Copilot, Cowork & Copilot Studio Governance Engineer

TEKsystems•New York, NY

5d•$90 - $105•Remote

About The Position

This contract Copilot Engineer will stand up and operationalize agent governance across the tenant, including agent sharing and exemption controls, inventory and risk baseline, high-exposure remediation, data-protection controls, safe adoption, and knowledge transfer so the program is self-sustaining when the engagement ends. It's a fully remote role but candidates must live in one of the following states- New York, California, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Kansas, Missouri, Maine, Ohio, Washington DC, or Colorado.

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Entra administration, with recent, demonstrable focus on Copilot and/or Power Platform governance.
Hands-on experience administering Microsoft 365 Copilot (Copilot Control System) and building and governing agents in Copilot Studio and Agent Builder.
Power Platform admin center: Managed Environments, DLP / connector policies, and environment strategy.
Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels and data loss prevention; governance experience operationalizing controls and lifecycle processes at scale.
Automation with PowerShell and Microsoft Graph; excellent documentation, stakeholder communication, and knowledge-transfer skills.
Solid communication skills and be team players.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Microsoft Copilot Cowork and/or Microsoft Agent 365.
Familiarity with ethical walls, matter security, pay-as-you-go metering, and Copilot Credits.
Relevant Microsoft certifications (e.g., AI Administrator Associate, Power Platform, Security/Identity, Information Protection / Purview).
Prior experience in a law firm, professional services, or another regulated, confidentiality-sensitive environment; familiarity with ethical walls is a plus.

Responsibilities

Configure and maintain agent access, sharing, publishing, lifecycle governance, approved-publisher model, and exemption workflow with Information Security.
Govern Copilot Studio declarative and custom-engine agents; configure Managed Environments, environment routing, connector/DLP policies, and least-privilege controls.
Build and maintain the tenant agent registry/inventory; risk-score custom actions, data-source scope, embedded files, sharing breadth, and labeling gaps.
Baseline, prioritize, and remediate high-exposure agents; report progress to IT leadership.
Align agent controls with the firm's confidentiality and client/matter obligations, including ethical-wall considerations.
Produce maker guidance, guardrails, standards, runbooks, and documentation; support Desktop Experience and AI Solutions on agent access and adoption.