Sr. AI Governance Engineer

Job Type: FTE
Level: Senior
Department: AI Engineering
Location:  Remote (US or Canada)
Rate: $130,000 to $155,000 USD (rates vary in Canada)

Position Overview
Cyclotron’s AI Engineering team is hiring a Sr. AI Governance Engineer to own how our enterprise clients deploy, govern, and scale Microsoft AI and automation platforms. This is a hands-on, client-facing role where governance is the headline.  Power Platform environment strategy, Copilot Studio agent lifecycle, DLP, identity, and ALM, but you also build. The right person has lived inside the Power Platform Admin Center long enough to have informed opinions about it, has stood up Copilot Studio agents inside regulated environments, and can walk a CIO through a managed environment design without losing the room. Bonus if you can drop into the pro-code stack, Azure, Functions, custom connectors, when the maker fabric isn’t enough. We are looking for someone who treats governance not as a brake but as the thing that lets scale actually happen. 

Responsibilities 
Governance & Strategy 

• Design and implement Power Platform and Copilot Studio governance frameworks for enterprise clients: environment strategy and segmentation, DLP and connector policy design (classic and advanced), Copilot/agent lifecycle governance, and security, compliance, and identity alignment (Entra ID, RBAC). 

• Contribute to the definition of enterprise operating models, guardrails, and standards for AI and automation platforms.

• Assess client maturity and recommend future-state governance roadmaps aligned to business and risk goals; sequence the work so it is actually adoptable. 

• Advise on best practices across Power Apps, Power Automate (cloud and desktop), Dataverse, Copilot Studio agents (build, deploy, monitor, manage), ALM strategies (solutions, pipelines, DevOps integration), and monitoring, auditing, and operational support models. 

• Review and validate platform configurations for scalability, security, and compliance.  Catch the design choices that will not survive contact with production. 

• Support solution architects and makers with governance-aligned design decisions; be the person they pull into the room when the trade-offs get hard. 

• Act as a trusted advisor to clients, confidently discussing platform strategy, governance trade-offs, and risk implications with technical leads and executives alike. 

• Lead or support governance workshops, discovery sessions, and executive briefings; run the room without dominating it. 

• Translate technical concepts into clear, business-friendly language for leadership and non-technical stakeholders. 

• Contribute to client deliverables: governance decks, decision logs, intake forms, policy templates, and pragmatic recommendations. 

• 5+ years of enterprise experience across Microsoft platform delivery, with meaningful time spent on Power Platform governance, administration, or architecture in a multi-environment, multi-business-unit context. 

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Power Platform: Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, and the Power Platform Admin Center (PPAC). You can navigate PPAC quickly and know what each setting actually does. 

• Proven expertise in Power Platform governance: environment strategy, DLP policy design and enforcement, managed environments, solution ownership and access control models. You have shipped these at enterprise scale, not just read about them. 

• Experience with Copilot Studio, including agent governance, publishing models, security considerations, and how agents interact with the broader Microsoft 365 surface. 

• Solid understa