Solution Architect / Senior Solution Architect - Missionforce

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. About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword—it’s a way of life. 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. Job Details Salesforce Professional Services is hiring Solution Architects to join the Missionforce team. As a Solution Architect you will provide steady architectural leadership across large and complex engagements and partner with executive and delivery stakeholders to co‑create and execute solution visions for our most complex customers in the Defense & National Security space. The role drives architectural strategy from initial solutioning through execution, ensuring mission‑critical programs deliver measurable outcomes. It includes executive alignment, architectural integrity, and scaling delivery excellence across MissionForce engagements. Your Impact Serve as a trusted advisor to the client. Identify and lead internal strategic initiatives to grow the consulting practice. Serve 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 and have very strong communication skills, especially in teaching complex concepts, and creative, prescriptive thinking across various levels of a client organization. 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 and solutions extendable and maintainable going forward. Drive a program vision while advising and articulating program/project strategies to enable technologies including the Salesforce platform. Minimum Requirements 8+ years of relevant experience in enterprise architecture or consulting on the Salesforce Platform throughout the whole life cycle with repeated and demonstrable success. Expert in Salesforce configuration and architectural strategy, translating current‑state complexity into clear target‑state designs. Experience leading discovery sessions, defining business requirements, writing user stories and providing detailed system and functional designs. Experience in documenting business processes and wire‑framing system designs using process flow diagram tools, UML, sequence diagrams, etc., and making recommendations for future‑state improved processes and system designs. Strong presentation skills; able to effectively present a point of view and clearly articulate the rationale to a variety of stakeholders. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal; able to develop appropriate materials for the audience. A great listener with the ability to connect with people in diverse roles. Resourceful and innovative thinker who can work through and solve problems. 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. Preferred Requirements Located in Metro DC. Active Secret level security clearance is highly preferred. Multiple Salesforce Core Architecture certifications. Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience in public sector digital transformation initiatives. Hands‑on experience with Public Sector Solutions (“Agentforce Public Sector”). Hands‑on experience with Omni Studio. 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. Benefits Time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance. 401(k) and an employee stock purchasing program. Typical base salary range for this position is $150,100–$273,000 annually; with location‑specific ranges provided to recruiters. 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 is $180,200–$298,400 per year. Base salary only; not including company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or other benefits. Accommodations If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request via the Accommodations Request Form. EEO Statement Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non‑discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. #J-18808-Ljbffr 114 Acumen Solutions, Inc.