Overview

Growth requires a strong foundation, and at Buchanan & Edwards, our people are our strength.

They are the foundation for building the next generation of innovative IT solutions, revolutionizing the industry, and solving the nation's most critical challenges.

Let Buchanan & Edwards help you unleash your potential and reach your goals.

Buchanan & Edwards is seeking a Senior Salesforce Technical Architect in the Arlington, VA area to join our team!

A challenging and dynamic work environment isn't all that BE has to offer. When you join BE, you become an integral part of our team. Not just an employee number, but a valued opinion with a voice that carries and drives change and innovation. You'll have access to some of the most well-respected IT industry leaders in virtually every field and learn new tools and techniques while expanding your knowledge and skillset. We're dedicated to helping you develop your career, and our culture applauds outside-the-box thinking and initiative. Our employee-focused leadership team knows that your success is our success and empowers employees with the necessary tools to excel. Join us as we continue to move the future forward, together.

Clearance

Clearable

Responsibilities

Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Salesforce SaaS platform technologies to Government customers and stakeholders
The role will cover a broad variety of responsibilities such as technical and solution architecture design, development, prototyping and release management
Hands-on proficiency with Apex, Visualforce, Lightning, Lightning Web Components etc.
Drive the creation of application and technical design documents which leverage Salesforce best practices and effectively integrate Salesforce into the enterprise infrastructure
Responsible for owning the architecture and designing of complex Salesforce platform solution components (e.g., design, development, integration, security, deployment, release management, and maintenance).
Responsible for ensuring 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 the project teams

Qualifications

At least 4-6 years' experience in an Architecture role.
At least 4 years' experience with Integration technologies
At least 4 years' experience in Agile methodologies
BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Information Sciences, or related IT discipline
Allowable Substitution: Additional ten (10) years of related professional experience can be substituted for a BS/BA degree
Experience in designing and developing software components
Expert end-to-end application life cycle implementation experience using the Salesforce platform.
Expert level understanding of the out-of-box Salesforce product suite, including Service, Community Cloud (Experience Cloud), App Cloud, and Einstein solutions.
Ability to lead design sessions and communicate out-of-box and custom design options to Government customers and stakeholders.
Development experience in Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components, Force.com and approaches to mobile applications.
Good knowledge of Web Development (Ajax, JavaScript, SOAP, HTTP, JS Remoting, Angular JS, CSS Bootstrap).
Extensive experience integrating Salesforce systems with internal and external systems using Web based API technologies (SOAP, REST), MuleSoft Middleware tool, and integration between Salesforce and MuleSoft itself.
Ability to integrate Salesforce systems to Single Sign-on Identify Management platforms like OKTA.
Experience with system configuration using workflows, approval processes, custom objects, validation rules, formulas, process builder, flows and Data Loader.
Experience with meta-data migration between Salesforce(dot)com (SFDC) Sandboxes and Production Orgs using Change Sets.
Experience with development life cycle, code management strategies, sophisticated technical concepts, architecture, secure development practices, access management, data security, and capacity considerations.
Experience with Release Management, Source Control, and Deployment concepts and technologies such as ANT, SFDC Metadata API, GitHub, Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipelines.
Ability to define the system landscape, to identify gaps between current and desired end-states, and deliver a solution

Buchanan & Edwards, Inc. (BE) is an Information Technology and Professional Services consulting firm located in Arlington, VA. BE is a diversified high-technology services company, providing government, commercial and nonprofit agencies technology solutions and organizational management services to ensure mission success. Serving the federal sector since 1998, we base our solutions on an in-depth understanding of our clients, their mission and the unique challenges they face. BE is the winner of the 2015 Microsoft U.S. Federal Solution Partner of the Year award, a 2015 and 2016 Washington Post Top Workplace and has been an Inc. 500/5000 awardee for six consecutive years. Buchanan & Edwards, Inc. is dedicated to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. We are committed to crafting a workplace that endorses creativity and innovation, and promotes engagement through open communication, acceptance of new people and ideas, and a supportive team dynamic. Buchanan & Edwards, Inc. is an equal Opportunity Employer-Minorities / Women / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation. Buchanan & Edwards is an E-Verify employer.

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