Senior Salesforce Technical Architect

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Our employees are our most valued asset and we invest in our people because we are in it for the long term. We are committed to your success and well-being and offer competitive benefits packages, salaries, bonus/award programs, and a high potential for professional growth and job opportunities world-wide.


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Position Title Senior Salesforce Technical Architect
Position Type Full Time
Position Location Arlington, VA (Must reside in DC/MD/VA)
Tracking Code 00899
Daily Responsibilities
  • Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Salesforce SaaS platform technologies to Government customers and stakeholders
  • The role will cover a broad variety of responsibilities such as technical and solution architecture design, development, prototyping and release management
  • Hands-on proficiency with Apex, Visualforce, Lightning, Lightning Web Components etc.
  • Drive the creation of application and technical design documents which leverage Salesforce best practices and effectively integrate Salesforce into the enterprise infrastructure
  • Responsible for owning the architecture and designing of complex Salesforce platform solution components (e.g., design, development, integration, security, deployment, release management, and maintenance).
  • Responsible for ensuring that the system accurately meets the defined expectations of the business, ensuring that proper testing is implemented, and performance and security requirements are closely monitored by working with the project teams
Required: Years of Experience (min)
  • At least 4-6 years’ experience in an Architecture role.
  • At least 4 years’ experience with Integration technologies
  • At least 4 years’ experience in Agile methodologies
Required: Degree
  • BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Information Sciences, or related IT discipline
  • Allowable Substitution: Additional ten (10) years of related professional experience can be substituted for a BS/BA degree
Required: Experience
  • Experience in designing and developing software components
  • Expert end-to-end application life cycle implementation experience using the Salesforce platform.
  • Expert level understanding of the out-of-box Salesforce product suite, including Service, Community Cloud (Experience Cloud), App Cloud, and Einstein solutions.
  • Ability to lead design sessions and communicate out-of-box and custom design options to Government customers and stakeholders.
  • Development experience in Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components, Force.com and approaches to mobile applications.
  • Good knowledge of Web Development (Ajax, JavaScript, SOAP, HTTP, JS Remoting, Angular JS, CSS Bootstrap).
  • Extensive experience integrating Salesforce systems with internal and external systems using Web based API technologies (SOAP, REST), MuleSoft Middleware tool, and integration between Salesforce and MuleSoft itself.
  • Ability to integrate Salesforce systems to Single Sign-on Identify Management platforms like OKTA.
  • Experience with system configuration using workflows, approval processes, custom objects, validation rules, formulas, process builder, flows and Data Loader.
  • Experience with meta-data migration between Salesforce(dot)com (SFDC) Sandboxes and Production Orgs using Change Sets.
  • Experience with development life cycle, code management strategies, sophisticated technical concepts, architecture, secure development practices, access management, data security, and capacity considerations.
  • Experience with Release Management, Source Control, and Deployment concepts and technologies such as ANT, SFDC Metadata API, GitHub, Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipelines.
  • Ability to define the system landscape, to identify gaps between current and desired end-states, and deliver a solution
Required: Clearance
  • Must currently hold an Active Secret clearance

About Systems Plus


Systems Plus is headquartered in Rockville, MD with over 2 decades of experience providing Global Enterprise Management, Technology, Engineering and Professional services and solutions across Defense and Federal Civilian government sectors.


From Discovery to Delivery, Systems Plus brings a greater measure of confidence, commitment and value to our clients. With various Defense and Federal contracts across the United States, Europe and Pacific/Asia, we are driving innovation and excellence within the Special Operations Forces Components and Commands, Defense Health Agency, United States Air Force, United States Marine Corps, National Institute of Standards and Technology, House of Representatives and more.


Through our diverse portfolio of clients and capabilities we power vision and insight—discover what’s possible with a Small Business that thinks BIG!

Interested individuals should email their resume with salary expectations and with a cover letter to careers@sysplus.com .