AI / Microsoft 365 Infrastructure Architect

AI Developer Job at a Glance

Location: Pittsburgh, PA (preferred); Strongsville, OH (preferred); Farmers Branch, TX (preferred)
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

Overview

This role defines and governs reference architecture for enterprise AI on Microsoft 365 and adjacent platforms, enabling Microsoft 365 Copilot and agent adoption across the enterprise. You will lead connector and integration architecture, secure data onboarding, and standards across environments, identity, and lifecycle management.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Required Skills

• 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.

Why Should I Apply?

Join an established onshore team driving enterprise Microsoft 365 Copilot and agent adoption with a strong focus on secure connector and integration architecture. This role offers high-impact architecture ownership across identity, governance, and scalable AI platform patterns.

About CEI:

As a trusted technology partner, CEI delivers solutions that help our customers transform their business and achieve meaningful results. From strategy and custom application development through application management - our technology and digital experience services are tailored to meet each unique need of our customers. Our staffing solutions bring specialized skills to complement our customers' workforce and project requirements.

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