Microsoft AI & Automation Engineer

Description Kforce has a client in Irving, TX that is seeking a highly technical, hands-on Microsoft AI & Automation Engineer to design, build, integrate, deploy, and support enterprise AI agents, intelligent applications, and business-process automations.

Responsibilities:
* Design, build, test, deploy, and support production AI agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio
* Develop conversational assistants, knowledge agents, workflow agents, employee copilots, and business-process solutions
* Configure topics, knowledge sources, tools, actions, agent flows, generative orchestration, authentication, and human-in-the-loop workflows
* Integrate agents with Power Automate, Dataverse, SharePoint, Microsoft Graph, Microsoft 365, APIs, and enterprise applications
* Build Power Automate cloud flows, approvals, workflow orchestration, and reusable automation components
* Develop REST APIs, custom connectors, webhooks, and supporting components using Python, C#/.NET, Type Script/JavaScript, or similar languages
* Implement secure authentication using Microsoft Entra , OAuth 2.0, managed identities, service principals, and appropriate permission models
* Use Microsoft Foundry/Azure AI, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, and RAG when requirements extend beyond Copilot Studio
* Build retrieval, grounding, tool-calling, MCP, and multi-agent capabilities when appropriate
* Support Power Platform governance, including Managed Environments, DLP, security roles, environment variables, connection references, solutions, pipelines, and ALM
* Work within structured DEV, TEST/UAT, and PROD environments using Git, CI/CD, source control, and enterprise deployment practices
* Implement logging, tracing, monitoring, error handling, retries, testing, and production support
* Partner directly with business stakeholders to turn loosely defined problems into secure, maintainable, production-ready solutions Requirements
* Demonstrated hands-on experience personally building and deploying Microsoft Copilot Studio agents beyond basic FAQ bots or demos
* Strong hands-on experience with Power Platform, Power Automate, Dataverse, and Microsoft 365 integrations
* Experience building production workflows and business-process automations
* Experience with Power Platform environments, deployment, governance, and ALM
* Software development experience with Python, C#/.NET, Type Script/JavaScript, or similar
* Experience developing/integrating REST APIs, JSON services, custom connectors, and enterprise systems
* Experience with Microsoft Graph, Entra , OAuth, identities, permissions, and authentication
* Understanding of LLMs, agents, tool calling, grounding, retrieval, and responsible AI
* Strong troubleshooting skills across integrations, workflows, permissions, and production systems
* Ability to independently translate ambiguous business requirements into working technical solutions
* Strong communication skills with technical and business stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience with Microsoft Foundry/Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI
* Experience with Azure AI Search, RAG, enterprise knowledge retrieval, and grounding
* Azure Functions, Logic Apps, App Services, Container Apps, or API Management
* MCP tools/servers and multi-agent orchestration
* Service Now, Oracle, Workday, Dynamics, or similar enterprise integrations
* Power Platform CoE, Purview, DLP, Managed Environments, and governance
* Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions, PAC CLI, CI/CD, and deployment automation
* Agent evaluation, tracing, observability, regression testing, and performance/cost optimization

Job Type Contract Compensation
60 - $60