Job Family:SAAS/PAAS/Cloud Consulting
Travel Required:Up to 10%
Clearance Required:None
What You Will Do:- Serve as a strategic advisor and Salesforce solution and platform expert to the company's largest, most complex Public Sector clients
- Lead solution design across business and technology domains, translating client needs into scalable, maintainable Salesforce architectures
- Play a key role in both presales and delivery, shaping, scoping, and solutioning engagements to position customers for long-term success
- Provide solution oversight and delivery leadership on large-scale, mission-critical programs, ensuring alignment to business outcomes and technical standards
- Serve as a trusted advisor to client stakeholders, guiding decision-making across business process, data, integration, and platform capabilities
- Drive solution excellence by aligning business requirements to Salesforce capabilities, industry accelerators, and best practices
- Collaborate with business analysts, developers, and technical architects to design end-to-end solutions across Salesforce clouds and integrated systems
- Lead fit-gap analysis and recommend optimal approaches leveraging configuration, integration, and custom development as needed
- Guide teams on solution patterns, integration strategies, data models, and automation design
- Identify and proactively manage solution risks, dependencies, and trade-offs, ensuring issues are resolved through completion
- Review and ensure quality of key deliverables, including solution designs, architecture diagrams, and functional specifications
- Work closely with Delivery Managers and Project Managers to ensure successful execution within scope, budget, and timeline expectations
- Contribute to practice growth through thought leadership, accelerators, and reusable solution assets
- Provide mentorship and guidance to delivery teams, fostering a high-performance and collaborative culture
- Ability to commute to client or corporate offices within the Washington, DC metropolitan area as the practice needs
What You Will Need:- U.S. citizenship is contractually required
- Minimum of SEVEN (7) years of Salesforce solution architecture or consulting experience, including end-to-end solution design and delivery
- Bachelor's degree is required (Relevant experience may be substituted for formal education or advanced degree)
- Strong understanding of Salesforce platform capabilities, including Sales, Service, Experience, and/or Public Sector Solutions
- Proven ability to translate business requirements into scalable solution designs, including data models, integrations, and automation
- Experience leading fit-gap analysis and solutioning workshops with business and technical stakeholders
- Ability to design and optimize business processes enabled by Salesforce and integrated technologies
- Strong understanding of integration patterns, data migration considerations, and enterprise architecture principles
- Ability to effectively communicate complex technical solutions to both business and technical audiences
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment across large organizations
- Experience working in Agile or Hybrid-Agile delivery environments
- Familiarity with and ability to leverage AI-enabled tools and accelerators to enhance solution design, requirements analysis, data insights, and delivery efficiency
What Would Be Nice To Have:- Salesforce certifications such as Application Architect, System Architect, or Certified Technical Architect (CTA) track
- Strong presentation and storytelling skills, including executive-level communications
- Experience supporting public sector digital transformation initiatives (Federal, State, Local)
- Hands-on experience with Salesforce Public Sector Solutions ("Agentforce Public Sector")
- Experience with OmniStudio, Flow, and low-code/no-code automation capabilities
- Experience designing solutions that incorporate data migration, data governance, and reporting/analytics strategies
- Familiarity with integration tools and platforms (e.g., MuleSoft)
- Experience contributing to proposals, RFP responses, and presales solutioning
The annual salary range for this position is $149,000.00-$248,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
What We Offer:Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
Benefits include:
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
- Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Basic Life & Supplemental Life
- Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Student Loan PayDown
- Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
- Skills Development & Certifications
- Employee Referral Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
- Mobility Stipend
