Solutions Architect
Quick facts
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Experience
- 15+ years
- Industry
- Information Technology — 671 open jobs
- Visa in listing
- H-1B
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
Role: MS Copilot Studio Solution Architect & Governance Lead
Initial 3 months contract - If candidate performs well will be extended to next 6 to 12 months
Complete Onsite Role
Chicago, IL
Any visa works - H1B also, C2C works
Need Architect level only 15+ years experience
Primary skills:
- Demonstrated ability to build, deploy, and troubleshoot AI-powered assistant agents.
- Microsoft Copilot Studio or Copilot Nexus
- Power Platform Administration (Power Automate, Dataverse, Environment Management)
- Copilot Solution Architecture & Enterprise Deployments
- Security, DLP Policies & Microsoft Entra ID
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement Copilot Studio environment architecture, configuration, deployment, and migration strategies.
- Hands-on experience implementing governance through Power Platform DLP policies.
- Establish security, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), connector governance, access controls, and platform standards.
- Define and implement application lifecycle management (ALM), release management, monitoring, and reporting capabilities.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership, configuration, troubleshooting, and development of enterprise assistant agents or Copilot Nexus
- Evaluate Microsoft platform updates and help automate change-impact assessments, governance reviews, and release notifications.
- Guide the existing team on architecture decisions, Microsoft best practices, and the longer-term enterprise Copilot roadmap.
Must-Have Qualifications
- 8–10+ years of Microsoft technology experience, with strong hands-on expertise in Power Platform and Microsoft Copilot Studio.
- Proven experience architecting, configuring, and deploying Copilot Studio solutions in enterprise production environments.
- Strong knowledge of Power Platform Admin Center, Power Automate, Dataverse, environment management, and connector configuration.
- Hands-on experience implementing DLP policies, security controls, authentication, and Microsoft Entra ID integrations.
- Experience with ALM, CI/CD, solution deployment, environment migrations, and production support.
- Demonstrated ability to build, deploy, and troubleshoot AI-powered assistant agents.
- Strong stakeholder communication skills and ability to operate as both a solution architect and hands-on implementation lead.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Microsoft 365 Message Center, Microsoft Graph APIs, and automation of platform-change monitoring.
- Knowledge of Copilot licensing, credit consumption, capacity management, and usage governance.
- Familiarity with Azure AI services, Azure OpenAI, GitHub, and Azure DevOps.
- Understanding of GenAI, RAG, autonomous agents, and agent orchestration.
- Experience delivering enterprise AI solutions in healthcare or other regulated industries.
- Relevant Microsoft certifications, such as PL-600 or PL-400.
Visa sponsorship record: Accion Labs
Sponsors occasionally| Fiscal year | H-1B LCAs | USCIS approvals | USCIS denials | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 3 | — | — | — |
✔ Accion Labs filed 3 H-1B applications for this kind of role (Software Developers) in the period above.
Roles they sponsor most
- cloud engineer1 LCA · median $121k
- programmer analyst1 LCA · median $141k
- software engineer1 LCA · median $120k
Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
- Mentioned in the listing
H-1B
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Computer Systems Analyst (or Engineer, for engineering-degree holders)” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Software Developers · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $92,789 | ~15% |
| Level II | $117,083 | ~31% |
| Level III | $141,398 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $165,693 | ~61% |
The listing has no salary, so we can't place it on a wage level. Ask the employer which wage level they'd file at: Level III–IV registrations get 3–4 entries in the H-1B lottery.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.