Solution Architect
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Job Summary
The future you want is within reach. Lets build it together.
At PCL Constructors Inc. part of the PCL Family of Companies (PCL) we dont just build projects -- we build opportunities careers and communities. We are 100% employee-owned every employee has a stake in our success and that shared commitment drives how we work grow and lead in the construction industry.
Were a team of builders who care deeply about what we create and who we build with. That includes you. We are not only shaping the future of construction we are also committed to shaping the future of your career.
As a Solution Architect for PCL Constructors Edmonton Alberta (Corporate) youll have the opportunity to drive innovation through data and AI. The Enterprise Intelligence (EI) team is seeking a Solution Architect specializing in enterprise data architecture and data engineering. This role owns the architecture standards and technical direction for trusted data platforms and guides delivery teams in building secure reusable and AI-ready data products across PCL.
Why Choose PCL
Choose a career with rewards that matter. PCLs total rewards are designed to support your growth well-being and future success -- because when you succeed we all do. Our offerings could include:
- Employee ownership opportunities that build long-term value
- Annual discretionary performance bonuses
- RRSP TFSA Pension Contribution Options
- Flexible medical dental and vision benefits
- Prescription drug coverage and virtual care services
- Life AD&D and disability insurance
- Paid parental leave and family care support
- Health and lifestyle spending account options
- Mental health and wellness support including Employee Assistance Programs
- Career growth pathways leadership development and mentorship programs
- Access to world-class training through PCLs College of Construction and professional development courses
- Ongoing opportunities to learn new skills explore different roles and grow your career across sectors and regions
Heres how aSolution Architect for PCL Constructors Inc. within Edmonton NAHQ contributes to our team:
- Own and communicate the target architecture road map and technical standards for enterprise data engineering in Microsoft Fabric.
- Define reference architectures and reusable patterns for lakehouse and medallion architectures including landing bronze silver and gold layers.
- Guide delivery teams in designing and implementing Fabric Lakehouses Warehouses Pipelines Notebooks Mirroring Shortcuts and semantic structures.
- Set technical direction for scalable ETL and ELT pipelines transformations and orchestration across batch and near-real-time workloads.
- Lead logical physical dimensional and semantic data modeling to create durable business entities and reusable enterprise data products.
- Establish standards for data quality validation reconciliation lineage metadata observability logging and operational support.
- Partner with business application and domain teams to translate requirements source constraints and business definitions into supportable solutions.
- Ensure architectures address security privacy access control classification governance performance capacity reliability and cost.
- Direct CI/CD and environment-promotion practices for code pipelines schemas and Fabric configuration using GitHub or Azure DevOps.
- Prepare structured and unstructured data for analytics and AI through governed enrichment grounding indexing and secure access patterns.
- Review solution designs and implementations resolve complex technical issues and ensure delivery aligns with approved architecture and standards.
- Provide hands-on technical guidance mentor engineers and create architecture artifacts decision records templates and implementation guides.
- Postsecondary degree or diploma in computer science data engineering information systems or a related discipline.
- 5 years of progressive data engineering data architecture integration or analytics engineering experience.
- Proven experience with:
- Production Microsoft Fabric lakehouse implementations and modern cloud data platforms
- Lakehouse medallion relational dimensional and semantic modeling
- SQL Python and PySpark or Spark for scalable data processing
- ETL/ELT pipelines orchestration monitoring and production support
- Data quality lineage metadata observability security and access control
- Git automated testing CI/CD and environment promotion
- Ownership of solution architecture technical standards and multi-team delivery guidance.
- Ability to translate business requirements and source-system constraints into secure scalable and supportable data solutions.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills across data pipelines integrations and platform services.
- Effective communication and presentation skills for technical and nontechnical audiences.
- Proven technical leadership project oversight mentoring and stakeholder relationship skills.
Bonus Qualities:
- Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Associate (DP-700) Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600) or a relevant cloud data certification.
- Experience with Fabric Data Agents Power BI semantic models and Microsoft Purview.
- Experience preparing structured and unstructured data for Azure AI Search Copilot Azure AI Foundry and AI-agent use cases.
- Experience with Fabric capacity management performance tuning cost optimization Mirroring or Real-Time Intelligence.
- Experience defining data governance stewardship data contracts and reusable architecture standards with a passion for mentoring others.
Your Work Has Purpose Here
PCL projects are where life happens where communities connect careers begin and progress is made. Regardless of the type of project we are building something bigger: a future thats inclusive resilient and full of opportunity.
At PCL Constructors Inc. we are committed to creating a workplace where everyone belongs. We value the diverse experiences identities and perspectives our employees bring. Employment decisions are based on merit potential and the drive to make a difference regardless of race gender age ability or background.
We know everyones needs are different if you require accommodation during the application process please contact and include the position and location of interest.
This recruitment process does not involve the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to screen assess or select applicants. All hiring decisions are made by human reviewers.
Company: PCL Constructors Inc.
Primary Location: Edmonton Alberta (Corporate)
Job Title: Solution Architect
Requisition ID: 14896
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About Company
Build with PCL, a 100% employee-owned construction company providing exceptional services across Canada, the U.S., Caribbean, and Australia. We specialize in civil infrastructure, industrial, and building projects.
