Salesforce Solution Architect

Position: Salesforce Solution Architect

100% Remote

24 months

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