Salesforce Technical Architect

Steampunk•McLean, VA

1d•$175,000 - $220,000

About The Position

As a Salesforce Technical Architect, you will be a technical servant leader to agile Salesforce product development teams, supporting technical delivery in a government client consulting environment via a COI orchestration framework. You will be responsible for the ongoing maturation and delivery improvements across these teams and in alignment with each team’s individual objectives. You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining client relationships, developing and documenting standards and guidelines, and performing DevOps and release engineering. Additionally, you will document processes, ensure communication, manage change control and governance, and collaborate with the application development team, Technical Architects, and Project Managers to support delivery success. As a Steampunk Salesforce Technical Architect, you will generally be expected to work with Business Analysts to translate business requirements into well‐architected solutions that best leverage the Salesforce platform. You will oversee an application development team responsible for developing, testing, documenting, and maintaining solutions, integrations, and data migration elements of a Salesforce implementation. This involves utilizing Salesforce declarative or programmatic development resources, including triggers, flows, validations, approvals, Apex classes, and Lightning components (Aura and LWC). You will ensure the team executes test plans to ensure quality delivery using test code and unit tests. You will ensure the development team follows coding standards and participates in code reviews to ensure appropriate design patterns are observed.

Requirements

Master's degree from an accredited institution and 12+ years of total experience, or Bachelor’s degree and 14+ years of total experience
U.S. Citizen, with ability to obtain a Federal clearance
7+ years of experience with Salesforce development
3+ years of experience with Salesforce implementation
Experience managing Salesforce development teams, conducting performance management responsibilities to team members
Functional knowledge of Salesforce data structure and understanding of how to leverage the tool to meet complex process and reporting requirements
Must have proven knowledge and practical application of LWCs, APEX programming, APIs, and Web Service
Experience with Java-based applications
Experience with VS Code with Salesforce DX and Git version control
Experience delivering Salesforce projects using Agile and DevSecOps methodologies
Experience with Salesforce Development and Deployment Tools
Experience leading, mentoring, and overseeing the work of junior developers
Experience with Communities and Flows
Experience with declarative configuration, Apex development, and Lightning development
Able to translate user stories into working software with minimal oversight
Proficient in Microsoft Visio
Strong technical expertise in Salesforce multi-cloud solutions, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and Platform
Salesforce Architect certification: Application Architect, System Architect, and ideally Certified Technical Architect (CTA)
Proficient in integration patterns, API design, and enterprise architecture principles, as well as tools like MuleSoft
Solid understanding of DevSecOps methodologies, Salesforce DX Second-Generation Packaging, and modern CI/CD pipelines
Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Leadership. If you don't know the difference between that and management, this just isn't going to work out
Experience identifying areas of improvement and recommending optimizations
Proven team player and team builder
Strong organizational and analytical skills
Proven experience with Agile methodologies and tools (e.g., JIRA)

Nice To Haves

Experience overseeing custom Salesforce implementations for a Federal Government client
Federal Clearance
Experience with Human-Centered Design

Responsibilities

Ensure all projects adhere to Salesforce and industry best practices, including security, scalability, and compliance requirements.
Conduct regular architecture and design reviews and provide oversight to maintain consistency and alignment with project goals.
Develop and oversee the adoption of modern DevSecOps and CI/CD practices across the project team for efficient and reliable deployments.
Integrating open source build servers with GIT and Salesforce Orgs (Scratch Orgs, Sandboxes, and Production).
Hands-on release engineering, including documenting and scripting of deployment steps via Salesforce APIs using CLI.
Release orchestration and environment management, including refreshes, syncing, and back deployments.
Anticipate risks related to scalability, performance, and integration, and provide proactive mitigation strategies.
Stay abreast of Salesforce’s evolving ecosystem, including new products, features, and emerging technologies.
Identify opportunities to leverage Salesforce innovations to drive business value and improve client outcomes.
Enforce technical standards and governance models to ensure sustainable and high-quality delivery.
Design, develop, test, document, and deploy high-quality business solutions on the SFDC platform based on industry best practices as well as business needs.
Manage the process of implementing improvements and new functionality in SFDC applications.
Deliver support and solutions for break/fix issues.
Communicate and collaborate with other technical resources and stakeholders regarding status, technical issues, and creative solutions.
Perform Salesforce administration (create accounts/profiles, defining fields, updating layouts, reports, dashboards, etc.) and development.
Ability to support Salesforce configuration tasks such as field/page updates, flows, and automated approvals.
Support data migration-related analysis, manipulation, and load activities for system cutover and SFDC go-live.
Handle numerous projects/priorities using proven project management methodologies and sound development practices to ensure the quality delivery of enterprise solutions.
Monitor Salesforce.com usage for compliance.
Maintain security for Salesforce.com data.
Interface with business analysts and quality assurance staff, and be responsible for delivering complete work products.
Implement App Exchange platforms.
Research integration issues and work closely with team members on operations and development staff.
Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of Salesforce Technical Leads and developers.
Foster a collaborative and innovative culture, promoting knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
Provide technical coaching to ensure delivery teams consistently meet quality and performance expectations.