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Salesforce Architect

Peraton
Peraton Salary
Herndon, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 10/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/6/2026
About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About The Role

Peraton is seeking a Salesforce Architect to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. . The qualified applicant will become part of Peraton's Department of State (DOS) Consular Systems Modernization (CSM) Program, for the Bureau of Diplomatic Technology (DT). This initiative is intended to modernize and consolidate the operational environment under a common technology framework in order to better support the services provided to DT's customers.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Design and provide solution recommendations and roadmaps for service modernizations using Salesforce Platform, both out-of-box capabilities and customized solutions.
  • Work closely with Delivery Managers, Solution Architects, and directly with customers to architect Salesforce solutions to meet business requirements.
  • Develop architecture models and blueprints depicting Salesforce solutions, along with service integrations, for service modernizations.
  • Document, maintain, and govern Salesforce solutions, both out-of-box capabilities and customized, to meet business requirements for service modernizations across their respective lifecycles.
  • Architect Salesforce solutions that integrate with external systems via secure REST APIs and microservices operating in cloud and on-premises environments.
  • Strong communication with teams, customers, and project stakeholders, as well as provide leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Coordinate architecture reviews for new features and integrations, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, compliant with ATO and accessibility requirements, and aligned with DoS enterprise standards and security policies.
  • Contribute to a program vision while advising and articulating program/project strategies on enabling technologies including the Salesforce Platform.
  • Ensure that the system accurately meets the defined expectations of the business, ensuring that proper testing is implemented, and performance and security requirements are closely monitored by working with development teams.
  • Ensure systems meet business, security, performance, and ATO compliance requirements by working with development, DevSecOps, and security teams throughout the lifecycle.

This position is located in Herndon, VA.

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Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelors Degree with 12 years of experience or Masters Degree with 10 years of experience.
  • 5 years of hands-on implementation experience designing sound and scalable technical solutions on the Salesforce platform that meet end-to-end integration requirements.
  • 3 years of experience in an architect role on large scale Salesforce implementations.
  • Demonstrate knowledge, skills and capabilities to design and build high-performance technical solutions on Salesforce platform.
  • Experience ensuring architecture meets ATO security requirements, Section 508 accessibility, and federal compliance standards.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of and ability to architect solutions to address security complexities, mechanisms, and data integration capabilities on the Salesforce platform.
  • Experience presenting and effectively communicating technical solutions to clients, including limitations and design tradeoffs, from inception through successful implementation.
  • US Citizenship is required.
  • Active Secret (or higher) clearance. Interim Secret or Toop Secret clearances are acceptable.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Hands-on, full life-cycle Salesforce implementation experience with strong expertise in modules such as Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and Marketing Cloud.
  • Experience architecting solutions that integrate Salesforce with external systems using secure REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven patterns.
  • Hands-on experience developing scalable Apex solutions including classes, triggers, queueable jobs, batch Apex, and integration logic.
  • Experience supporting Agile delivery teams across multiple concurrent products, including participation in backlog grooming, Sprint planning, and release readiness.
  • Experience supporting public-facing applications aligned with USWDS design guidance and federal UX standards.
  • Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA).

Details

Target Salary Range: $135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Statements: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate's own.

EEO:Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

Salary : $135,000 - $216,000

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