Technical Architect / Senior Technical Architect - Missionforce

Salesforce; United States; Remote; USD 149.000 - 286.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Salesforce Professional Services seeks an experienced Technical Architect to advise and shape engagements for large, complex Defense & National Security customers. You will lead presales and implementation, provide technical oversight, and mentor Salesforce teams and federal clients.

The role requires 8+ years in enterprise architecture or consulting on the Salesforce Platform, strong data/integration/security design, and excellent presentation and communication skills.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years enterprise architecture or consulting experience on the Salesforce Platform
• Strong design skills with data, integration, and security architecture
• Strong presentation skills; ability to defend a point of view to diverse audiences
• Quick learner with ability to adapt to new concepts, business models, and technologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication, materials tailored to audience
• Effective listening and ability to connect with diverse roles
• Proven ability to analyze, design, and optimize business processes via technology
• Resourceful, innovative thinker capable of solving complex problems

Aufgaben

• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients in the Defense & National Security space
• Lead initiatives to grow the consulting practice and share knowledge
• Guide deployment of emerging technologies to deliver business value
• Communicate complex concepts clearly and prescriptively
• Identify and manage risk, driving issues to resolution
• Negotiate solutions with customers and third-party partners
• Review project direction and ensure extendable, maintainable solutions
• Collaborate with Delivery Managers, Solution Architects, and clients to architect technology solutions
• Contribute to program vision and advising on enabling technologies including the Salesforce Platform

Kenntnisse

Enterprise architecture

Data architecture

Integration architecture

Security architecture

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Learning agility

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

CTA or Architecture certifications preferred

Tools

Salesforce Platform

CTA Certification

Jobbeschreibung

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Customer Success

Job Details

About Salesforce

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Salesforce Professional Services is hiring Technical Architects 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 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.

Your Impact

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the client
• Identify and lead internal critical initiatives to grow the consulting practice; 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

Minimum Requirements

• 8+ years enterprise architecture or consulting experience on the Salesforce Platform
• 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
• Thorough 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 connect 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

Preferred Requirements

• Metro DC located
• Active Clearance (Secret, TS, TS/SCI or TS/SCI with Poly)
• Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or multiple Salesforce Architecture certifications
• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. 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
• Hands-on experience with Public Sector Solutions (“Agentforce Public Sector”)
• 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
• Qualification for this job is contingent upon acceptable results from a background investigation and your obtaining and maintaining the specific level of U.S. Government security clearance required for this role. U.S. citizenship (U.S. born or naturalized) required.

NOTE: By applying to the Technical Architect posting, recruiters and hiring managers across the organization hiring Technical Consultant will review your resume. Our goal is for you to apply once and have your resume reviewed by multiple hiring teams.

This candidate must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) who does not hold dual citizenship and agrees to complete a U.S. federal government Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) for a Moderate Public Trust position.

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At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.The typical base salary range for this position is $148,500 - $260,100 annuallyThere is a different range applicable to specific work locations. In California and New York, and select cities in the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Washington DC, the base pay range for this role in those locations is $178,900 - $285,800 per year. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.