Steampunk, Inc. · 5 hours ago
Salesforce Technical Architect
McLean, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$175K/yr - $220K/yr
12+ years expSteampunk, Inc. is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, and they are seeking a Salesforce Technical Architect to lead agile product development teams. The role involves overseeing technical delivery, establishing client relationships, and ensuring adherence to best practices in Salesforce implementations.
ConsultingInformation Technology
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
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
Responsible for the ongoing maturation and delivery improvements across these teams and in alignment with each team's individual objectives
Establish and maintain client relationships, develop and document standards and guidelines, and perform DevOps and release engineering
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
Work with Business Analysts to translate business requirements into well‐architected solutions that best leverage the Salesforce platform
Oversee an application development team responsible for developing, testing, documenting, and maintaining solutions, integrations, and data migration elements of a Salesforce implementation
Utilize Salesforce declarative or programmatic development resources, including triggers, flows, validations, approvals, Apex classes, and Lightning components (Aura and LWC)
Ensure the team executes test plans to ensure quality delivery using test code and unit tests
Ensure the development team follows coding standards and participates in code reviews to ensure appropriate design patterns are observed
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
Integrate open source build servers with GIT and Salesforce Orgs (Scratch Orgs, Sandboxes, and Production)
Perform hands-on release engineering, including documenting and scripting of deployment steps via Salesforce APIs using CLI
Manage 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
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
Qualification
Required
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)
Preferred
Experience overseeing custom Salesforce implementations for a Federal Government client
Federal Clearance
Experience with Human-Centered Design
Company
Steampunk, Inc.
Steampunk is anchored by a startup culture with a customer-centered delivery approach, we put our Federal government clients in the center of everything we design, develop, and deliver to drive high-quality mission impacts and user experiences at speed.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
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Leadership Team
Matt Warren
CEO
Mike Saliter
Executive Vice President - Homeland, Commerce, & Justice
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