Company Description
Cyclotron is a forward-thinking technology consultancy founded in San Francisco in 2014. Focused on solving mission-critical business and technology challenges, Cyclotron leverages industry-specific frameworks to accelerate client success. As a trusted strategic partner to leading organizations across sectors such as finance, healthcare, public service, retail, and technology, Cyclotron delivers solutions that enhance productivity, foster collaboration, and integrate intelligence across enterprises.
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Copilot Studio Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-grade AI copilots for our clients using Microsoft Copilot Studio. This role is ideal for a hands-on architect who combines deep technical expertise with strong consulting skills to guide organizations through AI adoption at scale.
You will serve as a trusted advisor to enterprise stakeholders, shaping copilot strategies, defining architectures, and ensuring secure, compliant, and scalable implementations across Microsoft and third-party ecosystems.
Key ResponsibilitiesArchitecture & Technical Leadership
- Architect end-to-end copilot solutions using Microsoft Copilot Studio for enterprise environments
- Design scalable AI architectures leveraging Azure AI Foundry for model management, evaluation, orchestration, and grounding
- Define conversational, integration, and data architectures aligned with client business objectives
- Design multi-copilot ecosystems, orchestration patterns, and reusability frameworks
- Establish enterprise standards for prompts, topics, plugins, connectors, and actions
Enterprise Integration & Platform Design
- Lead integrations with Power Platform, Microsoft 365, Dataverse, Power Automate, and external enterprise systems (ERP, CRM, HRIS, ITSM)
- Design secure API and data-grounding strategies using structured and unstructured sources
- Collaborate on hybrid architectures leveraging Azure services such as Functions, Logic Apps, API Management, and Storage
Security, Governance & Compliance
- Define copilot governance models including environments, DLP policies, access controls, and lifecycle management
- Ensure compliance with enterprise security, privacy, and regulatory requirements
- Design authentication and authorization strategies using Entra ID (Azure AD)
- Establish monitoring, logging, telemetry, and AI evaluation standards
Consulting & Client Engagement
- Partner with executive stakeholders to identify high-value AI use cases and adoption roadmaps
- Lead discovery workshops, architecture reviews, and technical design sessions
- Translate business strategy into scalable copilot and AI platform architectures
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to client and internal delivery teams
Delivery & Optimization
- Oversee build, testing, deployment, and post-production optimization
- Guide performance tuning, accuracy improvements, prompt refinement, and grounding strategies
- Support change management and enterprise rollout strategies
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in solution, platform, or enterprise architecture roles
- Proven experience designing and delivering solutions with Microsoft Copilot Studio
- Hands-on experience with Azure AI Foundry, including model selection, evaluation, orchestration, and grounding
- Deep expertise in Power Platform architecture and governance
- Strong understanding of conversational AI, LLMs, and prompt engineering at enterprise scale
- Experience integrating enterprise systems via APIs and connectors
- Solid knowledge of Microsoft 365, identity, and security concepts
- Excellent client-facing, presentation, and facilitation skills
Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)
- Experience working directly with OpenAI models or APIs (e.g., GPT-based solutions)
- Experience with Azure OpenAI Service
- Background in enterprise chatbot or AI platform implementations
- Familiarity with responsible AI, model evaluation, and risk mitigation frameworks
- Microsoft certifications (Power Platform Solution Architect, Azure Architect, AI Engineer)
- Experience working in consulting, system integrators, or professional services firms
What We Offer
- Work with Fortune 500 and large enterprise clients on AI transformation initiatives
- Influence AI strategy and architecture at an organizational level
- Continuous learning in rapidly evolving Copilot and AI technologies
- Competitive compensation, benefits, and consulting career growth path
Ideal Candidate Profile
You are a hands-on AI architect who thrives in complex enterprise environments, enjoys advising senior leaders, and can translate AI innovation into secure, scalable, and business-aligned solutions. You are equally comfortable whiteboarding architectures, configuring Azure AI Foundry, and guiding Copilot Studio builds.
