Job Summary
Reporting to our Director, Customer Data and Identity Engineering, we are looking for a Senior BI and Data Architect with strong end-to-end data stack skills to design, build, and maintain the analytical data platform that powers reporting and decision-making across the business.
Beyond traditional BI, this role will enable self-service, AI-powered conversational analytics— building the governed, well-documented semantic layer that lets business users ask questions in natural language and get trustworthy, consistent answers.
This is a hybrid position based in our Woodland Hills, CA office. You will be required to adhere to our hybrid work policy, working from our office Monday and Thursday plus one additional weekday on a weekly basis.
Job Responsibilities:
- End-to-end BI & data architecture and implementation
Own BI solutions across the full data stack: data ingestion and transformation (Synapse, Databricks), analytical data models, and Power BI semantic models and reports.
Design and maintain analytical data models (star/snowflake) optimized for reporting, performance, and natural-language querying — using clean, business-friendly naming and well-defined keys and relationships.
Develop advanced DAX measures, including time intelligence, trend and variance analysis, and booking curves and demand patterns relevant to the hospitality industry.
Design, build, and curate Databricks Genie for key business domains (e.g., bookings & demand, revenue management, operations) — selecting certified tables and metric views and authoring clear instructions, example SQL, and verified answers so business users receive trustworthy responses.
Work closely with business stakeholders (commercial, revenue, operations, leadership) to understand requirements, challenge assumptions, and translate needs into scalable BI and self-service analytics solutions.
Establish and enforce Unity Catalog metadata standards (table/column descriptions, tags, ownership, certification, lineage) and ensure Genie respects Unity Catalog permissions, row-level security, and column masking.
SQL – Expert: Able to design, optimize, and troubleshoot complex analytical queries; deep understanding of joins, CTEs, window functions, aggregations, and performance tuning; comfortable validating AI-generated SQL.
Python – Advanced: Experience building production-grade data transformation and analytics workflows using PySpark/Pandas; strong understanding of data quality, automation, testing, and scalable data processing in Databricks.
DAX – Strong Working Knowledge: Able to develop complex measures and KPIs, including time intelligence, trend and variance analysis; understands evaluation context, filter propagation, and performance optimization within Power BI semantic models.
Databricks SQL and Unity Catalog – hands-on experience with catalogs, schemas, governance, lineage, and permissions.
Salary range $190,000-$220,000 annually determined by a myriad of factors including, but not limited to, years of experience, depth of experience, and other relevant business considerations.
Full benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance at a highly subsidized rate (some plans are fully paid by Viking).
Discounts on theatres, theme parks, movie tickets, travel discounts through IATA membership and too many more discounts to name.
Viking is a certified Great Place to Work company. This certification is a result of our commitment to excellence, integrity and our teams’ outstanding contributions.
Viking (NYSE: VIK) is a global leader in experiential travel with a fleet of more than 100 ships, exploring 21 rivers, five oceans and all seven continents. Designed for curious travelers with interests in science, history, culture and cuisine, Chairman and CEO Torstein Hagen often says Viking offers experiences For The Thinking Person™. Viking has more than 450 awards to its name, including being rated #1 for Rivers and #1 for Oceans five years in a row by Condé Nast Traveler in the 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards. Viking is also rated a “World’s Best” by Travel + Leisure—no other travel company has simultaneously received such honors by both publications.
