Principal, Solution Engineer – Data, Integration & Agentic AI Data Strategy

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts. Job Category Sales Job Details About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce. Principal Solution Engineer - Data & Integration Specialist - Federal Civilian Location: Washington D.C. / MD / VA / Remote Description Salesforce is hiring a Data & Integration Specialist (DIS) to join our Global Public Sector Solution Engineering team. The AI revolution is a Data evolution and this critical role is at the forefront of making AI a reality for our customers. As a DIS, you are more than a technical expert; you are a strategic architectural partner who consolidates expertise across MuleSoft (Integration), Tableau (Analytics), and Data 360 (Unified Data Management)  to solve the most complex data challenges in government. You will serve as the single point of contact for sales teams, ensuring every data opportunity is handled by a specialist who thinks like an architect and communicates outcomes and impacts in the voice of the business user. You will be a vital contributor to the success of our agency customers by conducting holistic discovery, reframing the data journey, and designing compliant, AI-ready architectures that deliver actionable insights from disparate silos. In this role, you will work with Federal Civilian agencies and bridge the gap between legacy system connectivity and modern mission outcomes, acting as a trusted advisor who can navigate everything from API management to real-time data unification and advanced analytics. What you get working for the Data & Integration SE Team: A Unified Mission: Work in a specialized team that eliminates fragmented resource requests by owning the entire data lifecycle. Outcome-First Leadership: Opportunities to lead high-impact discovery sessions that start with agency mission outcomes (e.g., citizen services, public safety) rather than product features. Strategic Growth: Support from leaders committed to your mastery of enterprise data architecture and designing data strategies that leverage MuleSoft, Tableau, Data 360, and Informatica Innovation at Scale: Work for the #1 AI CRM company, building the trusted data foundations required for the next generation of Agentforce and autonomous AI agents. Qualifications you’ll need to be successful: Architectural Mindset: Ability to design holistic, composable architectures that scale securely in highly regulated public sector environments. Multi-Platform Technical Depth: Hands-on experience or deep conceptual knowledge of Integration (MuleSoft) , Data Analytics (Tableau) , and Big Data/CDP (Data 360) . A qualified candidate will have expertise in no less than 2 of these capabilities, a great candidate will have expertise in all three. Strategic Communication: Excellent ability to reframe technical challenges into business value for C-level government executives and technical stakeholders alike. AI Readiness: Understanding of the value of Trusted Context Foundations for AI, including data grounding, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), and metadata intelligence. Collaboration & Influence: Proven ability to partner early with Account Executives to drive sales strategy and lead Data Discovery from day one. Experience: Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in Solution Engineering, Enterprise Arch ... (truncated, view full listing at source)