Cloud Solution Architect - Copilot

Overview

With more than 45,000 employees and partners worldwide, the Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization is on a mission to empower customers to accelerate business value through differentiated customer experiences that leverage Microsoft’s products and services, ignited by our people and culture. We drive cross-company alignment and execution, ensuring that we consistently exceed customers’ expectations in every interaction, whether in-product, digital, or human-centered. CE&S is responsible for all up services across the company, including consulting, customer success, and support across Microsoft’s portfolio of solutions and products. Join CE&S and help us accelerate AI transformation for our customers and the world.

 

Join Our Customer Success AI Business Solutions Team! Leverage your architectural and engineering expertise to help customers unlock the full value of Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Copilot within the ABS ecosystem. Be part of a dynamic, growing team that delivers world-class engineering and professional services. In this role, you’ll act as a trusted technical advisor, guiding customers through collaboration, content management, and AI-powered productivity solutions that drive measurable business impact.
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Cloud Solution Architect with deep expertise in Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Microsoft Copilot. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience designing, deploying, and optimizing Modern Work and collaboration solutions that enhance productivity, knowledge sharing, and AI-driven experiences. This role is critical in helping customers transform how they collaborate and work using Microsoft 365, while ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with business outcomes. 

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Responsibilities

Role Summary
The Copilot Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) is a trusted advisor and technical leader responsible for accelerating customer value realization through Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI‑powered productivity solutions. This role blends deep solution architecture expertise with strong advisory skills to design, govern, deploy, and optimize Copilot experiences at enterprise scale—ensuring measurable business impact, secure adoption, and sustainable outcomes.

1. Solution Architecture & Delivery

*   Lead end‑to‑end solution architecture for Microsoft 365 Copilot scenarios across collaboration, content, meetings, and workflow intelligence
*   Translate business priorities into scalable Copilot architectures aligned with Microsoft 365 services (Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, OneDrive, Viva)
*   Drive technical design reviews, reference architectures, and deployment readiness for Copilot and related AI services*   Partner with account teams to unblock complex architectural challenges and accelerate time‑to‑value
*   Ensure architectural decisions align with customer environments, identity models, and information architecture

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## 2. Collaboration & Productivity Enablement

*   Enable customers to reimagine collaboration and productivity using Copilot across everyday work scenarios
*   Guide adoption of Copilot‑powered experiences for knowledge workers, leaders, and frontline roles
*   Align Copilot usage to role‑based productivity patterns and modern work transformation goals*   Support change management motions by mapping Copilot value to user journeys and work rhythms
*   Act as a productivity transformation advisor—not just a tool expert

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## 3. Copilot & AI Integration

*   Lead integration of Microsoft 365 Copilot with customer data, apps, and workflows
*   Advise on readiness requirements including licensing, data sources, and AI prerequisites
*   Guide customers on extending Copilot through agents, plugins, and connectors where applicable*   Partner with Data, Power Platform, and Security specialists to deliver coherent AI solutions
*   Ensure responsible AI principles are reflected in solution design and usage patterns

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## 4. Governance, Security & Compliance

*   Architect Copilot deployments with security‑by‑design principles
*   Advise on information protection, data loss prevention, access controls, and lifecycle governance
*   Align Copilot usage with compliance, regulatory, and enterprise risk requirements*   Guide customers on governance models for Copilot, SharePoint, and AI‑enabled content
*   Act as a bridge between security stakeholders and productivity teams

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## 5. Advisory & Technical Leadership

*   Serve as a trusted technical advisor to CIOs, CDOs, CISOs, and Digital Workplace leaders
*   Influence executive decisions by connecting Copilot capabilities to business outcomes
*   Lead architecture conversations with authority and clarity across technical and business forums*   Mentor peer CSAs and contribute to account‑level technical strategy
*   Represent Microsoft’s Copilot POV credibly and consistently

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## 6. Troubleshooting & Optimization

*   Triage and resolve complex Copilot‑related adoption, architecture, or performance issues
*   Analyze usage patterns and recommend optimizations to improve user impact
*   Identify blockers across identity, data, governance, or change readiness*   Drive remediation plans in partnership with engineering, support, and product teams
*   Ensure continuous improvement post‑deployment

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## 7. Continuous Learning & Thought Leadership

*   Stay current on Microsoft 365 Copilot, AI platform updates, and modern work innovations
*   Contribute to internal communities, playbooks, and best practices for Copilot adoption
*   Share customer learnings and patterns to influence broader CSA strategy*   Build a strong personal brand as a Copilot and AI thought leader
*   Embrace a learn‑it‑all mindset and model technical excellence

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### Success Measures

*   Customer value realization from Copilot adoption
*   Secure, scalable Copilot deployments at enterprise scale
*   Trusted advisor status with senior customer stakeholders*   Contribution to CSA community capability and reusable assets
*   Positive influence on Copilot consumption and outcomes

Qualifications

5-15 years of Experience
Technical Skills Required – Copilot Cloud Solution Architect
1. Core Microsoft 365 & Copilot Skills (Must‑Have)

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Deep understanding of Copilot architecture, service boundaries, and supported workloads
Scenario design across Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, SharePoint
Knowledge of Copilot readiness requirements (licensing, identity, data, tenant configuration)

Modern Work Platform

Microsoft Teams (meetings, chat, channels, apps, extensibility concepts)
SharePoint Online & OneDrive (content lifecycle, permissions, information architecture)
Exchange Online (mailbox architecture, calendar, compliance considerations)Viva (especially Viva Topics, Insights, Engage – awareness level)

2. Identity, Security & Governance Skills

Identity & Access

Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) fundamentals
Authentication models, Conditional Access, role‑based access control (RBAC)

Information Protection & Compliance

Sensitivity labels, retention policies, eDiscovery (awareness to working knowledge)
Microsoft Purview concepts relevant to Copilot

Security Controls

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for Microsoft 365 workloads
Secure collaboration patterns (internal, external, guest access)

Governance for AI

Understanding of responsible AI principles in enterprise environments
Copilot governance models: usage boundaries, data access, lifecycle controls

 

3. Copilot Extensibility & AI Integration (Strong Advantage)

Copilot Extensibility

L300-400 understanding of Copilot agents, plugins, and connectors
Awareness of Graph‑grounded data access patterns
Hands-on experience in Copilot Studio, Azure Foundry will be an added advantage

Power Platform

Power Automate (workflow integration with Copilot scenarios)
Power Apps & Dataverse (solution integration awareness)

Data Awareness

Understanding how structured and unstructured data influences Copilot responses
Basic knowledge of data quality, oversharing risk, and signal amplification

 

4. Solution Architecture & Deployment Skills

Architecture

Tenant‑level architecture design for M365 & Copilot
Multi‑geo, hybrid, and enterprise‑scale deployments (conceptual + practical)

Deployment Readiness

Readiness assessments (technical, data, security, change readiness)
Phased rollout strategies and pilot‑to‑scale approaches

Performance & Reliability

Awareness of service limits, throttling, and operational dependencies
Ability to diagnose architecture‑driven adoption or experience issues

 

(We are hiring for multiple roles across locations)

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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