Salesforce Solution Architect

We are hiring a Salesforce Solution Architect for one of our consulting clients –

This is a FTE hybrid/onsite role – and can be based in either Austin, TX OR Tempe, AZ. Candidates must be local/willing to travel in office 4 days/week.

The salary range for this role is $165,000-$195,000k & benefits / bonus. This role is not eligible for sponsorship, candidates must have work authorization for the US without sponsorship.

Overview

The Solution Architect is responsible for owning the overall design of the technical application as well as recommending best practice solutions based on client business needs.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Facilitates discovery workshops, in tandem with other team members, to gather customer requirements, understand customer personas and elicit user stories
• Assess client current architecture and architect solutions that meet client needs
• Create solution design and articulate design to client and team; articulate value and gain buy-off; ensure user story definition clarity and perform quality reviews
• Develop POCs and demos to articulate design concepts to client, including best practice recommendations; elicit feedback and adjust design to meet needs
• Provide technical guidance to the team and ensure standards are met or exceeded
• Assess and make recommendations on processes, designs, operations, and testing
• Understands the technical depth of the project and validates the correct resources for the project
• Recommends alternate approaches, analyze impacts, and provide sizing estimates
• Participates in design and code reviews
• Analyzes and mitigates bugs and issues
• Provides release planning, devops governance and deployment plans
• Conducts unit, integration, and performance testing and work closely with users for user acceptance testing
• Writes technical specifications (for custom development, system integration, etc.) jointly with the technical team members
• Documents build plans and delegates work to team members

Experience needed:

• 5+ years consultant experience within Salesforce projects leading external, client-facing technical consulting services for complex system implementations
• 3+ years of Salesforce experience complex third-party solutions
• Experience managing project team relevant to the delivery of the technical solution
• Experience in enterprise-level projects using Agile software development methodologies throughout the whole life cycle
• Experience with third party solutions that support vertical objectives
• Ability to lead technical requirements gathering & solution design sessions with clients
• Superior Salesforce development and design skills including: Apex, Lightning, SOQL, Flow and other standard and advanced Salesforce automation tools
• Deep familiarity with Salesforce products including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud and Experience Cloud
• Understands testing and release processes
• Strong aptitude for prioritization and multitasking in a deadline-driven environment