Salesforce Architect

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Full Time

Skills

Architectural Design
Salesforce.com
Sales Cloud
Service Cloud
Apex
Lightning
Enterprise Resource Planning
MuleSoft
Extract
Transform
Load

Job Details

Job Title: Salesforce Architect

Location: McLean, VA (Onsite)

Type: Fulltime Position

Job Description:

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills:

  • 8+ years of experience with Salesforce platform and CRM implementations.
  • 3+ years as a Salesforce Technical Lead or Architect.
  • Expertise with Salesforce Clouds: Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud (Community Cloud), and Marketing Cloud experience is a plus.
  • Strong knowledge of Salesforce platform capabilities: Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Visualforce, SOQL, REST/SOAP APIs.
  • Proven experience with Salesforce security model, sharing rules, and platform encryption.
  • Expertise in integrating Salesforce with third-party systems (ERP, payment gateways, data lakes, etc.).
  • Experience in designing scalable Salesforce data models and managing large volumes of data.
  • Salesforce certifications highly preferred:
  • Salesforce Certified Application Architect
  • Salesforce Certified System Architect
  • Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) highly desirable
  • Strong understanding of agile development methodologies (Scrum, SAFe).

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Lead the architectural design and implementation of Salesforce solutions across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and other Salesforce products.
  • Define and drive enterprise Salesforce best practices, data governance, and security standards.
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders, developers, admins, and project managers to translate business requirements into scalable Salesforce solutions.
  • Architect solutions using Salesforce standard features wherever possible, minimizing customizations.
  • Design and implement integrations with external systems using APIs, middleware (e.g., MuleSoft), and ETL tools.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and code reviews to development teams.
  • Lead technical discussions, design sessions, and architecture reviews.
  • Manage Salesforce environment strategy across development, testing, and production.
  • Oversee and ensure Salesforce platform scalability, performance, and operational health.
  • Maintain documentation of solutions, architecture artifacts, and design decisions.
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