Data Architect (Microsoft Azure / Microsoft Fabric)

Architech; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budgets

Certification bonuses

Summit days

Job summary

A leading tech consulting firm in Canada seeks a Data Architect to design scalable data solutions using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric. This role involves defining data flows, collaborating with engineering teams, and ensuring data governance and security. Candidates should have extensive experience in data architecture and familiarity with key Azure tools. A commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace is essential, coupled with a drive for continuous improvement and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 7 or more years of experience in data architecture or engineering.
• Proven experience with Microsoft Fabric and Azure data technologies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Knowledge of data governance, RBAC, encryption, and privacy.
• Proven ability to design scalable, AI-ready data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end data architectures for analytics and AI.
• Define business-aligned data models with stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers to ensure design consistency.
• Define business-aligned data models in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Prepare data products and enable AI workflows (RAG, semantic search).
• Collaborate with Data Engineers to deliver architecture to delivery and ensure governance.
• Produce reference architectures, blueprints, and reusable standards.

Skills

data architecture

data engineering

Microsoft Azure

SQL

Python

data governance

communication

strategic thinking

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Data Factory

Power BI

Microsoft Purview

Data lakehouse

Job description

Join to apply for the Data Architect (Microsoft Azure / Microsoft Fabric) role at Architech

At Architech, we don’t just ship software. We partner with North America’s leading brands to modernize legacy platforms, embed AI into real operations, and launch digital products that transform business outcomes. Our engineers and designers harness cloud-native tools, autonomous agents, data-driven insights, and GenAI to drive measurable impact - replatforming systems in the cloud, optimizing customer journeys, or accelerating AI adoption across the enterprise. You’ll work at the intersection of strategy and execution, solving complex problems alongside smart, curious teammates across Canada and Poland. Backed by 20+ years of experience, a drive for excellence, and a culture rooted in growth and collaboration, this is where you thrive if you’re looking to deliver meaningful, high‑stakes software solutions.

We’re Building a More Inclusive Tech Industry

We believe diversity leads to better outcomes. Nearly half of our team was born outside of Canada, and we speak 19+ languages. We’re 31% women, 57% BIPOC, and 14% LGBTQIA+. We’ve doubled the number of women in tech roles in the past year, and maintain a 0% gender pay gap across our delivery and technology teams. Inclusion here isn’t a buzzword, it’s backed by data, policy, and accountability.

How We Work Together

We’re a close‑knitted, collaborative group who care about doing excellent work, and doing it with integrity. Our values shape how we show up every day:

• Think Big – Dream it, plan it, ship it
• Be Open & Collaborate – Diverse minds build better solutions
• Never Fail a Client – Own the outcome
• Grow Our People – Feedback, learning, leadership
• Do the Right Thing – Even when it’s hard

Our people say it best: "Employees of different backgrounds interact well within our company" - and 97% agree. Another 96% say "Architech respects individuals and values their differences." We support continuous growth with learning budgets, internal bootcamps, certification bonuses, summit days, and more. It’s not just work - it’s a place to grow, lead, and build things that matter. And this is just the beginning. Check out all our other great benefits.

Role Overview

The Data Architect (Azure Data Architect or Data Platform Architect) designs and leads the build‑out of scalable, AI‑ready data solutions using Microsoft Fabric and the Azure data ecosystem. This role connects business goals to data architecture, ensuring platforms are secure, performant, and optimized for analytics and AI use cases.

You will define how data flows from raw ingestion (bronze) through transformation (silver) to curated, analytics‑ready models (gold). You will collaborate with engineering and business peers to design data environments that enable analytics, automation, and AI‑driven insight.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect Microsoft Fabric environments: Design end‑to‑end data architectures, defining ingestion, transformation, and curation patterns that support analytics and AI workloads.
• Design and manage data lake architectures: Ensure efficient replication, synchronization, and data flow across Fabric workspaces and multi‑zone environments.
• Framework alignment: Ensure all data architectures align with Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and the Azure Well‑Architected Framework to maintain consistency, scalability, and governance across solutions.
• Define business‑aligned data models: Partner with stakeholders to understand reporting, analytics, and AI needs and design scalable, flexible data models.
• AI readiness: Define structures, metadata, and access patterns that make data discoverable and usable for AI workloads such as retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), intelligent search, and summarization.
• Data governance and security: Collaborate with peers to implement encryption at rest and in transit, role‑based access controls (RBAC), and data masking that meet enterprise and client expectations for data integrity and privacy.
• Performance and cost optimization: Guide architecture decisions related to Fabric SKUs, OneLake storage, and data refresh strategies for efficient scale and cost.
• Collaboration and mentorship: Work closely with Data Engineers to translate architecture into delivery, promote data quality, and ensure design consistency.
• Documentation and enablement: Produce reference architectures, blueprints, and reusable standards that accelerate future projects and maintain governance consistency.

Skills and Qualifications

• 7 or more years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or data platform design, with at least 2 years in the Microsoft Azure data ecosystem.
• Proven experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and Power BI.
• Strong understanding of data lakehouse design, ELT/ETL patterns, and schema evolution.
• Proficiency in SQL and working knowledge of Python for automation or validation tasks.
• Familiarity with data governance and metadata management tools such as Microsoft Purview.
• Practical understanding of data security, RBAC, encryption, and privacy best practices.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work across disciplines.
• Strategic thinker comfortable in AI‑ready, iterative, and client‑focused environments.

Tools and Technologies

Nice to Have

• Experience applying Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and the Azure Well‑Architected Framework to ensure scalability and governance consistency.
• Experience enabling AI and semantic capabilities, including metadata enrichment, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), and knowledge graph design.
• Exposure to data product thinking, domain‑driven design, or data mesh principles.
• Familiarity with vector databases, semantic search, and embedding pipelines.

Architech is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity. Should you require any accommodations prior to or during the interview process, please indicate this during the interview process. We strongly encourage applications from racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology and Engineering

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting, Business Consulting and Services, and IT System Custom Software Development