Senior Salesforce Solution Architect Education Cloud SIS

STAFFXPERT LLC is seeking a Senior Salesforce Solution Architect on behalf of our client in TBD to lead the end-to-end architecture of a Salesforce Education Cloud based Student Information System (SIS) within the higher education sector. This role will provide technical leadership across solution design, data architecture, integrations, security, automation, migration, and user experience.

The ideal candidate will bring deep Salesforce expertise, strong higher education domain knowledge, and hands-on experience architecting a full-lifecycle Education Cloud SIS implementation from design through go-live.

• Own end-to-end solution architecture and technical direction from discovery through go-live and hypercare.
• Lead architecture reviews, design authority sessions, and technical decision-making.
• Develop solution designs, architecture diagrams, data models, integration specifications, and architecture decision records.
• Design scalable, high-performing solutions for peak academic periods such as registration and term starts.

• Architect SIS capabilities covering course catalogs, learning programs, academic terms, scheduling, registration, enrollment, grading, academic records, degree planning, transfer credits, and student accounts.
• Design and govern the Salesforce Education Cloud data model and ensure scalable, upgrade-safe extensions.
• Translate academic policies such as prerequisites, enrollment limits, holds, grading, and academic standing into configurable business rules and automation.

• Define integration architecture across Salesforce, SIS, LMS, admissions, financial aid, ERP/finance, HR, identity, and data warehouse platforms.
• Establish API, middleware, event-driven, and system-of-record strategies.
• Lead migration from legacy SIS platforms and Education Data Architecture (EDA) to Education Cloud, including mapping, cleansing, deduplication, reconciliation, historical data, and cutover planning.

• Design Salesforce security and sharing models aligned with FERPA, privacy, and institutional data governance requirements.
• Architect Experience Cloud solutions for students, faculty, advisors, and staff.
• Evaluate AI and Agentforce use cases to improve student self-service, advising, and staff productivity.

• Establish technical testing strategies covering integration, performance, and data validation.
• Guide developers, administrators, and business analysts while establishing DevOps, CI/CD, environment, release, and code-quality standards.
• Partner with academic and IT stakeholders to align technology delivery with institutional priorities and academic milestones.
• Evaluate Salesforce products and AppExchange solutions against custom development options.

• 12+ years of IT experience, including 8+ years of Salesforce experience and 3+ years in a Solution Architect or Technical Architect role .
• Hands-on experience architecting at least one full-lifecycle Student Information System implementation using Salesforce Education Cloud , from design through go-live.
• Strong higher education domain expertise, including the student lifecycle, registrar operations, course scheduling, registration, grading, academic records, degree audit, advising, and student financials.
• Deep expertise in Salesforce Education Cloud and Education Data Architecture (EDA) , including EDA-to-Education Cloud migration.
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce technologies including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Flow, Apex, Lightning Web Components, Platform Events, governor limits, and large data volume architecture.
• Proven integration experience with REST/SOAP APIs, MuleSoft or comparable middleware, and ETL tools.
• Experience integrating with SIS platforms such as Ellucian Banner/Colleague, Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, or Workday Student.
• Experience leading large-scale student and academic data migrations, including historical records, reconciliation, and cutover planning.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce security and sharing, FERPA, privacy, data governance, security, and accessibility requirements.
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, sandbox/environment strategy, and release management using tools such as Salesforce DevOps Center, Copado, or Gearset.
• Strong analytical, communication, architecture documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience leading cross-functional Agile or hybrid delivery teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.

• Salesforce Education Cloud Accredited Professional certification.
• Salesforce Application Architect or System Architect certification.
• Salesforce Technical Architect (CTA) certification is highly desirable.
• Additional Salesforce certifications such as Platform Integration Architect, Data Architect, Sharing and Visibility Architect, or Platform Developer I/II.
• Experience with Agentforce, Data Cloud, Marketing Cloud, or Slate .
• Master's degree in a technical field or higher education administration.