About this role
Role Description
VIATEQ is looking for a Senior Salesforce Platform Engineer to support our Prime contractor and government customer. The position is remote and requires the candidate to be able to obtain a Public Trust.
The Senior Salesforce Platform Engineer will provide senior platform engineering or application development support for Salesforce capabilities within the CRM, Integration, and Platform Services environment.
- Design, configure, develop, integrate, test, document, and sustain Salesforce capabilities using Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, OmniStudio, Flow, Apex, Lightning Web Components, APIs, DevOps Center, and Salesforce integration patterns.
- Support CRM data models, sharing models, role hierarchies, automation, Lightning experiences, integrations, reporting, and environment management.
- Translate business, mission, security, accessibility, and operational requirements into practical technical solutions.
- Support platform architecture, backlog refinement, implementation planning, release readiness, and production transition activities.
- Develop reusable patterns, configuration standards, automation, documentation, and support procedures that reduce delivery and sustainment risk.
- Troubleshoot complex issues across platform configuration, code, data, APIs, identity, security, performance, and user experience.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity, privacy, data, infrastructure, QA, and change management teams to align delivery with federal operating expectations.
- Maintain clear technical documentation, design decisions, implementation notes, test evidence, and operational runbooks.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
- 6+ years of experience in senior platform engineering or application development, preferably in complex enterprise or government environments.
- Hands-on experience with Salesforce implementation, configuration, development, integration, testing, or operations.
- Experience working with Agile delivery teams and translating stakeholder needs into maintainable technical outcomes.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on knowledge of Salesforce capabilities, implementation patterns, administration, development, integration, and lifecycle management.
- Ability to design and implement secure, supportable, upgrade-aware solutions that avoid unnecessary customization and reduce technical debt.
- Experience with APIs, identity and access controls, data management, testing, monitoring, troubleshooting, and release coordination.
- Ability to document technical designs, configuration decisions, operational procedures, test results, and risks in clear business and technical language.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work across government stakeholders, product owners, engineers, QA, cybersecurity, and operations teams.
- Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
Preferred Skills and Competencies
- Experience with DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, infrastructure as code, or platform release automation.
- Knowledge of federal security and compliance concepts including NIST controls, FISMA, FedRAMP-authorized services, audit evidence, and least privilege.
- Experience improving platform governance, reuse, documentation, observability, and operational readiness.
- Familiarity with Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, Atlassian, Snowflake, data catalog, CRM, or enterprise integration ecosystems.
Compensation Range
$114,000 – 140,000. This represents the typical compensation range for this position based on experience, location, and other factors.
Equal Opportunity Statement
VIATEQ provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.