Cloud Solution Architect-Copilot & Agent
About The Position
Are you inspired to empower organizations to transform the way they work by harnessing the full potential of artificial intelligence? We are seeking individuals to guide customers through the evolving digital landscape, enabling them to unlock new opportunities, enhance productivity, and deliver exceptional employee and customer experiences. Join us in integrating advanced AI capabilities across devices, cloud platforms, and everyday business applications, to help organizations realize seamless, innovative, and secure solutions that drive sustained growth and success in the AI era. We are looking for a Cloud Solution Architect – Copilot & Agent, who is passionate about driving our customers’ AI transformation journey with Copilot Chat, Agents, and M365 Copilot. This is a customer-facing role that serves as a strategic trusted advisor and technical subject matter expert, accelerating AI adoption and change management by creating business value and ROI. This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions This position requires overnight travel from 50% to 75% Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Growth mindset encourages each of us to lean in and learn what matters most to our customers, to create the foundational knowledge that enables us to make customer-first decisions in everything we do. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field OR equivalent experience.
- 4+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.
- Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law.
- To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance
Nice To Haves
- 4+ years experience working in a customer-facing role
- OR 4+ years experience working on technical M365/Power Platform/Copilot Studio projects.
- Deep knowledge of solution architecture, design, implementation, and/or support of Cloud/collaboration environments.
- Certification in one or more of the following technologies preferred: M365 fundamentals, M365 Copilot fundamentals, Microsoft Power Platform/Copilot Studio platforms, Microsoft Azure fundamentals, Cloud Security, Teams Administration, SharePoint Certifications, PROSCI /Change Management Qualifications.
- Business Analysis: Identify business needs and determine solutions to business problems, process improvement, organizational change, or strategic planning and policy development.
- Relationship Building: Proven track record of building deep technical relationships with senior IT executives in large or highly strategic accounts.
- Experience in managing various stakeholder relationships to get consensus on solution/projects.
- Technical Solution Development: Developing technical solutions and ability to design, customize, or reapply technical solutions based on customer/partner needs or demands.
- Fluency in SaaS solutions; particularly all Microsoft 365 offerings.
- Domain experience Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure solutions, and understanding of how Microsoft Security, compliance, and identity solutions that can span across these solution areas to provide a holistic and end-to-end solution.
- Competitive Landscape knowledge of cloud and AI platforms. Understanding of M365 partner ecosystems and the ability to leverage partner solutions to solve customer needs.
- Breadth of technical experience and knowledge, with depth / SME in two or more of the following M365 solutions: M365 Copilot, Power Platform/Copilot Studio, Azure Foundry, IDM, Information Protection & Compliance., Governance & Risk Management
- Collaboration and Communication: Acknowledged for driving decisions collaboratively, resolving conflicts and ensuring follow through with exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences.
Responsibilities
- Be a Trusted Advisor and drive business value through AI Transformation: Create business value by translating customer challenges into actionable solutions aligned to high ROI customer outcomes. Ensure a seamless, connected experience that fosters satisfaction, loyalty, and long-term value.
- Drive Customer Success: Lead architectural design, engaging business and technical decision makers to drive intent and enable sustained usage of Copilot Chat, Agents, and M365 Copilot, securing long-term customer success and renewal.
- Leverage Agentic AI: Use Copilot prompt engineering and Agent-building expertise to drive AI at scale.
- Explore growth opportunities: Partner with technical and sales teams to identify opportunities and develop tailored solutions to drive expansion and business value realization.
- Accelerate Customer AI Transformation Journey: Engage in relevant communities to share expertise, contribute to IP creation, prioritize IP re-use, and learn from others to help accelerate your customer’s AI transformation journey.
- Embrace a growth mindset: Act as the voice of the customer by proactively sharing insights, feedback, and success stories to inform internal strategy and execution.
- Learn-it-all: Demonstrate a self-learner mindset through continuous, self-directed learning in areas such as Copilot Chat, Agents, M365 Copilot, business value realization, and adoption and change management. Build and maintain technical readiness aligned to Customer Success Unit (CSU) priorities and corporate initiatives.
- Embody our culture and values
Benefits
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
