Senior Microsoft AI & Automation Architect – Solutions Lead

Thrive; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Thrive is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to design, build, deploy, and support production-ready Microsoft AI, data, workflow, and business applications. You will work across Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, and related services to translate business requirements into secure, scalable solutions.

You will lead delivery from discovery through production deployment, establish reusable engineering standards, and serve as a technical escalation

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing or developing Microsoft cloud solutions.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Power Platform, including Power Apps and Power Automate.
• Experience deploying and supporting enterprise applications or data workloads in production.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, or closely related Microsoft services.
• Experience integrating systems using REST APIs, Microsoft Graph, connectors, webhooks, or event-driven patterns.
• Strong understanding of Entra ID, managed identities,secretsmanagement, role-based access control, and environment security.
• Working knowledge of Python, SQL, JSON, Git, and modern CI/CD practices.
• Experience working directly with clients and translating business requirements into technical designs.
• Ability to independently lead technical workstreams and communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery, requirements gathering, solution design, estimation, and implementation planning.
• Present solution architectures and technical recommendations to client and internal stakeholders.
• Lead implementation work from proof of concept through production deployment and operational handoff.
• Mentor consultants and engineers while helpingestablishMicrosoft delivery standards for the AI Services practice.
• Partner with sales, solution architecture, security, service delivery, and client teams to support successful outcomes.

Skills

Power Platform

Microsoft Cloud

REST APIs

Microsoft Graph

Security & IAM

Python/SQL

CI/CD

Client Engagement

Leadership

Tools

Copilot Studio

Azure OpenAI

Azure AI Foundry

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

Thrive is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to design, build, deploy, and support production-ready Microsoft AI, data, workflow, and business applications. You will work across Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, and related services to translate business requirements into secure, scalable solutions.

You will lead delivery from discovery through production deployment, establish reusable engineering standards, and serve as a technical escalation