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Niteesha Balla

@niteeshaballa

Senior Analytics Engineer at Government of Alberta who unified divisional data in a golden semantic model and modernized reporting with Microsoft Fabric.

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At Government of Alberta, I architected a Lean Data Warehouse strategy that brought divisional data into a unified golden semantic model, reducing duplication across reports. I also developed PySpark notebooks in Microsoft Fabric to land external government data in OneLake.

I demonstrated sub-second query performance with a Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse and Direct Lake proof of concept across multi-million-row enterprise tables. I also established BI DevOps standards using Power BI Developer Mode, GitHub source control, and Fabric Deployment Pipelines.

At BMO (Bank of Montreal), I consolidated operational telemetry from GitHub, Jira, Dynatrace, and Ansible into an analytics platform for executive dashboards. Python REST API scripts reduced manual data collection efforts by 80%.

At Manulife, I migrated 80+ legacy contact center reports into a consolidated Power BI ecosystem, eliminating a two-day reporting lag. Earlier, at Infosys (Client: Microsoft), I engineered a Power Apps and Azure SQL application that replaced manual paper and spreadsheet tracking.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Data Analytics Consultant

Government of Alberta

Mar 2026 - Oct 2026 (7 months)

Architected a Lean Data Warehouse strategy and unified golden semantic model to establish a single source of truth. Developed PySpark notebooks in Microsoft Fabric and executed a Direct Lake POC for sub-second query performance.

Microsoft Fabric PySpark Power BI DAX DirectLake Medallion Architecture GitHub Azure DevOps Fabric Pipelines Row level security Entra ID Python Power BI Desktop Agile Jira

Power BI Consultant

BMO (Bank of Montreal)

May 2025 - Feb 2026 (9 months)

Architected an enterprise DevOps & SRE Analytics Platform consolidating telemetry from GitHub, Jira, Dynatrace, and Ansible. Engineered Python REST API extractions and Power Automate flows to automate data refreshes and alerting.

Power BI DAX Python REST APIs Power Automate SharePoint Incremental Refresh Row level security GitHub Jira Dynatrace Ansible Generative AI ChatGpt Claude

Senior Analytics Engineer

Manulife

Aug 2023 - Apr 2025 (1 year 8 months)

Modernized enterprise reporting architecture by migrating 80+ legacy contact center reports into a consolidated Power BI ecosystem. Architected central semantic models on Azure Databricks Delta Lake and implemented RLS/OLS for governance.

Power BI DAX Calculation Groups Star Schemas Azure Databricks Delta Lake Power Query Row level security Object Level Security Deployment pipelines Incremental Refresh Query Folding

Analytics Engineer (Technology Analyst)

Infosys

Jul 2018 - Mar 2022 (3 years 8 months)

Engineered an enterprise digitizing application using Power Apps and Azure SQL Database, earning the Quarterly Microsoft MVP Award. Developed Power BI dashboards and automated workflows with Power Automate.