Salesforce Architect Jobs in Virginia
Salesforce Architect jobs in Virginia are concentrated in a market driven by federal contracting, defense technology, and financial services, with demand at every level from associate architect through principal and distinguished architect. The heaviest hiring is in the Northern Virginia and Washington D.C. corridor, Richmond, and Reston, where firms like Booz Allen Hamilton, Leidos, and Capital One maintain large Salesforce practices. The most in-demand specialties are Financial Services Cloud, MuleSoft integration, and Government Cloud implementations tied to federal agency contracts. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Join a team where innovation meets mission. Our AI, cloud, cyber, and modernization solutions save agencies thousands of hours, safeguard national security, and strengthen health and humanitarian missions worldwide. With 1,700+ team members, 1,500+ AI/data experts, and 100+ prime contracts, we deliver at scale and with purpose.
We’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace by the Washington Post for six straight years and named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies 13 of the past 14 years. Credence is a welcoming home for those looking to grow and contribute to positive change. We encourage all employees to expand beyond their boundaries, dive into important world-changing Federal challenges.
The Salesforce MuleSoft Architect will serve as the senior technical architect for the DLA DAAS API Gateway program, providing architecture, design, development, integration, and technical governance for enterprise APIs and microservices implemented using the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform. The architect will define reusable API and integration patterns, guide development teams, support the DevSecOps/API Factory, and ensure solutions integrate securely and reliably with the DLA API Gateway environment.
The candidate should be able to design, develop, implement, publish, and sustain full APIs and proxy APIs that enable real-time data exchange between DLA systems, external systems, applications, databases, SaaS platforms, and trading partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture and technical design of MuleSoft APIs, proxy APIs, integrations, and microservices across the DLA API Gateway environment.
- Assess existing applications and interfaces and determine appropriate decomposition or modernization into API-led and microservices-based architectures.
- Define and enforce reusable architectural patterns, API standards, templates, design specifications, naming conventions, error-handling patterns, logging, monitoring, and security standards.
- Provide architecture guidance for System APIs, Process APIs, Experience APIs, proxy APIs, orchestration, transformation, and integration flows.
- Lead solution reviews and technical checkpoints from requirements analysis through design, development, testing, deployment, and sustainment.
- Develop and sustain the API/microservices factory, including reusable templates, automated pipelines, development standards, and CI/CD processes. Help develop and sustain a microservices factory and automate creation, deployment, and management through CI/CD.
- Collaborate with development teams to ensure APIs integrate seamlessly with the DAAS MuleSoft Anypoint architecture and comply with Government API standards.
- Provide technical leadership for integration with REST/SOAP services, databases, data warehouses, SaaS applications, legacy systems, enterprise platforms, and external trading partners.
- Define scalability, high availability, load-balancing, resiliency, rate-limiting, retry, caching, and performance patterns appropriate for mission-critical APIs.
- Ensure API designs incorporate authentication, authorization, least privilege, Segregation of Duties, logging, tracing, and cybersecurity requirements.
- Work closely with DevSecOps engineers to integrate automated builds, testing, security scanning, deployment, configuration management, and release controls.
- Provide API deployment and platform support through standardized templates, pipelines, and development guidelines.
- Support architecture troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, performance optimization, platform upgrades, and resolution of complex production integration issues.
- Mentor MuleSoft developers and external development teams and conduct architecture/design reviews to maintain platform consistency and rationalization.
- Support solution documentation including API Design Specifications, Solution Architecture Documentation, interface designs, deployment architecture, and technical standards.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant integration/API architecture experience, with substantial hands-on experience designing enterprise solutions using MuleSoft Anypoint Platform. Experience should include API-led connectivity, Mule runtime, API Manager, Runtime Manager, Anypoint Exchange, DataWeave, REST/SOAP integrations, microservices, CI/CD, and enterprise integration architecture.
