Power Platform Solution Architect

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As part of our digital transformation business, you’ll help clients unlock innovation, embrace the future, and change communities for good.

We’ll help you stimulate new thinking, accelerate your career, and connect you to projects that really matter. Join our team of over 600 data scientists, design thinkers, immersive digital consultants, project managers, and innovators, all working to create positive change for generations to come.

Who are we looking for?

The Global IS Team is looking for a Power Platform Solution Architect who can commute to either our Waterloo or Toronto offices. The architect designs and guides end‑to‑end Power Platform solutions that meet business needs while aligning with enterprise architecture and governance. Responsibilities include translating requirements into robust, secure, and scalable solutions, providing technical leadership, setting design standards, and ensuring solutions deliver clear business value.

The role requires a hybrid model: in‑office collaboration three days a week with flexibility for remote work.

Responsibilities

• Design and govern the foundational architecture for Copilot Studio agents and the wider Power Platform estate, including environment strategy, solution lifecycle, Entra ID integration, Purview sensitivity labels, and connector standards.
• Own the technical reference architecture for the Agent Enablement Program (AEP) and translate enterprise governance requirements into platform standards, patterns, and reusable templates.
• Partner with Infrastructure and Security teams to ensure the agent platform aligns with GHD’s infrastructure, Entra ID, and security controls, including identity, data protection, and network boundaries.
• Work alongside Delivery to guide the safe transition of agents into production and shape operational readiness, incident response, and change management.
• Lead the architectural response to Microsoft platform evolution (Copilot Studio, Agent 365, Dataverse, Power Platform) and advise on licensing, capacity, and entitlement decisions under GHD’s Frontier Firm partnership.
• Contribute architecture input to PowerApps and Power Automate at enterprise scale, including shared components, connector governance, ALM, and Center of Excellence tooling.
• Act as the senior technical authority in cross‑functional governance forums, including the Agent Enterprise Program Steering Committee, and provide architecture review and approval for agents built inside and outside AI Foundations.
• Coach Copilot Studio developers, platform administrators, and selected builders on architectural best practice, contributing to capability uplift across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years of enterprise solution architecture experience, with at least 4 years focused on Microsoft Power Platform and Microsoft 365.
• Demonstrable track record of designing and governing Power Platform environments in a global enterprise (ideally 5,000+ users), including CoE setup, DLP, and connector governance.
• Hands‑on delivery experience with Copilot Studio or earlier Power Virtual Agents, including at least one agent taken to production under enterprise governance.
• Preferable Microsoft certifications: PL‑600 Power Platform Solution Architect Expert; PL‑400 Power Platform Developer or equivalent; SC‑401 or AZ‑305.
• Experience working within a regulated or security‑conscious enterprise (professional services, engineering, financial services, healthcare, or similar).

Skills & Competencies

• Deep expertise in Microsoft Power Platform architecture (Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, Dataverse) at enterprise scale, including environment strategy, ALM, and solution design.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and the emerging Agent 365 ecosystem, including agent lifecycle, governance, and extensibility patterns.
• Hands‑on understanding of Entra ID, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft Fabric as a data layer for agents.
• Proven ability to translate governance and risk requirements into practical platform standards, guardrails, and reference architectures.
• Experience integrating Power Platform solutions with Azure services, REST APIs, and enterprise data platforms, guiding pro‑code teams on hand‑off points.
• Strong written and verbal communication, able to brief senior stakeholders on architectural trade‑offs in plain business language.
• Collaborative operating style, with a track record of influencing across peer IS functions and external partners without direct line authority.
• Pragmatic, delivery‑oriented mindset: comfortable with ambiguity, able to sequence architecture work to unblock delivery rather than gold‑plate foundations.

Benefits & Compensation

The salary range for this position is $91,900 – $137,900 k, reflecting the expected hiring range for GHD locations in its major city centres. At GHD, base salary is determined by skills, experience, qualifications, and work location. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhering to all relevant pay transparency legislation.

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