Copilot Cloud Solution Architect

We're looking for a Cloud Solution Architect - Copilot with a passion for transforming collaboration and content management through AI-powered experiences in SharePoint. In this role, you'll lead customers through the next wave of innovation-designing secure, scalable, and intelligent solutions that unlock productivity and governance across Microsoft 365. Join a team that thrives on creativity, customer impact, and continuous learning as you deliver cutting-edge scenarios using Microsoft Copilot, SharePoint Advanced Management, and AI-driven workflows to empower the Defense Industrial Base. As a Data CSA in the DIB Operating Unit, you will play a critical role in advancing Microsoft's mission to support national defense and security through data-driven innovation. You'll engage with some of the most secure and high-impact environments globally, helping customers leverage Microsoft's data solutions to protect sensitive information, enable secure AI, and drive digital transformation.

This role is part of a newly formed team supporting the Defense Industrial Base, a $400B+ sector spanning Tier 1-3 defense partners. As a Copilot CSA, you'll bring deep technical expertise in Microsoft 365 and SharePoint, accelerating adoption of AI-powered collaboration and governance solutions across classified and sovereign environments. You'll drive usage excellence by enabling Copilot, SharePoint Advanced Management, and intelligent workflows that transform how defense organizations manage content and unlock mission-critical insights.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees, we come together with a growth mindset-embracing challenges, learning continuously, and striving to make a meaningful impact. In this role, you'll join a team that values curiosity, collaboration, and customer obsession, working together to deliver secure, innovative solutions that support our nation's most critical missions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the transformation of customer collaboration environments by deploying secure, scalable SharePoint Online architectures integrated with Microsoft Copilot and SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM).

• Align SharePoint modernization strategies to mission outcomes, with a focus on AI-powered workflows, governance, and extensibility in regulated and classified environments.

• Support commercial defense contractors and federal agencies by embedding Zero Trust principles and compliance frameworks (e.g., ITAR, CMMC, FedRAMP) into SharePoint and Microsoft 365 deployments.

• Ensure secure access and content protection across GCC, GCCH, and sovereign cloud environments, partnering with security CSAs to deliver Information Protection, Insider Risk Management, and Purview capabilities.

• Demonstrate strong business acumen and opportunity identification, leading architecture whiteboarding sessions and live demos to showcase SharePoint Copilot scenarios and drive customer impact.

• Technical expertise in Microsoft 365 workloads with emphasis on SharePoint on-prem, SharePoint Online, Copilot, and SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM).

• Experience delivering collaboration and content governance solutions in regulated or classified environments, including GCC, GCCH, and sovereign clouds.

• Familiarity with MCEM, Unified Delivery, and Factory engagement models to drive scalable customer success.

• Proven ability to lead Copilot adoption, drive usage across SharePoint scenarios, and support renewals through measurable business impact.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 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.

Other Requirements:

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 governments agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet these legal requirements, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport.

Citizenship & Citizenship Verification : This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under U.S. export control regulations, potentially under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide proof of citizenship, U.S. permanent residency or other protected status under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport.

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. -

Cloud Solution Architecture IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $137,600 - $222,600 per year.

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