Salesforce Solution Architect

This position is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis.

Job Description

We are looking for a Salesforce Solution Architect who will be responsible for defining, governing, and validating end-to-end Salesforce architecture across Sales, Service, CLM, and integrated business processes. Acting as the client s architectural authority, this role partners closely with system integrators, product owners, technical leads, data teams, and business stakeholders to ensure scalable, secure, and future-proof design aligns with the client s roadmap and Salesforce best practices. This position will be a contract and remote. Candidates located in Eastern and Central time zones are preferred due to the client's work environment and alignment with operational needs.

What You ll Do

• Design and validate a scalable, efficient, and sustainable Salesforce architecture for multi-cloud global implementations

• Evaluate proposed solutions for maintainability, extensibility, and long-term viability

• Align all architectural decisions with the Salesforce product roadmap, enterprise architecture principles, and internal standards

• Define configuration standards, design patterns, and guardrails for functional and technical teams

• Review and approve functional designs across workstreams (Sales, Service, CLM, Integration, Data, RFP, etc.)

• Translate business strategies and requirements into holistic Salesforce solutions that balance user experience, performance, and compliance

• Ensure alignment between technical teams, functional SMEs, and business owners to deliver solutions on schedule

• Partner with the Integration Lead to design robust integration architecture with SAP, Agiloft, Workday, and other enterprise platforms

• Validate data flows, API usage, middleware strategy, and integration patterns

• Support data strategy activities, including data migration, mapping, and cleansing (in collaboration with Data Lead and SI)

• Provide architectural oversight throughout discovery, design, build, testing, and cutover phases

• Review solution designs to ensure adherence to best practices, security frameworks, and change control processes

• Support DevOps alignment, including environment strategy, release sequencing, and deployment governance

• Participate in workshops, design reviews, RFP evaluations, and architecture decision records

• Communicate architectural risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to program leadership and executive stakeholders

What You'll Need
Required:

• Minimum of 7 years of experience as a Salesforce Solution Architect

• Strong expertise in Salesforce solutions architecting and multi-cloud architecture across multiple Salesforce clouds, including Sales, Service, and CLM

• Expertise in designing scalable, secure, and sustainable Salesforce architectures that adhere to Salesforce best practices and enterprise standards

• Hands-on experience with integration strategies involving enterprise platforms such as SAP, Agiloft, and Workday, including API usage, middleware strategies, and integration patterns

• Experience with data migration, mapping, and cleansing processes in collaboration with data teams

• Demonstrated ability to provide architectural oversight and lead cross-functional teams, including system integrators, technical leads, and business stakeholders

• Strong knowledge of architectural governance, DevOps alignment (environment strategy, release sequencing, and deployment governance), and adherence to security frameworks

• Salesforce Cloud certifications are required, preferably multiple across the Salesforce Platform; strong preference for candidates holding Sales and Service Cloud certifications, with Marketing or Development certifications considered advantageous but not essential

Preferred:

• Experience working in industries requiring complex Salesforce integrations and compliance (e.g., manufacturing, technology, or enterprise services)

• Familiarity with East Coast working hours to ensure effective communication and alignment with program schedules

• Experience engaging with executive stakeholders, presenting architectural risks and trade-offs, and participating in RFP evaluations