Salesforce Architect

Position: Salesforce Architect

Duration: 6 Months with Extension

Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota (Remote) Meeting based onsite

Experience /Duties Required

• Conduct research into clients' use of Salesforce, producing a report of findings with recommended steps and a roadmap for Salesforce solutions,
• Collaborate with colleagues and customers to create prototypes and proofs of concept as a means of eliciting and defining requirements,
• Review solutions and recommending improvements,
• Groom and refine the Salesforce product backlog, in liaison with stakeholders on the project
• Lead the design of system architecture and governance, including integration with external systems and data migration
• Develop technical documentation and architectural diagrams to support decision-making and guide project teams
• Own the design of Salesforce and (optionally) other affiliated solutions for Sales, Service, and platform solutions,
• Act as a release manager, approving configuration and coded items to be deployed between environments. Where appropriate, this could include deploying changes,
• Provide guidance on user story writing style,
• Ensure success and acceptance criteria are defined for each story,
• Describe and illustrate designs with appropriate justifications,
• Ensure documentation of the steps for testing,
• Groom and refine the Salesforce product backlog, in liaison with Salesforce SMEs,
• Supervise the configuration, quality assurance, testing, and deployment of Salesforce,
• Collaborative project and workstream planning.
• Provide knowledge transfer  

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience in a leading role in delivering Salesforce projects,
• Excellent communication skills, written, verbal, and interactive when online, 

Salesforce certified in

• Administrator
• Sales Cloud Consultant
• Service Cloud Consultant
• Platform App Builder 
• A pro-active personality, with a can-do attitude,
• Excellent relationship-building skills,
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to observe trends. Able to actively make suggestions based on the results,
• Available and responsive to question, clarifications and instructions
• Ability to tailor communication to multiple audiences at all levels
• A self-starter, experienced in leading projects or delivery work streams
• Outstanding written communication skills
• Ability to demonstrate concepts visually and in writing in a way that enables stakeholders to decide with confidence
• A strategic approach to solution design, with proven ability to develop and execute tactical plans to support the strategy
• Excellent ability to coach, motivate and direct work tasks to a multi-discplinary team of Salesforce professionals
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SF Applications

Salesforce" refers to many different aspects of a complex set of products. Depending: on the business role and technical expertise, "Salesforce" may be viewed as any of the following

• website building tool
• Customer relationship management system
• Business process re-engineering platform
• Software development toolkit 

 Some of the use cases and business applications that have been developed by the Salesforce CoE include the following: 

• Professional & Occupational Licensing
• Customer Relationship Management
• Enforcements and Inspections
• Technical Certifications
• Inventory Management
• Case Management
• Other SF Applications