovation
- **Location:** Belgrade, Serbia
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-29
- **Apply:** https://www.orioninc.com/careers/job/?gh_jid=4725154006

## Job description

Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm.  Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity.  We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.

Senior Power BI Engineer

## About the Project

We are looking for an experienced Senior Data / BI Engineers to support a project focused on reviewing, optimizing, and modernizing an existing Business Intelligence (BI) stack. The current environment includes PostgreSQL, AWS Glue, Amazon Redshift, and Power BI. The goal is to improve data freshness, optimize performance and costs, and enable finance and executive teams to access reliable, consistent data through flexible, self-service reporting.

This is a hands-on engagement that combines technical assessment, solution evaluation, implementation, and knowledge transfer to the internal team.

## Key Responsibilities

- Review the existing BI architecture, including data ingestion pipelines, warehouse structures, queries, and Power BI reports, identifying opportunities to improve performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
- Evaluate the current technology stack and assess alternative solutions for data warehousing, ingestion, change data capture (CDC), transformation, and BI reporting.
- Conduct hands-on proofs of concept to compare shortlisted solutions and provide recommendations based on cost, performance, implementation effort, and migration risk.
- Optimize AWS Glue jobs and implement near-real-time data replication from PostgreSQL to Amazon Redshift while minimizing the impact on production systems.
- Review and optimize Redshift schemas, data models, distribution and sort keys, workload management, and query performance.
- Develop and optimize data marts for core business areas.
- Review the existing Power BI reporting environment, identifying dashboards and datasets to retain, consolidate, or retire.
- Build a certified Power BI semantic model with consistent definitions for core business metrics, including revenue, subscribers, and cost.
- Rebuild executive dashboards using the certified model, enabling business stakeholders to explore data across dimensions such as region, product, channel, and time period.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and data quality checks to improve pipeline reliability and visibility into data freshness.
- Document the architecture, data models, and operational procedures, and support knowledge transfer to the internal team.

## Requirements

- 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering or BI Engineering, including at least two end-to-end BI stack reviews or rebuilds.
- Strong hands-on experience with Amazon Redshift at scale, including data modeling, distribution and sort keys, workload management, query optimization, and cost reduction.
- Solid understanding of PostgreSQL internals relevant to replication, including logical replication, WAL, replication slots, and the impact of replication on production workloads.
- Production experience with AWS Glue (PySpark) and at least one change data capture (CDC) approach, such as AWS DMS, zero-ETL integration, or Debezium.
- Strong Power BI experience, including semantic models, DAX, star schemas, refresh modes, row-level security, and managing large reporting environments.
- Experience working with multiple data warehouse and BI platforms, with the ability to evaluate alternatives and recommend the right solution based on business and technical requirements.
- Strong SQL and Python skills.
- Experience delivering measurable improvements in data freshness, query performance, infrastructure costs, or reporting capabilities.
- Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to explain technical trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Availability for an overlap with US Pacific Time.Nice to Have
- Experience with dbt or similar data transformation and testing frameworks.
- Experience with Terraform or equivalent infrastructure-as-code tools.
- Familiarity with data quality tools such as Great Expectations, Soda, or AWS Glue Data Quality.
- AWS Data Engineer – Associate, Microsoft PL-300, DP-600, or equivalent certifications.
- Experience in subscription-based businesses or consumer-device industries, particularly with subscriber and churn metrics.

What we offer:

- Dynamic and supporting international teams
- Regular assessments and performance reviews. You will have the opportunity for promotion, bonuses and a raise in accordance with the pace at which you develop and your performances.
- Remote, hybrid or office work
- Flexible day schedule
- 4 days sick leave (100% paid)
- 20-25 vacation days per year
- Equipment for work, laptop and all necessary additions
- Access to trainings and courses
- Private health insurance
- FIT Pass card for many sports’ facilities

Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Orion Systems Integrators, LLC and its subsidiaries and its affiliates (collectively, “Orion,” “we” or “us”) are committed to protecting your privacy. This https://www.orioninc.com/candidate-data-privacy-policy/ (“Notice”) explains:

- What information we collect during our application and recruitment process and why we collect it;
- How we handle that information; and
- How to access and update that information.

Your use of Orion services is governed by any applicable terms in this notice and our general [Privacy Policy](https://www.orioninc.com/privacy-policy/).

## About Orion Innovation

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Orion Innovation is a global software engineering and data company that helps enterprises modernize technology, reimagine customer experiences, and accelerate growth through Data, AI, Cloud, and Experience Design.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by One Equity Partners in 2018)
- **Headquarters**: Iselin, New Jersey, United States
- **Founded**: 1993
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Industries**: IT Services and IT Consulting, with deep vertical expertise in Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI), Healthcare & Life Sciences, Telecom, Media & Technology, Sports & Entertainment, and Professional Services.
- **Target Customers**: Large enterprises and mid-market organizations (B2B) across regulated industries seeking digital transformation.
- **Mission/Purpose**: To help clients solve complex challenges, drive transformation, and move confidently toward what’s next. Their purpose is to build what matters, using Data, AI, and Cloud to turn technology into tangible business impact.

