Senior Software Engineer

Data Engineering & Platform 

Role: Tableau Admin cum Engineer
 
Role Summary 
We are seeking a Senior Tableau Administrator / Engineer to manage and enhance our enterprise analytics environment. This role combines Tableau Cloud administration, analytics engineering, Snowflake integration, and the adoption of Tableau Pulse and agentic AI capabilities. 
 
The ideal candidate will deliver a secure, reliable, and scalable analytics platform while enabling business teams to access trusted insights through dashboards, self-service analytics, and AI-assisted experiences. 
 
Key Responsibilities 
 Tableau Cloud Administration 
 * Administer Tableau Cloud sites, projects, users, groups, permissions, and content. 
* Implement role-based access, single sign-on, provisioning, and data security controls in partnership with security and identity teams. 
* Monitor platform usage, refresh schedules, failed jobs, performance, and license utilization. 
* Configure and support Tableau Bridge where required for private network connectivity. 
* Establish standards for content publishing, certification, ownership, archival, and environment promotion. 
* Lead incident troubleshooting, root cause analysis, operational documentation, and production support. 
 
Tableau Engineering and Snowflake Integration 
 * Develop and optimize Tableau dashboards, published data sources, calculations, and reusable analytics assets. 
* Integrate Tableau Cloud with Snowflake using secure authentication and appropriate access controls. 
* Optimize live connections, extracts, SQL queries, and data models to improve performance and manage Snowflake consumption. 
* Partner with data engineers to deliver trusted datasets, consistent business definitions, and governed reporting. 
* Automate administration, monitoring, and deployment activities using Tableau APIs, Python, and scripting. 
 
Tableau Pulse and AI-Enabled Analytics 
 * Configure and manage Tableau Pulse metric definitions, business metrics, and user adoption. 
* Collaborate with business stakeholders to establish consistent KPIs and validate metric accuracy. 
* Design and implement agentic AI use cases for analytics discovery, operational support, and workflow automation. 
* Integrate approved AI services with analytics and data platforms using APIs and controlled workflows. 
* Apply appropriate access controls, human approval steps, audit logging, and evaluation methods to AI-enabled solutions. 
* Evaluate new capabilities through proofs of concept and develop production implementation recommendations. 
 
Governance and Collaboration 
 * Establish platform standards, support procedures, operational metrics, and service expectations. 
* Partner with data engineering, reporting, architecture, security, privacy, and business teams. 
* Support change management, release planning, access reviews, and audit requirements. 
* Mentor developers and support teams on Tableau administration, performance, and engineering practices. 
 
Required Qualifications 
 * Minimum 8 years of overall IT experience, including 5 years of hands-on Tableau experience across administration, development, and production support. 
* Demonstrated experience administering Tableau Cloud in an enterprise environment. 
* Strong experience integrating Tableau with Snowflake, including SQL development, query optimization, and access management. 
* Hands-on experience configuring or implementing Tableau Pulse. 
* Practical experience developing agentic AI or AI-enabled automation solutions, including API integration, tool execution, and workflow orchestration. 
* Proficiency in Tableau Desktop, dashboard performance tuning, published data sources, extracts, and live connections. 
* Experience with authentication, authorization, row-level security, and enterprise data governance. 
* Proficiency in SQL and Python, with experience using REST APIs and automation scripts.