Sr. Technical Solution Architect / Salesforce Solution Architect

We are seeking a Senior Technical Solution Architect with deep Salesforce expertise to design, govern, and guide complex enterprise Salesforce implementations. This role sits at the intersection of business strategy, enterprise architecture, and hands-on technical leadership.
You will act as the architectural authority for Salesforce solutions, ensuring scalability, security, and long-term alignment with enterprise standards, particularly within utilities and regulated environments.

Role Overview:

The Salesforce Solution Architect is responsible for designing and delivering end-to-end Salesforce solutions that align with business objectives and enterprise architecture standards. This role bridges business stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring solutions are technically sound, strategically aligned, and execution-ready.

 Key Responsibilities:

1) Solution Design & Architecture

• Design end-to-end Salesforce architectures, including:
  ○ Energy & Utility Cloud
  ○ Experience Cloud
  ○ Enterprise integrations with external systems
• Define system architecture, data models, and integration patterns
• Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and compliant with Salesforce and enterprise standards

2) Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with business analysts, project managers, and executives to gather and refine requirements
• Translate business needs into clear technical and architectural specifications
• Ensure Salesforce solutions directly support business goals and operational outcomes

3) Integration & Technical Leadership

• Architect and oversee Salesforce integrations with databases, APIs, and enterprise systems 
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on:
  ○ Apex
  ○ Lightning (LWC)
  ○ Visualforce
  ○ Flows
• Establish governance for development standards, release management, and environment strategy

4) Solution Governance & Best Practices

• Define and enforce architecture standards, coding guidelines, and security policies
• Conduct design and code reviews
• Evaluate and recommend Salesforce products, third-party apps, and integration tools

5) Performance, Security & Scalability 

• Ensure optimal performance, reliability, and compliance
• Design role-based access, data security models, and sharing rules
• Align solutions with enterprise security and regulatory requirements

6) Documentation, Mentorship & Delivery Oversight

• Maintain architecture diagrams, documentation, and technical specifications
• Mentor developers, administrators, and junior architects
• Support project planning, estimation, risk assessment, and delivery lifecycle phases

This is an hourly position with opportunity for overtime.

 **All Candidates Must be Authorized to Legally Work in the US Without Sponsorship**

Mandatory Qualifications: (Please read carefully. They MUST be shown on your resume)

• 10+ years of Salesforce experience, including 3-5+ years in solution architecture or technical leadership
• Hands-on experience delivering complex, integrated Salesforce solutions in enterprise environments 
• Proven ability to handle high-complexity, multi-integration architectures

Technical Expertise:

• Salesforce Platform expertise, including:
  ○ Energy & Utility Cloud
  ○ Experience Cloud
• Strong hands-on knowledge of:
  ○ Apex
  ○ Lighting Components (LWC)
  ○ Visualforce
  ○ Flows
  ○ REST & SOAP APIs (API/REST web services - 3+ years)
• Integration patterns and tools:
  ○ MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, Informatica
  ○ ETL tools and web services
• Data modeling, architecture governance, and best practices
• CI/CD pipelines, version control, and release management

Soft Skills:

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts to business audiences
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Proven leadership and mentoring capability 
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and competing priorities

Certifications (Preferred/Highly Valued):

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

Why This Role:

• Architect-level authority with real enterprise impact
• Long-term contract with extension potential
• Complex, high-visibility Salesforce ecosystem
• Opportunity to shape standards, integrations, and long-term platform strategy