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Tantus Technologies, Inc. · 3 months ago

MS Copilot AI Engineer

Washington, DC

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$180K/yr - $225K/yr

10+ years exp

Tantus Technologies is seeking an MS Copilot AI Engineer to serve as the technical and strategic lead for the deployment and optimization of Microsoft’s Copilot tools within a federal agency. This role involves enterprise architecture, AI governance, and hands-on engineering to ensure a secure and compliant AI platform that drives productivity gains across the agency.

Information Technology

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end design and rollout of Microsoft 365 Copilot and Azure AI Foundry across a secure government tenant

Architect AI infrastructure including Microsoft Graph grounding, web grounding, plugin extensibility, and telemetry integration

Evaluate and integrate third-party AI plugins and connectors in accordance with federal security standards

Align AI platform capabilities with agency mission goals and bureau-specific needs

Develop and enforce AI governance policies, including responsible use, data boundaries, and risk mitigation

Ensure compliance with federal frameworks such as FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST AI RMF, and agency-specific directives

Collaborate with legal, cybersecurity, and privacy teams to manage ethical and regulatory considerations

Administer and optimize Copilot services, plugins, and Graph-based integrations

Implement secure access controls, role-based permissions, and data protection mechanisms

Monitor AI performance, usage telemetry, and system health across bureaus

Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to AI services and integrations

Drive Copilot adoption through training, prompt libraries, and tailored use cases

Partner with business owners to identify AI opportunities and deliver measurable productivity improvements

Maintain technical documentation, support channels, and user-facing resources

Report on AI usage, adoption metrics, and ROI to leadership

Configure web grounding and Microsoft Graph grounding to ensure least-privilege access to SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and line-of-business repositories

Support Copilot Studio/Teams extensions as applicable; document integration patterns and guardrails

Enable auditing, logging, and alerting across Microsoft 365/Entra; integrate with Log Analytics and SIEM/SOAR

Implement Microsoft Purview (Sensitivity Labels, DLP, eDiscovery), retention, and auditing aligned to government requirements

Draft and operationalize acceptable use, data classification/handling, human-in-the-loop requirements, red-teaming, incident response, and model safety boundaries

Align controls to Zero Trust principles and frameworks relevant to the environment (e.g., NIST 800-53/171, FedRAMP baselines)

Establish lifecycle governance for prompts, connectors, plugins, and data sources (change control, reviews, recertification)

Design and secure API endpoints and app registrations for Copilot extensibility

Implement Graph and LOB connectors with correct permission scopes and enforce conditional access/MFA where appropriate

Build telemetry for API usage, errors, latency, and throttling; define SLOs and operational runbooks

Create admin and end-user enablement (guides, quick starts, office hours)

Define support tiers, SLAs, and escalation paths; maintain knowledge base and runbooks

Educate other team members on AI prompt generation, to enable better customer support

Qualification

Microsoft 365Azure AIMicrosoft GraphAI governancePowerShellCloud engineeringInfrastructure governanceUser enablementCommunicationTechnical documentation

Required

U.S. Citizen eligible for Public Trust clearance, existing clearance is preferred

10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, cloud engineering, or AI platform deployment, Azure GCC and MSFT FedRamped solutions

Deep expertise in Microsoft 365, Azure AI, Microsoft Graph, associated APIs and Copilot extensibility

Proven success in infrastructure governance, risk management, and operational support

Expertise in PowerShell, Azure CLI or other tools used for scripting and automation

Strong communication skills across technical and executive audiences

Preferred

Experience in both government and commercial environments preferred

Familiarity with federal IT security and compliance frameworks

Experience with plugin development, secure API integration, and telemetry analysis

Background in change management, user enablement, and cross-functional collaboration

Company

Tantus Technologies, Inc.

Tantus Tech is an IT consulting firm that supports mission-critical programs for federal agencies, specializing in PMO, Health IT, Financial Management, and Tech Solutions.

Founded in 2007

Arlington, Virginia, USA

51-200 employees