Technical Architect / Senior Technical Architect- DevOps (Missionforce)

Salesforce, Inc.; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. in Virginia Beach is seeking a DevOps-focused Technical Architect to guide enterprise deployments on the Salesforce Platform.

You will act as a strategic advisor, shaping architecture, governance, and release strategies for large, mission-critical engagements. This client-facing role requires strong technical leadership, expertise in CI/CD, sandboxing, and security; you will mentor delivery teams and collaborate with customers to drive value and ensure compliant, scalable

Qualifications

• 8+ years enterprise architecture or consulting on the Salesforce Platform.
• Ability to define deployment orchestration goals and tactics.
• Experience setting up version control repositories and branching models.
• Proven ability to assess and improve CI/CD maturity for customers.
• Strong design skills across data, integrations, and security.
• Candidate must hold government security clearance (CTA or SF architecture certs preferred).

Responsibilities

• Advise and design enterprise DevOps deployments for Salesforce environments.
• Lead CI/CD pipelines, release governance, and sandbox workflows.
• Mentor Salesforce teams and act as a trusted advisor to clients.
• Collaborate with Delivery Managers and Solution Architects to align technology with business goals.

Skills

Deployment orchestration

Version control

CI/CD maturity

Architectural design

Security architecture

Stakeholder communication

Government security clearance

Education

Salesforce Platform experience

Tools

DevOps Center

Copado

Gearset

Flosum

AutoRABIT

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

Customer Success

Job Details

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. 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.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

Salesforce Professional Services is hiring Technical Architects with a DevOps focus to join the Missionforce team. As a Technical Architect, you will be serving as a strategic advisor and Salesforce product and platform expert to the company’s largest, most complex customers in the Defense & National Security space.

The DevOps Technical Architect / Senior Technical Architect plays a pivotal role in both presales and implementation, shaping, scoping, and solutioning engagements to set customers up for success. This leader provides technical oversight and execution leadership on large-scale and mission‑critical engagements while also serving as a trusted mentor to Salesforce teams and Federal clients. They're responsible for driving architectural excellence, strategic customer alignment, and fostering a high‑performance culture within their teams.

Serve as a trusted DevOps technical advisor to the client

In this client‑facing architectural role, you will advise, design, and manage the deployment of enterprise DevOps strategies, CI/CD orchestration pipelines, release governance models, and sandbox/production workflows.

Design, build, and optimize automated CI/CD pipelines leveraging Salesforce‑native release tools (e.g., DevOps Center, Copado, Gearset, Flosum, AutoRABIT) alongside general‑purpose CI/CD platforms (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines, Azure DevOps).

Establish source‑driven development workflows and Git branching strategies aligned with Salesforce modular architectures using SFDX, Metadata API, and Unlocked Packaging.

Architect sandbox management frameworks, including refresh cycles, pre‑refresh automation, and anonymized test data loading compliant with data security and privacy regulations (especially in Data Cloud‑connected environments).

Implement static code analysis, automated pre‑checks, security policies, and compliance validations within CI/CD pipelines to establish robust DevSecOps practices.

Evaluate customer DevOps processes, build/deployment pipelines, and organizational maturity; deliver actionable recommendations aligned with Salesforce best practices.

serving as an active contributor to the community’s overall knowledge base and expertise.

Guide customers and colleagues in rationalizing and deploying emerging technologies that drive increased business value.

Work collaboratively, having very strong communications skills, especially in teaching complex concepts and creative, prescriptive thinking.

Identify and proactively manage risk areas and commit to seeing an issue through to complete resolution.

Manage customer expectations; negotiate solutions to complex problems with both the customer and third‑party partners.

Review and correct project/program direction, approach, and key artifacts to keep programs on track, while ensuring solutions are extendable and maintainable going forward.

Work closely with Delivery Managers, Solution Architects, and directly with clients to architect technology solutions to meet client needs.

Contribute to a program vision while advising and articulating program/project strategies on enabling technologies including the Salesforce Platform.

8+ years enterprise architecture or consulting experience on the Salesforce Platform.

• ~ Ability to define overall deployment orchestration plans, principles, objectives, and tactics
• ~ Proficiency in setting up version control repositories and designing repository branch structures
• ~ Ability to evaluate CI/CD pipeline maturity and provide recommendations to achieve customer business goals
• ~ Strong application design skills combined with strong data, integration, and security architecture skills
• ~ Able to effectively develop materials that are appropriate for the audience
• ~ Government security clearance required for this role. Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or multiple Salesforce Architecture certifications

Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.).

Experience in public sector digital transformation initiatives.

Ability to convey and convince customers of best practices at various levels within a large organization.

Application design and development background.

Travel may be required and varies depending on the client requirements.

S. citizen (U.When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love.

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• time off programs
• medical
• dental
• vision
• mental health support
• paid parental leave
• life and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• an employee stock purchasing program

The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.