Job Description
Job Description Job Title: Salesforce Consultant
Job Code: IT1942
Location: Remote/DMV Area
Reports to: Program Manager
FLSA Status: Exempt
Supervisory: No supervisory/management authority
Prepared Date: 9/25/2026
A government contract requires that this position be restricted to U.S. Citizens. You must provide documentation that you are a U.S. to qualify AND TS/SCI Poly Strongly Preferred. Please Note: This position is pending a contract award. If you are interested in a future with Cherokee Federal, APPLY TODAY! We are accepting applications for this future anticipated need. Summary: We're seeking a highly motivated and Salesforce Consultant to join our team supporting a Salesforce initiative. This role involves close collaboration with clients to gather business requirements, document process flows, and deliver tailored Salesforce solutions through design, configuration, testing, and deployment.
Compensation & Benefits: Starting Salary Range for Salesforce Consultant: $140,000-160,000
Benefits That Set Us Apart When considering your next opportunity, compensation is only part of the picture. We offer a benefits package designed to invest in your future and support your life outside of work.
Highlights include: Up to a 6% 401(k) company match to help you build long-term financial security
Paid time off as part of our comprehensive benefits package, so you have the flexibility to rest, recharge, and enjoy what matters most
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus prescription drug coverage
Basic life and AD&D insurance, with supplemental life options
Short-term and long-term disability coverage
Paid holidays
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options
Professional development, training, and certification support
Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, and identity theft protection
Because taking care of our employees isn't just a promise, it's part of who we are. Benefits are subject to change and eligibility requirements apply.
Basic Qualifications: - Lead the functional alignment between the USSF baseline metadata package and the Customer's operational processes.
- Validate data architecture, object models, user security matrix, and portal access structures in the target RCO environment.
- Guide the Solution Consultant and Developer in configuring declarative and programmatic components to match target requirements without breaking upstream package dependencies.
- Lead end-to-end Salesforce implementations across Public Sector Solutions (PSS), Service Cloud, Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and Nonprofit Cloud.
- Provide technical and functional leadership to cross-functional project teams; mentor junior consultants and contribute to internal best practices, accelerators, and solution frameworks.
- Design and implement automation using Flow, Approval Processes, Einstein features, and other declarative tools; optimize business processes to reduce manual work and improve operational efficiency.
- Ensure automation is scalable, maintainable, and aligned with governance and compliance standards.
- Partner with stakeholders to validate designs via prototypes and iterative feedback cycles.
- Facilitate discovery sessions and stakeholder workshops to capture business, functional, and technical requirements; translate needs into solution designs, user stories, and implementation roadmaps.
- Serve as a strategic advisor on Salesforce platform capabilities, architecture, and optimization opportunities.
- Design scalable data and security models, and automation frameworks aligned to federal requirements.
- Configure and customize Salesforce using declarative tools and best-practice architecture patterns.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
- Performs other duties as may be assigned.
- Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.
Preferred Qualifications: Additional certifications preferred: Advanced Administrator, Marketing Cloud, OmniStudio, and PSS.
Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: - 5+ years of Salesforce architecture/consulting experience with Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Experience Cloud; minimum 7 years of overall professional experience.
- Demonstrated experience working within DoD / Federal Salesforce environments (IL4/IL5 GovCloud).
- Certified Salesforce Application Architect or System Architect strongly preferred.
- Strong business analysis skills; lead client discovery, requirements definition, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Advanced proficiency with Salesforce automation, especially Flow; experience designing production-grade UI in Lightning and Experience Cloud.
- Track record delivering complex, multi-stakeholder Salesforce programs.
- Salesforce Certified Administrator, Platform App Builder, plus one or more Consultant-level certifications (Sales, Service, Experience, or Marketing Cloud) required.
- Familiarity with integrations and APIs; capable of guiding technical integration approaches.
- Bachelor's degree required.
- U.S. citizenship required.
- Experience with Agile software development methodologies.
- At least 4 years building Salesforce business process models, writing acceptance criteria, and designing user interfaces for production systems.
- Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal AND TS/SCI Poly Strongly Preferred
Certificates & Licenses: Salesforce Certified Administrator preferred
Platform App Builder,
One or more Consultant-level certifications (Sales, Service, Experience, or Marketing Cloud) preferred
Company Information: Behind every government mission stands skilled, mission-driven talent: people whose expertise and dedication turn complex challenges into successful outcomes. Cherokee Nation Businesses Corp - CFED, part of Cherokee Federal, the federal contracting division of Cherokee Nation Businesses, is that team. We modernize aging systems, deliver care where it's needed most, and keep missions supplied, staffed, and moving across defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies. For more than 60 federal clients, we take on the work others won't, and deliver where it counts. If that's the kind of work you're looking for, you've found your team. Learn more at cherokee-federal.com.
#CherokeeFederal #LI-KB1 #AppC Cherokee Federal is a military friendly employer. Veterans and active military transitioning to civilian status are encouraged to apply.
Legal Disclaimer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability or any other status protected under applicable federal, state or local law.
Many of our job openings require access to government buildings or military installations. Candidates must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.
Compliance Notices Cherokee Federal is a federal contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA). As required by VEVRAA, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans. Protected veterans are encouraged to self-identify during the application process.
Cherokee Federal takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. Qualified individuals with disabilities are encouraged to self-identify during the application process.
Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified individuals with disabilities or those with sincerely held religious beliefs. To request an accommodation in the application or interview process, please contact Human Resources at
This position may be contingent upon the successful completion of a background investigation. The scope of the investigation will be commensurate with position requirements and applicable law.
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