- Required / Preferred Certifications
- MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect – Level 1 – strongly preferred
- MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect – Level 1 – strongly preferred
- MuleSoft Certified Developer – Level 1
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, where applicable
- Relevant nationally recognized technical certification
- Currently have Certified MuleSoft Associate certification or able to get within six months after onboarding
Security / DoD Requirements
Should be a US Citizen with secret clearance. Candidate should be able to meet security requirements, including Moderate Risk, Non-Critical Sensitive/IT-II with Tier 3/NACLC/ANACI investigation, where applicable.
$175,000-$220,000 annually. Compensation will be determined based on the selected candidate's experience, education, certifications, skills, and overall qualifications. Candidates with higher rate expectations are still encouraged to apply
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development
- Wellness Resources
Join a team where innovation meets mission. Our AI, cloud, cyber, and modernization solutions save agencies thousands of hours, safeguard national security, and strengthen health and humanitarian missions worldwide. With 1,700+ team members, 1,500+ AI/data experts, and 100+ prime contracts, we deliver at scale and with purpose.
We’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace by the Washington Post for six straight years and named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies 13 of the past 14 years. Credence is a welcoming home for those looking to grow and contribute to positive change. We encourage all employees to expand beyond their boundaries, dive into important world-changing Federal challenges.
The Salesforce MuleSoft Architect will serve as the senior technical architect for the DLA DAAS API Gateway program, providing architecture, design, development, integration, and technical governance for enterprise APIs and microservices implemented using the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform. The architect will define reusable API and integration patterns, guide development teams, support the DevSecOps/API Factory, and ensure solutions integrate securely and reliably with the DLA API Gateway environment.
The candidate should be able to design, develop, implement, publish, and sustain full APIs and proxy APIs that enable real-time data exchange between DLA systems, external systems, applications, databases, SaaS platforms, and trading partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture and technical design of MuleSoft APIs, proxy APIs, integrations, and microservices across the DLA API Gateway environment.
- Assess existing applications and interfaces and determine appropriate decomposition or modernization into API-led and microservices-based architectures.
- Define and enforce reusable architectural patterns, API standards, templates, design specifications, naming conventions, error-handling patterns, logging, monitoring, and security standards.
- Provide architecture guidance for System APIs, Process APIs, Experience APIs, proxy APIs, orchestration, transformation, and integration flows.
- Lead solution reviews and technical checkpoints from requirements analysis through design, development, testing, deployment, and sustainment.
- Develop and sustain the API/microservices factory, including reusable templates, automated pipelines, development standards, and CI/CD processes. Help develop and sustain a microservices factory and automate creation, deployment, and management through CI/CD.
- Collaborate with development teams to ensure APIs integrate seamlessly with the DAAS MuleSoft Anypoint architecture and comply with Government API standards.
- Provide technical leadership for integration with REST/SOAP services, databases, data warehouses, SaaS applications, legacy systems, enterprise platforms, and external trading partners.
- Define scalability, high availability, load-balancing, resiliency, rate-limiting, retry, caching, and performance patterns appropriate for mission-critical APIs.
- Ensure API designs incorporate authentication, authorization, least privilege, Segregation of Duties, logging, tracing, and cybersecurity requirements.
- Work closely with DevSecOps engineers to integrate automated builds, testing, security scanning, deployment, configuration management, and release controls.
- Provide API deployment and platform support through standardized templates, pipelines, and development guidelines.
- Support architecture troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, performance optimization, platform upgrades, and resolution of complex production integration issues.
- Mentor MuleSoft developers and external development teams and conduct architecture/design reviews to maintain platform consistency and rationalization.
- Support solution documentation including API Design Specifications, Solution Architecture Documentation, interface designs, deployment architecture, and technical standards.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant integration/API architecture experience, with substantial hands-on experience designing enterprise solutions using MuleSoft Anypoint Platform. Experience should include API-led connectivity, Mule runtime, API Manager, Runtime Manager, Anypoint Exchange, DataWeave, REST/SOAP integrations, microservices, CI/CD, and enterprise integration architecture.
