AI Systems Architect

🇺🇸 Starkville, Mississippi 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Information Technology 🗓️ September 20th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

Mississippi State University is hiring a AI Systems Architect to administer and govern the university’s enterprise AI platforms within ITS. The role manages licensing, provisioning, and cost tracking across Microsoft AI services, AWS, and other cloud-based AI tools, and partners with campus security and governance teams to keep deployments compliant with institutional standards.

Highlights

Administers Microsoft Copilot license assignment, Copilot Studio configuration, and tenant-level AI policy
Provisions and manages licenses for enterprise AI tools including Claude (Anthropic Console), ChatGPT, and Gemini
Configures Power Platform AI governance settings alongside the Microsoft 365 administration team
Manages AWS-based and other cloud AI workloads for academic and research users, including IAM and credit tracking
Tracks usage and spending across AI and cloud services to flag overages and inform license renewals
Partners with ITS Information Security and the Senior Advisor for AI and Data Governance on data classification and access control
Represents MSU at technical venues like AWS, NVIDIA, and Microsoft Ignite events
Requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, information systems, or a related field plus 5 years of relevant professional experience
Compensation falls under Salary Grade 17, with ranges set by the university’s Staff Compensation Structure