## Products & Services
Orion delivers services rather than a single product, organized into core capabilities:

- **Engineering**: Cloud-native development, AI/ML, mobile development, and quality engineering to accelerate time to market.
- **Data & Analytics**: Data strategy, engineering, migration, analytics, and modern data platforms.
- **AI**: Enterprise AI adoption advisory, responsible AI, generative AI development, and agentic systems.
- **Cloud**: Cloud and VMware migration, legacy modernization, cloud security, managed services, and DevSecOps (hybrid and multi-cloud).
- **Experience Design**: Human-centered design, UX/UI prototyping, journey management, and martech.
- **Cybersecurity**: Adaptive cybersecurity, AI security, cyber defense operations, and GRC.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (private company, owned by One Equity Partners).
- **Key Metric (Revenue)**: Annual revenue of **$1.3 billion** (2025 data from LinkedIn).
- **Key Metric (Headcount)**: **6,000+ global associates** (as per company website; LinkedIn reports 3,122 with +8.0% YoY growth).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: **One Equity Partners** (majority owner); partner ecosystem includes hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and leading data, cloud, and cybersecurity technology partners.
- **Growth Signals**:
    - 30+ years in business with **20+ years average tenure** of top 10 clients (indicating high retention).
    - **12 major global delivery centers** in the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe (incl. Serbia, Romania), and India/APAC.
    - Active M&A history: acquired Banktech Software Services (2023), NetRD (2021), MERA (2019), Behavior (2019), Cabeus (2019).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep Domain Expertise**: Unlike generalist IT shops, Orion has 30+ years of specialized experience in highly regulated industries (BFSI, Healthcare, Telecom).
- **Full-Stack Digital Transformation**: Uniquely combines Data, AI, Cloud, Engineering, Design, and Cybersecurity under one roof, acting as a true end-to-end partner.
- **Global Delivery Model**: Operates nearshore and offshore centers (12+ major delivery locations) enabling 24x7 support and cost efficiency.
- **High Client Stickiness**: Average tenure of top 10 clients is **20+ years**, a strong signal of trust and delivery quality.
- **Hyperscaler Partnerships**: Co-innovates with the three major cloud providers, acting as a trusted advisor.

## Strategic Focus
- **Becoming a Data and AI Powerhouse**: The company is explicitly evolving into a global "Data and AI" leader, investing heavily in AI/ML, generative AI, and agentic systems.
- **Enterprise AI Adoption**: Focus on moving clients from pilot to production scale with responsible and secure AI.
- **Geographic Expansion**: Continued investment in their global delivery network across North America, Europe, and India/APAC.
- **Industry Specialization**: Deepening vertical expertise in existing high-value sectors (BFSI, Healthcare, Telecom).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Growth**: Described as a place where "curiosity drives progress" with a "Growth Mindset" value. Employees report high exposure to cutting-edge Data, AI, and next-gen engineering [orioninnovation.com](https://www.orioninnovation.com/careers/life-at-orion/).
- **Learning & Development**: Strong emphasis on upskilling through the **Orion Academy** and hands-on global project work. Leaders are said to invest in employee progress [orioninnovation.com](https://www.orioninnovation.com/careers/life-at-orion/).
- **Work Model**: **Hybrid** work model designed for "connection, flexibility, and high-performance teams" [orioninnovation.com](https://www.orioninnovation.com/careers/life-at-orion/). They blend flexibility with intentional collaboration.
- **Global & Diverse**: A team of 6,000+ across 20+ nationalities. Inclusion is a stated priority, with cultural celebrations and an environment encouraging authenticity.
- **Impact & Stability**: The company boasts high client retention (20+ year average) and works on mission-critical systems for large enterprises, offering a mix of project stability and challenging work.
- **Perks & Recognition**: Awarded the **Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation**, indicating a focus on employee well-being and health benefits [orioninnovation.com](https://www.orioninnovation.com/careers/life-at-orion/).

## Sources
1. [Orion Innovation - Homepage](https://www.orioninnovation.com/)
2. [Orion Innovation - About Us](https://www.orioninnovation.com/about/who-we-are/)
3. [Orion Innovation - Life at Orion](https://www.orioninnovation.com/careers/life-at-orion/)
4. [Orion Innovation - Careers](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/orioninnovation)
5. [Orion Innovation - LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/orioninnovation)

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