Sushma Gaddi
Bengaluru
Summary
Power BI & Data Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing and delivering scalable Business Intelligence, Data Engineering, and Analytics solutions using Power BI, SQL, Azure, Microsoft Power Platform, and Power BI Report Builder. Expertise in data modeling, ETL development, DAX, Power Query, interactive dashboard creation, and Paginated Report development for enterprise reporting. Proven experience in building high-performance data models, automating reporting workflows, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and performing SQL-based data validation to ensure data accuracy and reliability. Skilled at optimizing data pipelines, enhancing report performance, and delivering actionable insights that enable data-driven decision-making. Strong collaborator with cross-functional teams, consistently delivering scalable, secure, and business-focused analytics solutions.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Power BI Developer
Tata Consultancy Service
Bengaluru
05.2021 - Current
- Designed and developed interactive Power BI dashboards with 8+ business KPIs, enabling executive-level operational monitoring and data-driven decision-making.
- Built enterprise-scale semantic models, Live Datasets, and Dataflows to support near real-time analytics and centralized reporting across multiple business functions.
- Developed Power BI Report Builder (Paginated Reports) for pixel-perfect operational and regulatory reporting with automated scheduling and distribution.
- Implemented Row-Level Security (RLS) to enforce secure, role-based data access for business users across departments.
- Optimized report and dataset performance through Incremental Refresh, query optimization, model tuning, and scheduled refresh strategies, significantly improving report responsiveness.
- Developed advanced DAX calculations, KPIs, and reusable measures to support complex business logic and analytical reporting.
- Automated reporting processes using Power Automate, enabling scheduled report generation, email notifications, and workflow automation, reducing manual effort.
- Built Power Apps solutions that allowed users to trigger report generation, approval workflows, and automated email distribution through intuitive interfaces.
- Designed and implemented Parent-Child Power Automate flows to orchestrate complex business processes and improve operational efficiency.
- Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps to automate Power BI report deployment across Development, UAT, and Production environments.
- Leveraged Azure services for scalable data integration, reporting, and analytics solutions supporting enterprise BI initiatives.
- Performed SQL-based data validation using SQL Server and Jupyter Notebook to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and reporting reliability.
- Collaborated with business stakeholders, product owners, and cross-functional teams to gather requirements, translate business needs into technical solutions, and deliver high-impact analytics.
- Conducted unit testing, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and production support, ensuring stable, high-quality reporting solutions with minimal downtime.
Skills
- Data analytics and BI: Power BI, data modeling, DAX, dashboard development, performance optimization
- Programming and databases: SQL, Python, shell scripting
- Power Platform: Power Automate, Power Apps, SharePoint integration
- Cloud and DevOps: Azure, Azure SQL Database, Azure Storage, Azure Key Vault, Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Git
- Tools: Power BI Desktop, Jupyter Notebook, Visual Studio Code, Microsoft Lists
Education Summary
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Tontadarya College of Engineering, VTU Belagavi.
Timeline
Power BI Developer
Tata Consultancy Service
05.2021 - Current