[Hiring] Salesforce Solution Architect @Guidehouse

Role Description

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• 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.