Salesforce Platform Governance & Advisory Consultant

Salesforce Platform Governance & Advisory Consultant Remote in the U.S. (Preferred Eastern or Central Time Zone, AL, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, MD, MN, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV). Candidates must have the required Salesforce experience and be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require employer sponsorship for U.S. work authorization now or in the future. T his position is in support of a federal U.S. contract and may be subject to additional eligibility requirements. Headquartered in Northern Virginia, Millsapps, Ballinger & Associates (MB&A) is a Salesforce Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner with flagship products around Data Collection (ExAM4Enterprise) and Inspections, Audits and Compliance (ExAM4Inspections). MB&A offers enterprise-class applications on the Salesforce AppExchange and provides management consulting services helping innovative organizations change the way they do business by leveraging Salesforce and AppExchange products. MB&A provides competitive compensation and benefits including base salary, annual incentive bonus, PTO, health/medical/dental, 401(k), and more. ABOUT THE ROLE: Millsapps, Ballinger & Associates (MB&A) is seeking a Salesforce Platform Governance & Advisory Consultant to support the design oversight, platform quality, implementation governance, and sustainment of Salesforce-based solutions for federal customers. YOU WANT TO: Make a significant impact by helping federal customers deliver secure, scalable, and maintainable Salesforce solutions. Apply your Salesforce technical depth to solution review, platform governance, design guidance, and quality oversight. Work across configuration, development, integrations, data, security, DevOps, and release management. Partner with customer stakeholders, external vendors, architects, developers, administrators, BSAs, and project leaders. Help establish strong Salesforce platform practices, reusable standards, documentation discipline, and release governance. Support mission-focused solutions without being limited to heads-down development work. Help MB&A protect customer outcomes by identifying technical risks before they become production issues. YOU WILL: Provide technical oversight and advisory support for Salesforce implementation, enhancement, and sustainment work. Review Salesforce solution designs, configuration approaches, data models, automation patterns, and implementation plans. Review or advise on Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flow, OmniStudio, SOQL, integrations, and declarative configuration approaches. Evaluate Salesforce security models, including roles, profiles, permission sets, sharing rules, field-level security, auditability, and sensitive data handling. Support design reviews, architecture discussions, backlog refinement, sprint planning, release readiness, and quality assurance activities. Coordinate with internal teams and external vendors performing Salesforce configuration, development, integration, and deployment work. Identify risks related to scalability, maintainability, governor limits, data quality, security, integrations, deployment scope, and production readiness. Support DevOps and release governance using tools and practices such as Salesforce DX, Git-based source control, Copado, Gearset, VS Code, metadata review, deployment validation, and release documentation. Help ensure Salesforce work is properly documented, tested, reviewed, and supportable after release. Support data governance, integration coordination, test data planning, data quality validation, and cross-system troubleshooting. YOU HAVE: Experience as a Salesforce Technical Architect, Application Architect, Lead Developer, Senior Salesforce Consultant, Platform Architect, or Salesforce Governance Lead. Strong understanding of Salesforce platform capabilities, including Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flow, SOQL, Salesforce security, object modeling, metadata, integrations, and deployment practices. Experience reviewing or guiding Salesforce implementations rather than solely executing assigned build tickets. Experience with Salesforce DevOps, metadata deployments, Git-based source control, Salesforce DX, Copado, Gearset, or similar tools. Experience reviewing solution designs, technical designs, data models, security models, automation approaches, or integration patterns. Experience developing, testing, or reviewing Salesforce solutions using both declarative and programmatic platform capabilities. Experience with REST APIs, integration patterns, authentication approaches, middleware coordination, or external system data flows Experience participating in Agile software development environments. Experience working on cross-functional teams in a consulting, government, or enterprise environment. Strong written communication and documentation skills. Critical thinking and analytical skills. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a remote environment. Ability to hold Public Trust clearance. YOU MUST HAVE THE ABILITY TO: Manage time and schedule independently and in accordance with policies and expectations. Meet deadlines. Maintain a quiet working space with the ability to be on camera as needed. Use Google Suite of tools, including Chat, Gmail, Calendar, and Drive. Use Agile tools to support backlog review, sprint planning, and delivery tracking. Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Explain Salesforce technical risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly. Manage multiple priorities while maintaining high-quality delivery standards. SUMMARY OF COMPANY BENEFITS. In addition to good working conditions and competitive pay, it is MB&A’s policy to provide a combination of supplemental benefits to all eligible employees. These benefits include a 401k plan, Paid Time Off (PTO) benefits for sick time and vacations, 11 paid holiday, comprehensive group medical, dental, vision insurance options under Cigna, company-paid short- and long-term disability and accidental death and dismemberment insurance under Mutual of Omaha, an incentive plan for bonus-eligible roles, and other plan benefits. These policies have been carefully developed and continue to be refined to keep up with changing times and needs. EEOC/OFCCP/VEVRAA STATEMENTS. MB&A complies with all applicable federal regulations enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). As a federal contractor, MB&A takes proactive steps to ensure equal employment opportunity for qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities, as required by the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. We conduct outreach to support the recruitment, hiring, and advancement of these individuals. Employment decisions at MB&A are based solely on merit, qualifications, and business needs. E-VERIFY EMPLOYER. MB&A participates in the E-Verify program, confirming eligibility to work in the U.S. We comply with all applicable immigration laws, including the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, and require all employees to provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States. 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