Responsibilities
- Guide federal clients through adoption of Microsoft Copilot through completion of readiness assessments and support of rollout strategies
- Identify, design, and deploy Copilot solutions in client M365 environments
- Translate mission and operational requirements into secure, scalable Copilot architectures across M365 including integration with Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Exchange, Power Platform, Entra ID and custom line-of-business systems
- Assist to build and configure custom agents, plugins, prompts, and connectors aligned to federal use cases
- Lead technical workshops, demos, and architecture sessions tailored to educate customers on responsible AI, data protection, and adoption best practices
- Ensure solutions meet federal security and compliance standards
- Ability to present complex technical solutions to executives and end-users
- Partner with client security teams and operations teams on data residency, access control, audit logging, and governance
- Support Authority to Operate (ATO) processes and security documentation as required
- Collaborate with program managers, partners, and Microsoft teams to deliver successful outcomes
- Support user enablement, prompt engineering best practices, and success measurement for end user to enterprise solutions
Qualifications
- Experience with Microsoft 365, Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure Foundry, and the Power Platform, including a solid understanding of security, compliance, and data sovereignty considerations.5+ years' experience as a Solutions Engineer, Architect, or Technical Consultant with expertise in a Microsoft 365 environment
- Working knowledge of federal security and compliance frameworks, identity, access management, and data governance
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical federal stakeholders
- Previous experience creating end user solutions that can convert to enterprise solutions
- Microsoft certifications (preferred but not required): M365 Enterprise Administrator; M365 security, compliance, or identity certifications; AI and/or Power Platform certifications
- Secret or higher clearance preferred, but not required
- Ability to work on site as needed in Washington DC
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Planet Technologies is the leading provider of Microsoft Consulting Services to public sector and commercial organizations. Planet has significant experience in deploying business intelligence, cloud services, unified communications, and systems management with an emphasis building, deploying, and managing custom solutions that transform the business operations of federal government agencies.
Planet Technologies does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms and conditions of employment, or practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law. Federal Agency Clearance Requirements may require up to a 10-year background investigation - US Citizenship (clearable) is required.
Salaries for Solutions Engineers at Planet Technologies range from $150,000 and $190,000. Several factors will impact final pay offered to a successful candidate including but not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, clearance level, the type of years and experience within the industry, education, training, etc.
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Skills Required
- 5+ years experience as a Solutions Engineer, Architect, or Technical Consultant with expertise in a Microsoft 365 environment
- Hands-on experience deploying Microsoft Copilot Studio in a Federal environment
- Working knowledge of federal security and compliance frameworks, identity, access management, and data governance
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical federal stakeholders
- Experience with Power Automate, Power Apps and Azure
- U.S. citizenship
- Secret or higher clearance
What We Do
Planet Technologies was built around investing in and developing long term relationships with our customers and corporate partners. We work hard to keep our staff trained on the latest technologies, policy and operational issues impacting today’s federal and corporate environments. Being an expert on the technology we support is the first step, more importantly is understanding your business mission and integrating technology into a long term strategic plan. Planet Technologies is the leading provider of Microsoft consulting services to public sector and commercial organizations. Our team of Microsoft experts provides support for Office 365, CRM, SharePoint, System Center, SQL, and Windows 7-10. Planet has significant experience in deploying business intelligence, cloud services, unified communications, records management, workflow automation, collaboration, systems management, virtualization and more. A Global Leader in Microsoft Technologies: Few companies can compare to Planet Technologies when it comes to an established relationship with Microsoft. As a company with a 100% focus on the Microsoft platform, we know Microsoft technologies and we are a trusted partner. As a team of experienced and certified Microsoft consultants and Microsoft trainers, we are the best partner to help your staff get up to speed quickly and cost effectively in order to make your business more productive with your Enterprise Agreement investment. Advanced certifications • Microsoft Partner with five gold and ten silver competencies • CPLS Microsoft certified training Highly skilled staff • Microsoft Certified Solutions Masters (MCSM) • Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) • Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCT) • Microsoft CRM Rangers • 150+ Microsoft Consultants We are a full-service, independent training company providing a range of IT and developer training services based on Microsoft technologies to individuals and organizations.
