JOB DESCRIPTION
POSITION: Salesforce Architect with Cloud & DevOps (Mandatory)
DURATION: Long term
Location: Houston, TX Onsite
15+ years overall IT experience | 5–8+ years in Enterprise / Solution Architecture roles
Role Overview
We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Enterprise Architect with deep experience in Salesforce , backgrounds to define, govern, and evolve enterprise-wide technology solutions. This role is responsible for aligning business strategy with IT architecture, driving modernization, ensuring scalability, security, performance, and enabling digital transformation across platforms.
The Enterprise Architect will work closely with business leaders, product owners, engineering teams, and external stakeholders to design target-state architecture, manage technical debt, and enforce architectural standards across the organization.
Roles & Responsibilities
Enterprise Architecture & Strategy
· Define and maintain enterprise architecture roadmaps, reference architectures, and technology standards.
· Translate business strategy & capability needs into scalable, secure, & cost‑effective architecture designs.
· Establish target-state architectures and lead legacy-to-modern platform transformations.
· Ensure architectural alignment across applications, data, integration, cloud, and security layers.
Solution & Platform Governance
· Review and approve solution designs to ensure compliance with enterprise standards.
· Lead architecture reviews, PoCs, and technology evaluations.
· Govern application rationalization, vendor selection, and platform consolidation.
· Drive best practices around cloud adoption, DevOps, CI/CD, and automation.
Stakeholder & Business Alignment
· Act as a trusted advisor to CXOs, Business Heads, Product Leaders, and Program Managers.
· Facilitate architecture decision forums and communicate design trade-offs clearly.
· Support RFP/RFQ responses with architecture vision and solution blueprints.
Transformation & Innovation
· Lead digital transformation initiatives (Cloud, Microservices, API-led integration, AI/Automation).
· Promote reuse, standardization, and platform-first thinking.
· Identify opportunities for cost optimization, performance improvements, and risk reduction.
Technical Expertise (Core)
· Architecture Domains:
o Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Application Architecture
o Cloud Architecture (AWS / Azure / Google Cloud Platform)
o Integration Architecture (APIs, Event-driven, Middleware)
· Architecture Patterns:
o Microservices, SOA, API Management, Domain-Driven Design
o Event-driven systems, CQRS, scalable distributed systems
· Governance & Frameworks:
o TOGAF / Zachman (preferred)
o Agile, SAFe, DevSecOps
· Non-Functional Architecture:
o Security, Scalability, Performance, Reliability, Availability
o Compliance, Audit, Data Privacy
Salesforce Enterprise Architecture Background
- Strong experience in Salesforce architecture (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud).
- Expertise in Salesforce integrations (REST/SOAP APIs, MuleSoft, middleware).
- Hands-on experience with Lightning, Apex, LWC, and Salesforce security model.
- Designing scalable multi‑org, multi‑cloud Salesforce ecosystems.
- Knowledge of Salesforce DevOps, CI/CD, and release governance.
Cloud & DevOps (Mandatory)
- Experience with cloud‑native architecture and deployments.
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/ARM).
- Exposure to containerization, orchestration, and observability tools.
- Understanding of DevSecOps and compliance automation.
Architecture certifications preferred:
- TOGAF, Azure/AWS Architect, SAFe Architect
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