Senior Fabric Architect

About the role

**Description** As a **Senior Fabric Architect**, you’ll design and build a trusted **Microsoft Fabric** environment and reporting infrastructure that brings together multiple data sources into clear, decision\-ready insights. You’ll also help stakeholders confidently use self\-service reporting by delivering both advanced technical training and functional guidance, while championing governance, performance, and best practices across the solution.

Required Skills* **Power BI expertise:** 5\+ years of experience with expert\-level proficiency in **Power BI**, including **DAX**, **Power Query**, and **Paginated Reports (SSRS Report Builder)** * **Microsoft Fabric data architecture:** 3\+ years strong experience designing and implementing data modeling and architecture using **Microsoft Fabric** components such as **Dataflow, Notebook, Pipeline, Warehouse, and Lakehouse/Lake data** * **Certified datasets \& governance:** 3\+ years experience designing and implementing **certified datasets** and **data governance frameworks** * **Sustainable data products:** Experience managing **sustainable data products** within **Microsoft Fabric** * **Ingestion \& transformation:** Hands\-on ETL/ELT using **Pipelines and Dataflows** * **Storage strategy:** Implement a **Medallion Architecture** within Fabric **Lakehouses** and **Warehouses** to organize data by maturity * **Semantic layering:** Build **report\-ready semantic models** that directly power Power BI insights * **Training and enablement:** Ability to provide advanced technical training for users navigating the Fabric ecosystem and backend data structures * **Stakeholder guidance:** Provide functional literacy training to help stakeholders confidently interpret and use reports

Nice to Have Skills* Hold both of the following certifications: + **Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate (DP\-700\)** + **Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP\-600\)** * Preferred education: degree in **computer science**, **mathematics**, or **statistics**

Preferred Education and Experience* **Experience:** 5\+ years in Power BI and relevant Fabric data architecture development

Other Requirements* **Work location:** Proponents are **not required to work onsite**, but **initial onboarding and key stakeholder meetings may require in\-person attendance** * **Onsite note:** Onboarding/meetings may occur in downtown **Edmonton, Alberta** * **Hours:** All work must be completed during **regular business hours** * **Canadian residency:** Must **reside in Canada** and ensure all work is performed **within the country**

Ready to architect Fabric environments that turn complex data into confident decisions? **Apply now and bring your Power BI and semantic modeling superpowers to shape reporting that’s trusted, governed, and truly usable.**

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**Skills**

**Type** Contract

**Experience Required/Mandatory Skills**

**Nice To Have Skills**

**Location** Edmonton

**Work Environment** 1 year with 2 possible 1\-year extensions

**Rate** To commensurate with experience