AI Developer

• Define reference architecture for enterprise AI on Microsoft 365 and adjacent platforms.
• Lead architecture for Copilot, Copilot Studio, connector patterns, Power Platform integration, and secure data access.
• Establish standards for environment strategy, identity, authorization, data boundary enforcement, and lifecycle management.
• Design reusable patterns for grounded AI, orchestration across systems, and agent-to-agent collaboration.
• Evaluate and guide integration patterns for synced/indexed knowledge, federated access, custom connectors, and external systems.
• Partner with engineering teams on implementation standards, Dev/Test/Prod strategy, ALM, and operational readiness.
• Work with security, governance, and compliance teams to ensure architecture aligns with enterprise controls.
• Provide architecture reviews, technical guidance, and solution governance for AI use cases.

• Hands-on experience designing and implementing Microsoft Graph Connectors and/or Copilot Studio custom connectors.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing enterprise API integrations, semantic indexing, and secure onboarding of proprietary enterprise data into Microsoft 365 Copilot.
• Strong architecture experience across Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Copilot Studio, and enterprise integration.
• Deep understanding of Microsoft Entra ID, OAuth 2.0, identity, authentication, authorization, data governance, and environment strategy.
• Experience designing scalable cloud/platform patterns with reusable services and integration frameworks.
• Strong understanding of enterprise search, grounding, semantic indexing, connector enablement, and AI/automation solution architecture.
• Ability to produce architecture artifacts, standards, and executive-ready technical recommendations.
• Strong communication, and cross-functional coordination skills.

Required Education

• HS degree minimum

Preferred Skills

• Any MS 365 or Agile certificates a plus
• Experience with MCP-style interoperability, agent orchestration, reporting-enabled AI solutions, or platform governance.
• Experience in financial services or other highly regulated environments.
• Exposure to Fabric, Power BI semantic models, and enterprise data enablement.
• Experience integrating enterprise platforms and proprietary data sources (e.g., ServiceNow, SharePoint, SQL Server, Oracle, SAP, Salesforce).
• Experience with Microsoft Search, semantic indexing, relevance tuning, or enterprise knowledge retrieval solutions.

Contract: W2 only, 9 month contract with potential for extension or conversion to full time with either the client or CEI Pay: $72/hour + optional medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match