Salesforce Technical Solution Architect

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Job Details

• Location: Onsite, NYC
• Duration: 6 months CTH
• Interview: Video then onsite
• Priority: High Priority Role – Con Edison

Role Overview

The Salesforce Solution Architect is responsible for designing, delivering, and governing Salesforce solutions that align with business objectives and enterprise architecture standards. This role serves as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring implementations are scalable, secure, and high-performing.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Design & Architecture

• Design end-to-end Salesforce solutions, including Energy and Utility Cloud, Experience Cloud, and integrations with external systems.
• Define system architecture, data models, and integration patterns in line with best practices.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and adhere to Salesforce and enterprise architecture standards.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Collaborate with business analysts, project managers, and executives to gather requirements.
• Translate business needs into technical specifications, ensuring alignment with business goals.

Integration & Technical Leadership

• Design and oversee integrations between Salesforce and other enterprise systems (databases, APIs).
• Guide developers on Apex, Lightning, Visualforce, Flows, and other Salesforce technologies.
• Establish governance around development, release management, and environment strategy.

Solution Governance & Best Practices

• Define architecture standards, coding guidelines, and security policies for Salesforce implementations.
• Conduct design reviews and code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices.
• Evaluate and recommend Salesforce products, apps, and third-party tools to meet business requirements.

Performance, Security, and Scalability

• Ensure solutions are optimized for performance, reliability, and compliance.
• Design role-based access, data security, and sharing rules in Salesforce.

Documentation & Knowledge Transfer

• Maintain architecture documentation, diagrams, and technical specifications.
• Mentor developers, administrators, and junior architects on Salesforce best practices.

Project Oversight

• Support project planning, estimation, and risk assessment.
• Participate in solution delivery lifecycle, including requirements, design, build, test, and deployment phases.

Skills and Qualifications

Technical Skills:

• Salesforce platform expertise: Energy & Utility Cloud, Experience Cloud.
• Strong understanding of Apex, Lightning Components, Visualforce, Flows, REST/SOAP APIs.
• Integration patterns: middleware (MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, Informatica), ETL tools, web services.
• Data modeling, architecture design, and governance principles.
• Experience with CI/CD, version control, and release management.
• Knowledge of Salesforce best practices, security, compliance, and performance optimization.

Soft Skills:

• Highly confident and articulate
• Excellent communication Skills
• Ability to effectively engage with stakeholders
• Demonstrate executive-level presence

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years of hands-on Salesforce experience.

Certifications (Preferred):

• Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA)
• Salesforce Application Architect or System Architect
• Salesforce Integration Architecture Designer
• Salesforce Platform Developer I/II