Solution Engineer - AI & Data Integration Specialist

Salesforce • McLean, VA

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About The Position

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together, focusing on innovation and core values. The company is hiring an AI & Data Integration Specialist for its Global Public Sector Solution Engineering team. This role is critical for making agentic AI a reality for customers, as the AI revolution is deeply tied to data evolution. The specialist will act as a strategic architectural partner, consolidating expertise across MuleSoft (Integration), Tableau (Analytics), Data Cloud (Unified Data Management), and agentic AI to solve complex data and AI challenges. This individual will be the single point of contact for sales teams, ensuring data and AI opportunities are handled by an architect-minded specialist with hands-on delivery experience, communicating outcomes in the voice of business users and mission owners. The role involves contributing to the success of agency customers by conducting holistic discovery, reframing the “data-to-agentic-AI journey,” and designing compliant, AI-ready architectures that deliver actionable insights from disparate silos and enable intelligent, autonomous agents. The specialist will bridge the gap between legacy system connectivity and modern mission outcomes, serving as a trusted advisor on API management, real-time data unification, advanced analytics, and intelligent agentic system deployment.

Requirements

• Architectural Mindset: Design secure, composable architectures that scale within highly regulated Public Sector environments (including FedRAMP High and Impact Level 4/5/6).
• Multi-Platform Technical Depth: Previous hands-on experience or deep conceptual knowledge across Integration (MuleSoft), Data Analytics (Tableau), Unified Data Management (Data Cloud), and agentic AI platforms, with expertise in no less than two of the core data/integration capabilities plus demonstrated prior experience with agentic AI.
• Agentic AI Experience: Demonstrated experience (2+ years is highly valued) with agentic AI solutions, including prior hands-on work designing or deploying intelligent agents, LLM integration strategies, orchestration frameworks, prompt engineering, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns.
• Strategic Communication: Excellent ability to reframe technical challenges into mission and business value for C-level government executives and technical stakeholders alike.
• AI Readiness: Deep understanding of “Trusted Context Foundations” for AI, including data grounding, metadata intelligence, and how unified data enables reliable agentic workflows.
• Collaboration & Influence: Proven ability to partner early with Account Executives to drive sales strategy and lead “Data + Agentic AI Discovery” from day one.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in Solution Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, or Digital Transformation, with previous hands-on delivery experience in AI/data/integration projects.
• Technical Foundations: Degree in Computer Science/IT or equivalent; prior experience with APIs, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP), and modern development practices is preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Certifications: One or more of the following: MuleSoft Certified Architect, Tableau Desktop/Server Specialist, Salesforce Data Cloud Consultant, AI Associate credentials, or equivalent.
• Industry Knowledge: Deep understanding of Public Sector/DoD compliance (FedRAMP/IL5/6) and common government data silos.
• Ecosystem Expertise: Familiarity with advanced data governance and MDM tools, plus prior exposure to agentic AI frameworks or orchestration patterns in past implementations.
• Regulated Industry Experience: Background delivering AI solutions in highly regulated or mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the single point of contact for sales teams, ensuring every data and AI opportunity is handled by a specialist.
• Conduct holistic discovery, reframe the “data-to-agentic-AI journey,” and design compliant, AI-ready architectures.
• Bridge the gap between legacy system connectivity and modern mission outcomes, acting as a trusted advisor.
• Navigate API management, real-time data unification, advanced analytics, and deployment strategy for intelligent agentic systems.
• Lead high-impact discovery sessions that start with agency mission outcomes.
• Master the Stack by completing intensive “Astro” courses and certification paths for MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Data Cloud, Tableau, and agentic AI capabilities (within 3 months).
• Build a point of view by aligning with the GTM Plan and developing “Data-to-Agentic AI Journey” whiteboarding and workshop skills (within 3 months).
• Shadow and learn by joining active Public Sector engagements to observe how the specialist leads discovery and architects multi-product AI + data solutions (within 3 months).
• Serve as the lead architect on complex, multi-cloud data and agentic AI opportunities, delivering higher win rates and faster deal cycles (within 12 months).
• Execute high-impact architectural workshops and “Stand & Deliver” sessions that showcase the power of unified data as the foundation for trustworthy intelligent agents (within 12 months).
• Mentor account teams and partners on how to position “Data + Integration + Agentic AI” as the foundation for mission transformation (within 12 months).
• Successfully architect solutions that unify citizen/operational data, modernize legacy systems, enable real-time analytics, and deploy agentic AI capabilities that accelerate decision-making and operational excellence (within 12 months).

Benefits

• Benefits and resources to support balance and being your best
• Time off programs
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Mental health support
• Paid parental leave
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Employee stock purchasing program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior