Salesforce Enterprise Platform Architect
On-siteHouston, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Lead enterprise Salesforce platform strategy and governance for NASA's unified, multi-tenant ecosystem, ensuring scalable, secure, and mission-aligned architecture across Sales, Service, and Experience Clouds. Conduct cross-functional technical reviews, establish development standards, and define integration patterns for APIs, MuleSoft, and identity services. Own data architecture, reduce object sprawl, and optimize license usage while partnering with cybersecurity teams to enforce compliance. Mentor technical teams, guide implementation lifecycles, and evaluate emerging AI capabilities like Agentforce and Einstein. Work within a 9/80 schedule, with local or remote options and required travel, supporting NASA's deep space exploration initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent certification in a related area
- 15 years of experience in the field or in a related area
- 10+ years of overall IT experience
- 7+ years of hands-on Salesforce platform experience
- Proven technical leadership of cross-functional engineering teams and delivery of complex enterprise initiatives
- Experience designing and delivering large-scale, enterprise Salesforce solutions supporting multiple business functions
- Experience developing enterprise platform strategy, architecture roadmaps, and governance aligned to business objectives
- Experience architecting enterprise solutions across multiple Salesforce clouds and platform capabilities
- Salesforce Certified Application Architect
- Salesforce Certified System Architect
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical strategy and communicate effectively with executives, business stakeholders, and engineering teams
- Strong technical expertise in Salesforce Platform Expertise
- Strong technical expertise in Sales Cloud
- Strong technical expertise in Service Cloud
- Strong technical expertise in Experience Cloud
- Strong technical expertise in Salesforce Platform Enterprise Architecture
- Strong technical expertise in Solution architecture
- Strong technical expertise in Integration architecture
- Strong technical expertise in Data architecture
- Strong technical expertise in Security architecture
- Strong technical expertise in Identity and access management
- Strong technical expertise in DevOps and CI/CD
- Strong technical expertise in Enterprise integration patterns, APIs (REST/SOAP), event-driven architecture, and MuleSoft or comparable integration platforms
- Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation
- Proof of U.S. Citizenship or US Permanent Residency
Desired Qualifications
- Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA)
- Additional certifications such as: Salesforce Platform Developer I/II
- Additional certifications such as: Integration Architect
- Additional certifications such as: Data Architect
- Additional certifications such as: Identity and Access Management Architect
- Additional certifications such as: Sharing and Visibility Architect
- Additional certifications such as: Application Architect or System Architect (if not already held)
- Experience working in large government enterprise environments
- Experience evaluating and implementing Salesforce AI capabilities, including Agentforce, Einstein, Prompt Builder, and related AI governance
- Experience with modern DevOps and Agile toolchains (GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jira, SonarQube, Confluence)
- Experience with enterprise platform governance, license optimization, budgeting, and total cost of ownership (TCO) planning
- Experience leading architecture review boards, Centers of Excellence (CoE), or enterprise governance forums
- Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks and governance practices (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman, SAFe)
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