Microsoft Copilot Studio, Solution Architect

2 weeks ago

Detroit, Michigan, United States Avanade Inc. Full time

Come join us

As a Solution Architect within our Intelligent Automation Practice, you'll leverage a client-centric approach to translate our client's business strategy into solutions and services that lead to successful, impactful outcomes. You'll lead discovery and solutioning on the most strategic opportunities, provide technical leadership on innovative and complex project deliveries, and contribute to shape the strategic direction around low-code Generative AI and the power of AI within Hyperautomation. Together we do what matters.

What you'll do

As a Solution Architect for Copilot Studio (formerly Power Virtual Agent), you'll be responsible for the design and development of conversational AI and automation using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Power Automate and the power of Generative AI in Power Platform. This role will work with our strategic customers to help them envision, proof-of-concept, and design innovative low-code approaches to unlocking business value.

Pre-Sales/ Solution Architecture/POCs & Pilots:


• Facilitate team and client meetings and conduct pre-sales presentations to showcase our approach and solutions.


• Analyze client processes, identify AI opportunities, and recommend approach based on analysis and client maturity.
• Develop POC's to demonstrate capabilities of Copilot Studio (Power Virtual Agents), Power Automate and PowerApps.
• Lead solutioning and proposal development in response to client business objectives and goals


• Contribute to AI assets and enable internal and external stakeholders while growing capability and delivering high-quality solutions for clients.

Project Technical Oversight/SME:


• Participate in delivery for a variety of Copilot Studio Low-code GenAI, and related PowerPlatform projects as SME, Solution Architect, or Technical Architect, leveraging Avanade's global network of expertise.

· Create bots with Microsoft Copilot Studio using Generative AI features and extended ecosystem (AI Studio) capabilities

About you

You're an organized problem-solver with a talent for business, whose knowledge and experience helps turn business needs into solutions. You guide and support your team, whether at home or around the globe, to provide successful and accessible AI solutions that solve client problems.


• Microsoft Power Platform skills: You need to know how to use Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and AI Builder to build low code applications that can bring to bear Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft PowerAutomate capabilities.


• Knowledge of ALM, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD


• Relevant Certifications in Microsoft AI, Power Platform, Azure and or Dynamics 365


• Experience in integrating Power Platform with other systems


• Experience in other Automation platforms (UiPath, BluePrism, AutomationAnywhere) preferred


• AI, Machine Learning, Data Science & Analytics preferred

Architect/Sales Experience:


• Sales Mentality: Strong communication and customer facing skills.


• Communicator: Can talk openly and easily about AI use cases in multiple industries (Manufacturing, Healthcare, Retail, Resources, etc.) and articulate ROI


• Solutioning: Capable of seeing the big picture and breaking it down to its discreet components.

Leadership Experience:


• Leadership: Ability to drive overall project goals and make calculated decisions to drive innovation


• Consulting: Management Consulting & SI excellence is strongly preferred


• Team management: Proven experience leading teams, fostering collaborative environment that encourages knowledge sharing, communication, etc.


• Mentorship: Foster growth and development of junior professionals

Preferred Experience/Capabilities:

You have a bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as computer science, applied mathematics, statistics, engineering, or machine learning - or an equivalent combination of education and experience.


• A preferred candidate will have experience in high tech sales architecture role including responsibilities around:


• Prioritization - Led all task delegation and ownership around prioritization of work.


• Pipeline ownership - Managed and grew sales pipeline around AI and Machine Learning


• Technical Expertise - Valued as thought leader in AI lending oversight to delivery teams.


• Project Management - Managed DevOps teams and is a certified project manager.

Enjoy your career

Some of the best things about working at Avanade

· People-first culture that supports innovation and encourages people to move forward

· Turn your ideas to human impact by cultivating a team that will help clients unlock what's next​

· Opportunities to innovate in the Microsoft platform while charting your own career path

· On-the-job growth through hackathons, innovation contests, and other expressions of our passion for innovating with purpose

· Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally

Find out more about some of our benefits [1] here.

A great place to work

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you'll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and our communities. You'll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, but to also lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It's all here, so take a closer look

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our [2] Inclusion & Diversity page.

Create a future for our people that focuses on


• Expanding your thinking
• Experimenting courageously
• Learning and pivoting

Inspire greatness in our people by


• Empowering every voice
• Encouraging boldness
• Celebrating progress

Accelerate the impact of our people by


• Amazing the client
• Prioritizing what matters
• Acting as one

Learn more

To learn more about the types of projects our Data & AI team works on check out these case studies:

· [3] thyssenkrupp Materials Services uses data to help strike a delicate operational balance

· [4] What matters to SSE Renewables is innovating for a sustainable future

· [5] Hachette UK enables employees with machine learning-driven contract searches

· [6] Marston Holdings identifies significant cloud savings

Interested in knowing what's going on inside Avanade? Check out our blogs:

· [7] Avanade Insights - exchange ideas that drive tomorrow's innovation

· [8] Inside Avanade - explore what life is like working at Avanade

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