AI Engineer & Copilot Specialist | Washington DC, Washington

Stellent IT LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellent IT LLC in Washington, DC is seeking an AI Engineer & Copilot Specialist to design and deploy Copilots within the Microsoft ecosystem, including Copilot Studio, Power Automate, and Dataverse. You will build agentic workflows, RAG architectures, and secure governance.

The role involves integrating Copilots with Teams, Dynamics 365, and REST APIs, plus training users and enforcing data protection through Entra ID controls.

Qualifications

• Experience building AI copilots within the Microsoft ecosystem.
• Proven ability to design and optimize prompts for deterministic behavior.
• Knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation and semantic search architectures.

Responsibilities

• Build AI agents: design and deploy specialized copilots using Microsoft Copilot Studio.
• Develop agentic workflows: configure topics, autonomous orchestration, and guardrails.
• Implement RAG architectures: build retrieval-augmented generation solutions grounded in SharePoint.
• Orchestrate Power Automate: write complex cloud flows as tool repositories.
• Manage fallback strategies with robust exception handling for enterprise-grade agents.
• Engineer prompts: architect reusable prompt frameworks for accuracy.
• Integrate Copilots to Teams, Dynamics 365, and third-party REST APIs.
• Build connectors to link enterprise ecosystems.
• Enforce governance with enterprise data protection policies.
• Configure security: correct Entra ID access controls and data boundaries.
• Train users: run practical workshops for company-wide AI adoption.

Skills

Copilot Studio

Power Automate

Dataverse

Azure OpenAI Service

Prompt optimization

REST APIs

JSON data structures

Tools

Copilot Studio

Power Automate

Dataverse

Azure OpenAI Service

Job description

Title

AI Engineer & Copilot Specialist

Location

: Hybrid/Washington DC (3 days on site)

Interview

: MS Teams, (coding assessment)

Job Description

• Build AI Agents: Design and deploy specialized Copilots using Microsoft Copilot Studio.
• Develop Agentic Workflows: Configure custom topics, autonomous orchestration flows, and response guardrails.
• Implement RAG Architectures: Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation solutions grounded in SharePoint.
• Orchestrate Power Automate: Write complex cloud flows to act as tool repositories.
• Manage Fallback Strategies: Implement robust exception handling for enterprise-grade agents.
• Engineer Prompts: Architect reusable prompt frameworks to enforce accurate, deterministic behaviors.
• Integrate Systems: Connect Copilots to Teams, Dynamics 365, and third-party REST APIs.
• Build Connectors: Develop custom connectors to link enterprise ecosystems.
• Enforce Governance: Align all builds with enterprise data protection policies.
• Configure Security: Ensure correct Entra ID access controls and data boundaries.
• Train Users: Facilitate practical workshops to drive company-wide AI adoption.

Required Technical Skills

• Microsoft Ecosystem: Advanced proficiency in Copilot Studio, Power Automate, and Dataverse.
• Generative AI: Proven experience with Azure OpenAI Service and prompt optimization.
• Data Architecture: Deep understanding of semantic search architectures and RAG frameworks.
• Integrations: Expert knowledge of REST APIs and JSON data structures.