Salesforce Technical Lead; SC Cleared

Salesforce Technical Lead (SC Cleared)

Contract:

6 months. Mostly Remote – 2 days a month in London. £(Apply online only) per day (Inside IR35).

My client, a government body is looking for a number of Salesforce Technical Leads to join their fast‑paced team on an initial 6 month contract.

PLEASE NOTE - Due to the nature of the organisation and the work involved, the selected candidate MUST have ACTIVE SC Clearance and be a Sole British National.

As a Technical Lead, you will operate as a senior technical authority within the Salesforce practice, partnering with Solution Architects, Functional Leads, and client stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and high‑performing solutions aligned to business outcomes. This role will lead technical work streams across complex programmes, providing architectural oversight, engineering leadership, and technical assurance while mentoring delivery teams.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to key stakeholders within our Public Sector clients.
• Lead communication and stakeholder management, acting as the focal point between the client team and the development team (with support of other colleagues).
• Ensure scalable, best‑practice solutions that meet or exceed customer expectations, ensuring the technical implementation conforms to project and industry best practices.
• Evaluate and translate business and technical requirements into well‑designed solutions that effectively leverage Salesforce products.
• Design low‑level technical specifications for:
  • Flows
  • OmniScripts / Omni Studio Components
  • Apex (e.g., UML Class Diagrams or similar)
  • LWC components
  • Security Models (Permission sets, groups, etc.)
  • Object Models / Entity Relationship Diagrams
  • Omni‑Channel Processes
• Contribute to high‑level technical designs and approaches where relevant, with the support of a Solution or Technical Architect.
• Contribute to the delivery of work items, where capacity allows.
• Identify and mitigate technical design risks, including ensuring compliance with Salesforce platform limits and governance models.
• Collaborate with Dev Ops and Release Management colleagues, ensuring that software components are correctly packaged and delivered through the project pipeline. Strong knowledge of Git is expected. A good understanding of CI/CD pipelines is very beneficial, though the tooling used may vary from project to project.
• Act as technical authority across one or more programmes.
• Collaborate with project and engagement managers to support work item estimation and planning in partnership with the client.
• Direct and mentor diverse teams in both technical and non‑technical aspects, including communication strategies contributing to sprint demos.
• Own solution integrity, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and best‑practice design patterns.
• Conduct code reviews and enforce development standards across your team(s).
• Provide guidance on integration patterns and approaches, often in collaboration with integration technical leads.
• Guide reusability, modular design, and technical debt management.
• Articulate complex technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Support pre‑sales activities including solution shaping and technical input to proposals.
• Contribute to internal growth through initiatives, knowledge‑sharing, and the development of strategic assets.

• Familiarity with public sector regulations, compliance (e.g., GDPR, FOIA), and procurement processes.
• Knowledge of common public sector challenges: legacy systems, citizen engagement, case management, grants, licensing.
• Proficiency in Salesforce particularly Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and Public Sector Solutions.
• Strong grasp of Data Cloud, Mule Soft, Omni Studio, and Agentforce for automation and integration.
• Experience with integration technologies, master data management, and familiarity with other cloud platforms (e.g., AWS).
• Ability to analyse, design, and optimise business processes through technology and integration.
• Demonstrated experience guiding customers and project teams in adopting emerging technologies for business use cases.
• Very Strong Salesforce platform experience.
• Proven experience leading technical delivery on…