Missionforce - Senior Salesforce Technical Architect (Cleared)

Salesforce; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 148,500 - 260,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase program

Parental leave

Job summary

Salesforce seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to join its Public Sector team in the U.S., embedding with DoD, IC, and aerospace clients to design and deploy AI-enabled Salesforce solutions.

You will architect planet-scale platforms, lead rapid prototyping, review code for quality and security, and mentor junior engineers while traveling 25–50% as needed.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of enterprise architecture or consulting experience.
• 4+ years of experience leading Salesforce Core Projects.
• Strong data, integration, and security architecture skills.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead on engagements—designing, building, and deploying Salesforce solutions for defense and aerospace missions.
• Engineer distributed systems across AWS, GCP, Azure, or Alibaba Cloud.
• Develop Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform), microservices (Kubernetes, Docker), and data pipelines.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Salesforce Core Projects

Integration architecture

Security architecture

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Travel readiness

Active Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we’re looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Must be a U.S. citizen

Must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) living on U.S. soil who does not hold dual citizenship with the ability to meet customer and government screening standards applicable to this role. Qualification for this job is contingent upon acceptable results from a background investigation as well as your having and maintaining the specific level of U.S. government background investigation and clearance required for this role.

About the Role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) on our Public Sector team, you’ll be embedded with the U.S. Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Aerospace clients — designing and deploying bespoke AI solutions that drive mission‑critical outcomes. Additionally you’ll architect the backbone of a planet‑scale platform that ships hundreds of features daily with rock‑solid reliability and security. This role demands a builder’s mindset, an AI‑first approach, and the technical depth to take complex challenges from concept to production.

Mission Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead on high‑profile customer engagements—designing, building, and deploying tailored Salesforce solutions for defense, intelligence, and aerospace missions.
• Engineer distributed systems running across thousands of compute nodes on AWS, GCP, Azure, or Alibaba Cloud.
• Develop Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform), microservices (Kubernetes, Docker), and data pipelines.
• Build and ship high‑quality, production‑grade software using modern engineering practices, with AI as a core part of your development workflow by pushing the boundaries of AI development tools to deliver secure, optimized, and high‑quality code.
• Design and orchestrate complex systems where AI agents integrate seamlessly into human workflows, driving efficiency and innovation at scale.
• Contribute to building and maintaining the shared system context, an explicit repository of system designs, constraints, and standards that enables AI to operate accurately and reliably.
• Critically evaluate code (human or AI‑generated) for correctness, quality, security, and performance.
• Partner directly with customers and mission stakeholders to translate complex needs into technical solutions.
• Lead rapid prototyping, root cause analysis, and best‑practice evangelism across teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and serve as a technical role model.

Minimum Requirements

• 8+ years enterprise architecture or consulting experience.
• 4+ years of experience leading Salesforce Core Projects.
• Strong application design skills combined with strong data, integration, and security architecture skills.
• Strong presentation skills, able to effectively present and defend a point of view to a variety of audiences.
• Detail‑oriented individual with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Able to effectively develop materials that are appropriate for the audience.
• A great listener with the ability to communicate with people in diverse roles.
• Proven ability to analyze, design, and optimize business processes via technology and integration.
• Resourceful and innovative thinker who can work through and solve problems.
• Strong experience in Integration concepts, designs and patterns.
• Ability to travel 25–50% of the time, as needed to customer sites.
• Active Secret clearance preferred.

Preferred Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering (any field), or a related quantitative discipline. Equivalent demonstrable work experience in lieu of a degree will be considered.
• Background in defense/aerospace, classified environments (IL5/IL6), or federal civilian agencies.
• Ability to convey and convince customers of best practices at various levels within a large organization.
• Application design and development background.
• Strong Enterprise Architecture background would be favorable.
• Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or multiple Salesforce Architecture certifications.

Benefits

Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. Salaries range from $148,500 to $260,100 annually, representing base salary only.

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