- Required / Preferred Certifications
- MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect – Level 1 – strongly preferred
- MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect – Level 1 – strongly preferred
- MuleSoft Certified Developer – Level 1
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, where applicable
- Relevant nationally recognized technical certification
- Currently have Certified MuleSoft Associate certification or able to get within six months after onboarding
Security / DoD Requirements
Should be a US Citizen with secret clearance. Candidate should be able to meet security requirements, including Moderate Risk, Non-Critical Sensitive/IT-II with Tier 3/NACLC/ANACI investigation, where applicable.
$175,000-$220,000 annually. Compensation will be determined based on the selected candidate's experience, education, certifications, skills, and overall qualifications. Candidates with higher rate expectations are still encouraged to apply
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development
- Wellness Resources
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The qualifications that appear most often in salesforce architect jobs across Virginia.
- Salesforce Certified Technical Architect or Application Architect credential required or strongly preferred
- Five or more years of hands-on Salesforce platform experience including complex enterprise deployments
- Proven experience designing solutions on Salesforce Government Cloud or within FedRAMP-compliant environments
- Deep expertise in MuleSoft, Apex, Lightning Web Components, and Salesforce integration patterns
- Experience supporting federal or state government agency clients in a consulting or contracting capacity
- Strong documentation and stakeholder communication skills for cross-functional enterprise projects
Salesforce Architect Jobs in Virginia: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a salesforce architect in Virginia?
Becoming a salesforce architect in Virginia starts with earning foundational Salesforce certifications such as Administrator and Platform Developer, then advancing through the Application Architect and System Architect credential tracks toward the Salesforce Certified Technical Architect designation. Virginia employers, especially federal contractors in Northern Virginia, place significant weight on Government Cloud familiarity and security clearance eligibility. A background in computer science, information systems, or a related field is common, though many architects transition from Salesforce administrator or developer roles.
How much do salesforce architects make in Virginia?
Salesforce architects in Virginia earn a median of about $136,460 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $83,350 for the lowest 10% to over $211,930 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire salesforce architects in Virginia?
Employers hiring salesforce architects in Virginia right now include Agility Technologies, Steampunk, and ICF, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. Virginia's dense federal contracting ecosystem means many openings sit inside large government IT firms with long-term agency partnerships rather than at commercial product companies.
Which Virginia cities have the most salesforce architect jobs?
Reston, McLean, and Arlington are the Virginia cities with the most salesforce architect openings. Northern Virginia's concentration of federal agencies and defense contractors drives the majority of demand, while Richmond hosts a growing cluster of financial services and state government clients, and Reston draws consulting firms with large Salesforce public sector practices.
Are there remote salesforce architect jobs in Virginia?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 71% of salesforce architect openings tied to Virginia are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, reflecting how thoroughly the role centers on platform configuration, design, and stakeholder collaboration rather than on-site physical work. Solution design, architecture reviews, and documentation are the duties most commonly performed fully remote, while client discovery workshops may still require occasional on-site presence.
How can I get hired as a salesforce architect in Virginia with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving into a Salesforce administrator or junior developer role first, then building toward an architect credential. Large Virginia federal contractors like Booz Allen Hamilton and Leidos regularly hire entry-level Salesforce professionals and offer internal career pathing toward architect designations. Earning the Salesforce Administrator and Platform App Builder certifications before applying gives candidates a measurable edge, and Virginia's community college workforce development programs in Northern Virginia and Richmond offer low-cost Salesforce training that hiring managers recognize.
Where can I find and apply to salesforce architect jobs in Virginia?
You can find and apply to salesforce architect jobs in Virginia on Migrate Mate, which lists current Virginia openings across Northern Virginia, Richmond, Reston, and beyond. Find roles that fit your experience and certifications and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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