MS Copilot AI Engineer

Responsibilities

• You will serve as the technical and strategic lead for the deployment, governance, and optimization of Microsoft's Copilot Chat, 365 Copilot, as well as other AI tools within a federal agency
• This hybrid role combines enterprise architecture, AI governance, and hands-on engineering to deliver a secure, compliant, and mission-aligned AI platform
• You'll work across IT, cybersecurity, legal, and business units to ensure that Copilot and related AI services are fully integrated, operationally sound, and are driving measurable productivity gains across the agency
• Lead the end-to-end design and rollout of Microsoft 365 Copilot and Azure AI Foundry across a secure government tenant
• Architect AI infrastructure including Microsoft Graph grounding, web grounding, plugin extensibility, and telemetry integration
• Evaluate and integrate third-party AI plugins and connectors in accordance with federal security standards
• Align AI platform capabilities with agency mission goals and bureau-specific needs
• You will be responsible for developing and enforcing AI governance policies, ensuring compliance with federal frameworks, collaborating with legal, cybersecurity, and privacy teams, administering and optimizing Copilot services, implementing secure access controls, monitoring AI performance, troubleshooting technical issues, driving Copilot adoption, partnering with business owners, maintaining technical documentation, reporting on AI usage, and adopting metrics

Full Description

Job Description

You will serve as the technical and strategic lead for the deployment, governance, and optimization of Microsoft's Copilot Chat, 365 Copilot, as well as other AI tools within a federal agency.

This hybrid role combines enterprise architecture, AI governance, and hands-on engineering to deliver a secure, compliant, and mission-aligned AI platform.

You'll work across IT, cybersecurity, legal, and business units to ensure that Copilot and related AI services are fully integrated, operationally sound, and are driving measurable productivity gains across the agency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end design and rollout of Microsoft 365 Copilot and Azure AI Foundry across a secure government tenant.

• Architect AI infrastructure including Microsoft Graph grounding, web grounding, plugin extensibility, and telemetry integration.

• Evaluate and integrate third-party AI plugins and connectors in accordance with federal security standards.

• Align AI platform capabilities with agency mission goals and bureau-specific needs.

You will be responsible for developing and enforcing AI governance policies, ensuring compliance with federal frameworks, collaborating with legal, cybersecurity, and privacy teams, administering and optimizing Copilot services, implementing secure access controls, monitoring AI performance, troubleshooting technical issues, driving Copilot adoption, partnering with business owners, maintaining technical documentation, reporting on AI usage, and adopting metrics.