Copilot Solutions Engineer
Hackajob
Washington, DC, USA
Posted on Mar 28, 2026
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Copilot Solutions Engineer (Federal)
We are seeking a Copilot Solutions Engineer with experience supporting U.S. Federal agencies to design, deploy, and scale Microsoft Copilot and M365 AI solutions in highly regulated environments. This role bridges technical architecture, security, and mission outcomes—partnering closely with federal stakeholders to transform productivity, decision-making, and operations through responsible AI. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Microsoft 365, Copilot, security & compliance, and data sovereignty
Key Responsibilities
Copilot Solutions Engineer (Federal)
We are seeking a Copilot Solutions Engineer with experience supporting U.S. Federal agencies to design, deploy, and scale Microsoft Copilot and M365 AI solutions in highly regulated environments. This role bridges technical architecture, security, and mission outcomes—partnering closely with federal stakeholders to transform productivity, decision-making, and operations through responsible AI. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Microsoft 365, Copilot, security & compliance, and data sovereignty
Key Responsibilities
- Guide federal clients through adoption of Microsoft Copilot solutions in an M365 environment, including identifying designing, deploying solutions including readiness assessments and rollout strategies
- Translate mission and operational requirements into secure, scalable Copilot architectures across M365 including integration with Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Exchange, Power Platform, Entra ID, and custom line-of-business systems
- Assist to build and configure custom copilots, plugins, prompts, and connectors aligned to federal use cases
- Lead technical workshops, demos, and architecture sessions tailored to educate customers on responsible AI, data protection, and adoption best practices
- Ensure solutions meet federal security and compliance standards (e.g., FedRAMP Moderate/High, NIST 800-53, FISMA, IL4/IL5 where applicable)
- Partner with security teams on data residency, access control, audit logging, and governance
- Implement Zero Trust, RBAC, and DLP strategies for AI-enabled workloads
- Support ATO processes and security documentation as required
- Collaborate with program managers, partners, and Microsoft teams to deliver successful outcomes
- Support user enablement, prompt engineering best practices, and success measurement
- 5+ years experience as a Solutions Engineer, Architect, or Technical Consultant with expertise in a Microsoft 365 environment
- Hands-on experience deploying Microsoft Copilot Studio in a Federal environment
- Working knowledge of federal security and compliance frameworks, identity, access management, and data governance
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical federal stakeholders
- Experience with Power Automate, Power Apps and Azure preferred
- Microsoft certifications (preferred but not required):
- Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator
- Security, Compliance, or Identity certifications
- AI or Power Platform certifications
- Experience supporting ATO, RMF, or compliance audits
- U.S. citizenship required, Secret or higher clearance preferred
- Ability to work on site as needed in Washington DC
