Microsoft Copilot Studio Engineer - Systems Integrator

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 74,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited seeks a Microsoft Copilot Studio Engineer to design, develop, and maintain production-ready conversational agents and automated workflows using Copilot Studio and the Power Platform.

You will translate business requirements into secure AI-driven solutions, define governance standards, manage environments, and collaborate with architects, developers and stakeholders on capacity planning, licensing, and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio or Power Virtual Agents and the Power Platform.
• Designing and building conversational agents, intents, topics, and AI integrations.
• Strong governance, security, and compliance posture within Power Platform.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business teams to interpret requirements for AI and automation.
• Design, develop, and maintain AI-powered agents using Copilot Studio and Power Platform.
• Build workflows with Power Automate, Dataverse, and related services.
• Define and enforce governance, standards, and policies for Copilot Studio.
• Administer the Copilot Studio environment, security, and monitoring.
• Advise on licensing, capacity planning, and cost optimisation.
• Deliver secure, well-governed solutions in a fast-paced setting.
• Collaborate with architects, developers and business stakeholders.

Skills

Microsoft Copilot Studio

Power Platform

Power Apps

Power Automate

Dataverse

Governance & Security

Licensing & Cost Optimisation

Stakeholder Engagement

Cross-functional Collaboration

Tools

Copilot Studio

Power Virtual Agents

Environment Administration

Security & Compliance

Job description

Ready to take the next step in your career?

Join a well-established business technology consultancy specializing in complex digital transformation initiatives across key industry sectors. The organization leverages multidisciplinary expertise to build robust technical foundations spanning data, business applications, and modern technology platforms.

This is a great opportunity for a Microsoft Copilot Studio Engineer to join a dynamic organization. The successful candidate will design, develop, and maintain production-ready conversational agents and automated workflows utilizing Microsoft Copilot Studio and the broader Power Platform suite. Key responsibilities include translating business requirements into secure AI-driven solutions, defining platform governance standards, and overseeing environment administration. Additionally, the ideal candidate will collaborate with cross-functional project teams while offering strategic guidance on capacity planning, licensing, and solution cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Partnering directly with business teams to interpret functional and technical requirements for conversational AI and automation scenarios
• Designing, developing, and maintaining AI-powered agents and copilots using Copilot Studio and the wider Power Platform
• Building and integrating intelligent workflows using Power Automate, Dataverse, and other Microsoft services to enable end-to-end business processes
• Defining, implementing, and enforcing platform governance, standards, and policies for Copilot Studio and conversational AI solutions
• Administering the Copilot Studio platform, including environment management, security configuration, and monitoring
• Advising on licensing models, capacity planning, and cost optimisation for Copilot and Power Platform solutions
• Delivering high-quality, secure, well-governed solutions in a fast-paced environment
• Collaborating within a multi-disciplinary delivery team of architects, developers, and business stakeholders

Requirements

• Proven experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio (or Power Virtual Agents) and the wider Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, and Dataverse
• Experience designing and building conversational agents, intents, topics, generative AI capabilities, and integrations
• Strong understanding of governance, security, and compliance within the Power Platform ecosystem
• Microsoft Copilot Studio / Power Virtual Agents
• Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse)
• Conversational agent design (intents, topics, generative AI capabilities, integrations)
• Power Platform governance, security, and compliance
• Environment management and platform administration
• Licensing, capacity planning, and cost optimisation
• Stakeholder engagement and requirements gathering
• Cross-functional delivery team collaboration (architects, developers, business stakeholders)

Contract Details

• Aberdeen, Scotland (Hybrid)
• 6-month contract

Salary

• £400 Per Day - £500 Per Day (Outside IR35)