Sikich's subsidiary, Tantus, is seeking an MS Copilot AI Engineer to serve as the technical and strategic lead for the deployment and optimization of Microsoft’s Copilot Chat and other AI tools within a federal agency. This role involves a combination of enterprise architecture, AI governance, and engineering to ensure the integration and operational soundness of AI services across various business units.
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
- Develop and enforce AI governance policies, including responsible use, data boundaries, and risk mitigation
- Ensure compliance with federal frameworks such as FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST AI RMF, and agency-specific directives
- Collaborate with legal, cybersecurity, and privacy teams to manage ethical and regulatory considerations
- Administer and optimize Copilot services, plugins, and Graph-based integrations
- Implement secure access controls, role-based permissions, and data protection mechanisms
- Monitor AI performance, usage telemetry, and system health across bureaus
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to AI services and integrations
- Drive Copilot adoption through training, prompt libraries, and tailored use cases
- Partner with business owners to identify AI opportunities and deliver measurable productivity improvements
- Maintain technical documentation, support channels, and user-facing resources
- Report on AI usage, adoption metrics, and ROI to leadership
- Create admin and end-user enablement (guides, quick starts, office hours)
- Define support tiers, SLAs, and escalation paths; maintain knowledge base and runbooks
- The ability to educate other team members on AI prompt generation, to enable better customer support
Requirements:
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Must have an active Public Trust government clearance or higher
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, cloud engineering, or AI platform deployment, Azure GCC and MSFT FedRamped solutions
- Deep expertise in Microsoft 365, Azure AI, Microsoft Graph, associated APIs and Copilot extensibility
- Proven success in infrastructure governance, risk management, and operational support
- Expertise in PowerShell, Azure CLI or other tools used for scripting and automation
- Strong communication skills across technical and executive audiences
- Experience in both government and commercial environments preferred
- Familiarity with federal IT security and compliance frameworks
- Experience with plugin development, secure API integration, and telemetry analysis
- Background in change management, user enablement, and cross-functional collaboration