Microsoft Copilot Studio - AI Expert

Title : Microsoft Copilot Studio AI Expert

Location : Fort Meade, MD (Onsite)

Duration : 9-month Contract-to-Hire

Primary Responsibilities

Under the direction of the Development and Engineering Lead, Product Manager, Program Manager and Deputy Program Manager, your responsibilities are, to include, but not limited to :

• Design a RAG-based solution for integrating Microsoft Copilot Studio into the existing M365 services (e.g., Dataverse, Power Automate, etc.).
• Design and build custom Copilot agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio.
• Customize Copilot Studio for company-specific use cases (e.g., automated document management, data analysis in Excel / Teams / PowerBI).
• Configure the "Semantic Index" for context-sensitive search enrichment in Copilot.
• Designing conversational flows, intents, and entities.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to translate requirements into Copilot capabilities.
• Implementing governance best practices.
• Design, build, and deploy AI Builder models (e.g., form processing, prediction, object detection, classification) to deliver intelligent automation solutions within Power Platform applications.
• Own the end-to-end AI model lifecycle, including data preparation, labeling, training, evaluation, and retraining, ensuring models are accurate, reliable, and aligned with business objectives.
• Implement security and compliance checks in accordance with Microsoft's Responsible AI principles (Microsoft Purview).
• Troubleshooting and optimizing Bot performance and user engagement.
• Understanding business requirements and developing product functional and technical requirements.
• Support the development, deployment and execution of M365 Power Platform services and develop roadmaps and service strategies.
• Develop Canvas Apps and Model-Driven Apps that streamline processes and enhance user experiences.
• Implement data integrations using Power Automate and Dataverse.
• Provide technical guidance to junior engineers and project teams.
• Champion a collaborative culture, sharing knowledge and fostering innovation.
• Assist in the development of concise and accurate engineering documentation on current and proposed cloud environments including Visio Diagrams, As-Built documents, recommendations for solutions, run books, knowledge guides, and other operations guides.
• Work with little or no supervision, provide guidance to the team when necessary, and be able to adapt to changing requirements.
• Participate as required with Agile Scrum sprints and other Agile Ceremonies.
• Stay abreast of current and emerging technologies, regularly analyzing and evaluating their impact and benefit to the customer by providing recommendations to management

Basic Qualifications :

MINIMUM requirements to be considered for the position is

Preferred Qualifications :