Copilot Engineer

Job: Copilot Engineer Start: ASAP Contract Length: 12 months Location: Oak Park Heights, MN - Hybrid, 2 days onsite per week Pay Rate: $63/hour - $77/hour depending on experience and qualifications Role Summary The Copilot Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, governing, and scaling Microsoft Copilot capabilities across the enterprise. This role bridges AI platform engineering, governance, and enablement—ensuring Copilot solutions are secure, compliant, meaningful, and deliver measurable business value. The Copilot Engineer partners closely with IT, Security, Legal, Data Owners, and Business Teams to turn generative AI capabilities into practical, trusted productivity and decision-support solutions. Key Responsibilities Copilot Design & Engineering • Design and configure Microsoft 365 Copilot experiences aligned to defined business use cases. • Build, test, and maintain Copilot Studio agents, including prompts, skills, actions, and connectors. • Develop reusable prompt patterns and templates that are safe, effective, and enterprise‑ready. • Integrate Copilot with Microsoft Graph, SharePoint, Dataverse, Power Platform, and approved line‑of‑business systems. Data & Context Engineering • Ensure Copilot outputs are grounded in accurate, relevant, and authoritative enterprise data. • Validate data access paths used by Copilot and agents. Security, Compliance & Risk Management • Implement security and compliance guardrails including access controls, sensitivity labels, DLP, and retention policies. • Participate in security and privacy reviews for Copilot agents, connectors, and integrations. • Ensure Copilot solutions align with Legal, Privacy, Records, and Information Security requirements. • Enforce responsible AI practices and usage constraints Governance & Lifecycle Management • Support definition and execution of Copilot governance standards and operating models. • Manage agent lifecycle including ownership, versioning, approvals, and retirement. • Help prevent agent sprawl and unmanaged AI usage through controls and standards. • Align Copilot engineering practices with existing M365 and Power Platform governance. Enablement & Adoption • Support pilot programs and phased Copilot rollouts. • Provide Tier 2/3 support and troubleshooting for Copilot and agent issues. • Collaborate with training and enablement teams to educate users and builders. • Translate technical capabilities into clear, role‑based usage guidance. Measurement & Value Realization • Support leadership reporting and ROI discussions related to Copilot investments. • Provide recommendations on scaling or pausing solutions based on results. Required Qualifications • Strong experience with Microsoft 365 (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook, Word, Excel). • Hands‑on experience with Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps, Dataverse). • Experience building or configuring Copilot Studio agents or similar AI‑driven assistants. • Solid understanding of information security, data protection, and enterprise compliance fundamentals. • Ability to translate business problems into technical Copilot solutions. Preferred Qualifications • Experience with enterprise AI governance or platform enablement. • Familiarity with Azure integrations, APIs, or custom connectors. • Experience supporting large‑scale M365 deployments or Copilot rollouts. • Strong communication skills and comfort working with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.