Power Platform & AI Architect

Role: Power Platform & AI Architect

Location: Houston, TX (Hybrid)

Long Term Contract

Job Description
•    13+ years of relevant IT experience in solution architecture, Azure services, AI-led solutions, and Microsoft Power Platform technologies.
•    Architect end-to-end enterprise solutions leveraging Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Azure Document Intelligence, Logic Apps, Dataverse, Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power Pages.
•    Work with business stakeholders, IT teams, architects, and leadership to ensure solution designs, integrations, and processes align with business goals and enterprise standards.
•    Design scalable, secure, and high-performing AI and automation solutions for internal applications, external portals, and business process modernization initiatives.
•    Analyze business requirements, assess alternatives, and define target-state architecture, integration patterns, security controls, and implementation roadmaps.
•    Design intelligent document processing, conversational AI, enterprise search, workflow automation, and case management solutions using Azure AI and Power Platform.
•    Define data architecture and application design using Dataverse, including entities, security roles, business rules, and integration patterns.
•    Lead effort estimation, architecture reviews, technical governance, and reusable design standards for new implementations and enhancements.
•    Should have experience leading multiple enterprise-scale digital transformation, automation, or AI-enabled solution implementations.
•    Good at requirement gathering, solution shaping, preparing scope of work, and guiding delivery teams through architecture and design decisions.
Must have skills – Technical
•    Strong experience in Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry for designing and managing AI solution workflows and enterprise AI capabilities.
•    Hands-on expertise in Azure OpenAI for generative AI, prompt orchestration, knowledge-grounded experiences, and enterprise use cases.
•    Strong experience with Azure AI Search for enterprise search, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), indexing, and search-driven applications.
•    Experience in Azure Document Intelligence for OCR, form processing, structured data extraction, custom model, composed model and intelligent document automation.
•    Strong experience in Logic Apps for integration orchestration, workflow automation, and connecting enterprise systems and APIs.
•    Skilled with Power Platform development and architecture – Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, and Power Pages.
•    Hands-on experience in application development and architecture using Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, and Power Pages.
•    Expertise in designing secure Dataverse data models, business process flows, role-based access, and environment strategies.
•    Experience building external-facing portals and approval/collaboration solutions using Power Pages.
•    Foundational knowledge of Azure platform services, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, API integrations, and Power Platform governance.
•    Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns, REST APIs, authentication/authorization, and secure solution design.
•    Experience with solution lifecycle management (ALM), deployment pipelines, and governance for Power Platform and Azure solutions.