Senior Data & AI Architect - Public Sector

salesforce.com, inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Data & AI Technical Architect for the Global Public Sector team in California. You will lead architecture, advise on Data 360 (Data Cloud) and Agentforce implementations, and ensure strong governance, security, and compliance.

This role requires deep enterprise experience across defense, government, higher education, and nonprofits, with a focus on scalable AI-enabled data solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in technical/enterprise architecture or related roles.
• Experience shaping technical strategy with customer input and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with FedRAMP, StateRAMP, CJIS, NIST or similar frameworks is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer architectural discussions around Data 360, Agentforce, and AI readiness.
• Translate mission and data/AI ambitions into practical architectures.
• Collaborate with Sales, Product, Engineering, Support, and delivery teams.
• Develop reusable assets, demos, and reference architectures.
• Ensure security, governance, and regulatory alignment across solutions.

Skills

Technical architecture

Enterprise architecture

Public sector experience

Data & AI platform knowledge

Executive communication

Security & compliance awareness

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Data Science or related

Graduate study a plus

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Data & AI Technical Architect for the Global Public Sector team in California. You will lead architecture, advise on Data 360 (Data Cloud) and Agentforce implementations, and ensure strong governance, security, and compliance.

This role requires deep enterprise experience across defense, government, higher education, and nonprofits, with a focus on scalable AI-enabled data solutions.