Solution Engineer, MuleSoft - Salesforce National Security

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About Salesforce

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The Experience

Computable Insights LLC, referred to as "Salesforce National Security"(SNS), is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Salesforce. SNS is Salesforce's contracting entity dedicated to the US Intelligence Community and US National Security market, and in this capacity is a major component of Salesforce's Global Public Sector.

As an SNS Solution Engineer, you would be a key member of a team supporting across US Intelligence Community customers.

Qualification for this job is contingent upon acceptable results from a background investigation and maintaining the specific level U.S. government background investigation required for this role. All offers of employment are contingent upon Government approval of your TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance.As part of the Salesforce Public Sector business unit, we provide PaaS and SaaS cloud solutions to these customers which meet NIST, FedRAMP, and other applicable standards.

We're looking for exceptional candidates to join the Solution Engineering team. As a Mulesoft Pre-Sales Solution Engineer, you will provide technical sales partnership to our sales teams and align our solutions to our customers' vision. The MuleSoft Sales team will rely on your technical and product expertise throughout the sales cycle. You will be an integral part of the success for both our customers and Account Executives by performing technical discovery qualification, delivering product demonstrations and Proof of Concepts, delivering technical workshops, and making architectural recommendations. As a hardworking technologist and customer advocate, you will connect the dots between the technical solution to the business outcomes for the customer.

Prior experience with Customer Relationship Management technology and enterprise selling in a customer-facing role is highly desirable. Oh, and don't forget those communication and presentation skills. They usually come in handy in our line of work. Finally, the ability to take complex pieces of technology and describe them in a simple and easy to understand way will seal the deal! If you believe you have these skills, we want to talk to you.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

• Understand customer goals and challenges and map those back to the Salesforce product portfolio
• A skillset to establish trust with clients, and the ability to influence key decision makers
• Hands-on Java development experience and ability to code and debug against Java APIs is preferred
• Experience with cloud technologies - iPaaS, SaaS applications, cloud infrastructure, etc. is preferred
• Participate in all appropriate product, sales, technical training and certifications to acquire and maintain the knowledge necessary to be effective in the position
• Attain quarterly and annual objectives defined collaboratively with management
• Respond effectively to RFIs/RFPs
• Active participation in a fast-paced high-energy market segment and balance multiple projects in a team-selling environment

• United States Citizenship required
• Qualification for this job is contingent upon acceptable results from a US Federal background investigation, and obtaining and maintaining the specific level U.S. government security clearance required for this role.
• B.S. Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS
• 7 or more years experience as a solution/sales engineer for a Middleware company or similar technology
• Demonstrated leadership and mentorship skills
• Knowledge of related applications, relational database, web technology, and cyber-security
• API development experience (Java, Python, other).
• Proficient experience with MicroServices development and enterprise integration patterns.
• Solid oral, written, presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a cross-functional team to solve technical problems
• Ability to travel domestically

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The city

The job is in Herndon, VA. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.

How Herndon compares. Among the 100 largest places in Virginia, Herndon is #47 by population, #26 for household income (#1 = highest), #67 for rent (#1 = cheapest), #64 for long commutes (#1 = fewest). Its county, Fairfax County, is #3 of 133 counties for average pay ($114,100).

The place in numbers

Herndon has 24,672 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 0.3% of the population of Virginia. It covers 4 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 5,756 people per square mile. The median age is 35.1, 10% younger than the state median (35.1 against 39.0).

Housing

The median gross rent is $2,259 a month (rent plus utilities), 43% above the state median ($2,259 against $1,579). Over a year that is 18.3% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $599,100, which is 4.0 times the median household income ($148,000). 62.1% of households own their home, 8% below the state average (62.1% against 67.3%).

Work and pay

The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area has 3,136,190 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $71,060 a year, 39% above the national median ($71,060 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are business and financial operations (369,190 jobs, median $105,260); management (319,760 jobs, median $165,010); office and administrative support (290,050 jobs, median $53,250). The area is most specialised in legal (2.6 times) and computer and mathematical (2.2 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are legal ($175,070) and management ($165,010). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Fairfax County was 3.4%. 76.3% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Fairfax County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 55.8% drive alone, 3.6% use public transit, 1.9% walk, 21.2% work from home. 20.1% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 14% above the state average (20.1% against 17.6%).

People and education

53.2% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 26% above the state share (53.2% against 42.2%). 42.2% of residents were born outside the United States, 222% above the state share (42.2% against 13.1%). The poverty rate is 8.1%, 18% below the state rate (8.1% against 9.9%).

Climate

The warmest month is Jul, averaging 78°F (25.6°C), and the coolest is Jan at 31°F (-0.4°C). About 1,117 mm (44 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; May is the wettest month (120 mm) and Jan the driest (65 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

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Closest cities in this guide: McNair (2 miles, similar rent); Sterling (3 miles, rent 5% lower); Reston (3 miles, similar rent); Franklin Farm (4 miles, rent 16% higher). Rent differences are against Herndon; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.

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A mid level role in engineering, construction and energy (manufacturing and hardware engineering) listed 71 days ago. The full description is on this page and on The Muse.

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Herndon, VA.

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Median rent in Herndon is $2,259 a month and median household income $148,000 (ACS 2020–2024).

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• Wages and projections: BLS OEWS (May 2025) and Employment Projections 2025–35.
• City and county figures: Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024, BEA, BLS QCEW and LAUS, NASA POWER climatology; distances from Census Gazetteer coordinates.

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• BEA GDP by state and Regional Price Parities
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