Salesforce Technical Architect

Salesforce Technical Architect

Location: McLean, VA (Onsite) Fulltime

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Apply expert-level technical expertise across multiple Salesforce domains, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Experience Cloud, and platform capabilities like Flow, Apex, and LWC.

• Lead the design and implementation of Salesforce solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, and security across applications, integrations, and third-party tools.

Manage Salesforce architecture to support enterprise-wide initiatives involving:

Application:

• Configurations, customization, and development with Apex, Visualforce, and LWC.

Integrations:

• Middleware platforms (e.g., MuleSoft), APIs, and event-driven architectures.

Data:

• Data migration, ET processes, and data governance within Salesforce environments.

• Drive the adoption of Salesforce best practices, including DevOps methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based version control.

• Develop and maintain enterprise-wide Salesforce architecture standards, frameworks, and best practices.

• Collaborate with IT staff, subject matter experts, business partners, and clients to assess business processes, identify pain points, and define architectural solutions.

• Design and review Salesforce solutions to ensure alignment with organizational strategies, data governance policies, and technical standards.

• Lead large and complex Salesforce projects and initiatives that may involve cross-functional teams, cloud-to-cloud integrations, and cutting-edge technologies.

• Partner with stakeholders to create business case assessments, project justifications, ROl analyses, architectural reviews, and RFP evaluations.

• Evaluate and recommend Salesforce apps, add-ons, and AppExchange solutions to enhance system capabilities.

• Provide leadership and guidance to project personnel and architects on Salesforce-related projects.

• Stay current with Salesforce releases, new features, and industry trends, recommending improvements or innovations to existing Salesforce architecture.

Roles & Responsibilities

Architecture & Strategy

o Lead end-to-end Salesforce solution architecture across multiple clouds and enterprise platforms

o Define target-state architecture, roadmaps, and governance frameworks

o Establish enterprise standards for scalability, performance, and security

Solution Design & Implementation

o Design and oversee:

o Configurations, customizations, and development using Apex, LWC, and Flows

o Integration frameworks using APIs, middleware, and event-driven patterns

o Data architecture, migration strategies, and governance models

Enterprise Integration

o Define API-led and event-based integration strategies across Salesforce and external systems

o Work with middleware platforms (e.g.