Technical Architect / Senior Technical Architect - Missionforce

Leadout Capital; Virginia; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce Professional Services in the United States seeks a Technical Architect to advise clients and lead complex Defense & National Security engagements, shaping architecture and delivery across presales and implementation.

You will mentor teams, manage risk, and align customers with Salesforce Platform capabilities, delivering scalable, maintainable solutions and guiding projects to successful outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years enterprise architecture or consulting on the Salesforce Platform.
• Strong design, data, integration, and security architecture skills.
• Excellent presentation and communication abilities for diverse audiences.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new concepts, business models, and technologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication; capable of developing audience-appropriate materials.
• Proven ability to guide clients and teams through complex processes and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor to clients in defense and national security sectors.
• Lead initiatives to grow the consulting practice and contribute to knowledge base.
• Guide deployments of emerging technologies to increase business value.
• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication; teach complex concepts clearly.
• Identify and manage risk areas; drive issue resolution.
• Collaborate with Delivery Managers, Solution Architects, and clients on technology architectures.
• Provide program vision and advise on enabling technologies including the Salesforce Platform.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Salesforce Platform

Presales leadership

Communication skills

Risk management

Education

Degree or equivalent relevant experience

Salesforce CTA or Architecture certifications

Tools

Public Sector Solutions

Agentforce Public Sector

Job description

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.

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