Senior Technical Architect

Job Family:

SAAS/PAAS/Cloud Application Development

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

As a Technical Architect, you will be serving as a strategic advisor and Salesforce product and platform expert to the company’s largest, most complex customers in the Public Sector. The Technical Architect / Senior Technical Architect plays a pivotal role in both presales and implementation, shaping, scoping, and solutioning engagements to set customers up for success.

This leader provides technical oversight and execution leadership on large-scale and mission-critical engagements while also serving as a trusted mentor to Salesforce teams and Federal clients. They're responsible for driving architectural and solution excellence, strategic customer alignment, and fostering a high-performance culture within their teams

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the client
• Identify and lead internal critical initiatives to grow the consulting practice; serving as an active contributor to the community’s overall knowledge base and expertise
• Guide customers and colleagues in rationalizing and deploying emerging technologies that drive increased business value
• Work collaboratively, having very strong communications skills, especially in teaching complex concepts and creative, prescriptive thinking
• Identify and proactively manage risk areas and commit to seeing an issue through to complete resolution
• Manage customer expectations; negotiate solutions to complex problems with both the customer and third-party partners
• Review and correct project/program direction, approach, and key artifacts to keep programs on track, while ensuring solutions are extendable and maintainable going forward
• Work closely with Delivery Managers, Implementation Team, and directly with clients to architect technology solutions to meet client needs
• Contribute to a program vision while advising and articulating program/project strategies on enabling technologies including the Salesforce Platform
• Travel may be required and varies depending on the client requirements

What You Will Need:

• 8+ years enterprise architecture or consulting experience on the Salesforce Platform
• Strong application design skills combined with strong data, integration, and security architecture skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Able to effectively present and defend a point of view to a variety of audiences
• Thorough individual with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Able to effectively develop materials that are appropriate for the audience
• A great listener with the ability to connect with people in diverse roles
• Proven ability to analyze, design, and optimize business processes via technology and integration
• Resourceful and innovative thinker who can work through and solve problems
• Ability to convey and convince customers of best practices at various levels within a large organization
• Application design and development background
• U.S. citizenship (U.S. born or naturalized) required
• This candidate must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) who does not hold dual citizenship and agrees to complete a U.S. federal government Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) for a Moderate Public Trust position

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Experience in public sector digital transformation initiatives
• Hands-on experience with Public Sector Solutions (“Agentforce Public Sector”)
• Hands-on experience with Omni Studio
• Qualification for this job is contingent upon acceptable results from a background investigation and your obtaining and maintaining the specific level of U.S. Government security clearance required for this role

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 & Lo