Public Sector Data & AI Architect Leader

salesforce.com, inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 173,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Data & AI Technical Architect for the Global Public Sector to advise defense, federal, state, local, higher education, and nonprofit customers on Data 360 (Data Cloud), Agentforce, and related AI ecosystems.

You will translate mission and data ambitions into practical architectures that satisfy security, governance, and regulatory requirements, while driving adoption across public sector initiatives and collaborating with Sales, Product, Engineering, Support, and delivery

Qualifications

• 7+ years in technical architecture or related fields.
• Shaping technical strategy with customers and stakeholders.
• Understanding enterprise data, AI, integration, governance, security, and platform architecture; familiarity with FedRAMP/StateRAMP/NIST is a plus.
• Experience across Sales, Product, Engineering, Support, and delivery teams.
• Ability to distill complex technical ideas for executives and technical audiences, including government stakeholders.
• Curiosity and fast learning in AI, data, automation, and agentic systems.
• U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural discussions around Data 360, Agentforce, data structures, and AI readiness.
• Evaluate security posture, feasibility, and cost-to-serve early with customers.
• Build demos, proofs of concept, reference architectures, and workshops.
• Translate customer mission and data ambitions into practical architectures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure governance and adoption across programs.

Skills

Technical architecture

Solution strategy

Enterprise data & AI

Public sector compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Curiosity in AI/data

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / STEM fields

Graduate study a plus

Tools

Salesforce Data 360

Agentforce

MuleSoft

Tableau

Informatica

AWS GovCloud

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Data & AI Technical Architect for the Global Public Sector to advise defense, federal, state, local, higher education, and nonprofit customers on Data 360 (Data Cloud), Agentforce, and related AI ecosystems.

You will translate mission and data ambitions into practical architectures that satisfy security, governance, and regulatory requirements, while driving adoption across public sector initiatives and collaborating with Sales, Product, Engineering, Support, and delivery