What are the responsibilities and job description for the Salesforce Solution Architect position at Varmoda?
Responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end solution architecture across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Government Cloud, and Data Cloud
- Define data models, sharing/security architecture, and integration strategy across the client's ecosystem
- Lead technical design sessions and produce architecture diagrams, ERDs, and technical design documents
- Guide teams on governor limits, scalability, and platform best practices
- Own the org's release strategy — assess each seasonal Salesforce release for architectural impact, deprecations, and new capability adoption (e.g., Flow migration from Process Builder/Workflow Rules, Agentforce agent design)
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to developers and admins
- Support pre-sales activities: solutioning, estimation, and proposal support for federal opportunities
- Ensure compliance with federal security and accessibility requirements (FedRAMP, Section 508, NIST 800-53 where applicable)
- 6 years of Salesforce implementation experience, including 3 years in an architect-level role
- Salesforce Application Architect or System Architect Certification (or both — Certified Technical Architect a strong plus)
- Deep expertise in data architecture, integration patterns, and security models
- Demonstrated experience keeping orgs current with recent Salesforce releases
- U.S. Citizenship required; active clearance strongly preferred
- Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA)
- Experience architecting Government Cloud Plus or FedRAMP High environments
- Hands-on experience with Data Cloud, Agentforce, and Einstein AI capabilities
- Prior experience as an architect on a federal systems integrator team
- Experience presenting architecture to government client stakeholders (PMO, ISSO, etc.)