Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect - Part Time

The Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect / Technical Lead will serve as the overall technical authority for a Federal information technology modernization project involving document processing, structured data extraction, workflow automation, artificial intelligence, and enterprise search. The individual will own the end-to-end solution architecture and provide technical direction across the Microsoft cloud platform, application components, data services, security controls, integrations, and deployment activities.

The Solution Architect will design and oversee the integration of SharePoint, Microsoft 365 Government services, Azure Government, Azure AI services, Azure AI Search, Power Platform, identity, workflow, data storage, monitoring, and user-interface components. The individual will ensure that the project’s specialized AI, document-processing, search, data, and security capabilities operate as a cohesive and supportable solution.

The Solution Architect will also ensure that the Government’s designated content repository remains the authoritative system of record. The individual will preserve applicable permissions, records controls, and data protections while ensuring that the solution operates within approved Government cloud environments. When preferred services or features are unavailable, restricted, or not authorized, the Solution Architect will recommend practical alternatives that preserve the required functionality.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead development of the overall solution architecture across Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Azure Government, data, security, workflow, AI, search, and application components.
• Serve as the project’s primary technical authority and provide direction to platform, development, AI, data, security, and testing personnel.
• Assess the existing Microsoft environment, including SharePoint sites, document libraries, metadata, content types, permissions, records controls, and integration constraints.
• Design secure integration among SharePoint, Microsoft 365 services, Azure services, data repositories, workflows, search capabilities, AI services, and user interfaces.
• Define system boundaries, interfaces, configuration standards, deployment patterns, identity models, and cross-platform technical decisions.
• Ensure SharePoint remains the authoritative repository while preserving applicable permissions, records controls, metadata, and source-document traceability.
• Validate the availability, authorization, and technical limitations of proposed Microsoft and Azure services within Government cloud environments.
• Establish or oversee identity, role-based access, least-privilege permissions, secrets management, encryption, logging, monitoring, and audit capabilities.
• Provide architectural oversight for ingestion, workflow, search, AI, and application integration without assuming responsibility for all hands-on component development.
• Develop and maintain architecture diagrams, interface specifications, technical decisions, deployment guidance, and operational documentation.
• Support integration testing, troubleshooting, production deployment, administrator transition, and knowledge transfer.