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Job Title: Salesforce Solutions Architect Early Education Integration System
Duration: 1 Year
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Location: Durham, NC
Client: State of North Carolina (NCDHHS)
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Information Technology Division (ITD) is seeking an experienced Salesforce Solutions Expert/Architect to lead the Early Education Integration System project for the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE). This individual will be responsible for designing and delivering secure, scalable, and user-focused Salesforce and integration solutions that align with the organization s digital strategy.
This high-impact role will bridge strategic business needs with robust and secure solution architecture. The architect will collaborate closely with stakeholders, developers, and technical leads to deliver cutting-edge and sustainable enterprise solutions. The selected candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Salesforce ecosystem, leading architectural design and defining complex integrations between systems. The position also requires hands-on technical expertise, cross-functional leadership, and a passion for continuous innovation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architect end-to-end Salesforce solutions and guide technical strategies and execution.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts, technical leads, and business stakeholders to transform business scope into accurate and cost-effective technical architectures.
- Design and lead the implementation of complex, API-based integration solutions connecting Salesforce with external systems.
- Ensure alignment of all solutions with data security and performance standards.
- Design robust backup and restore strategies.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks across the architecture.
- Recommend best practices and justify the use of standard Salesforce functionality versus customizations.
- Create high-quality technical documentation, data models, and solution diagrams.
- Lead code reviews, design sessions/workshops, and release planning meetings.
- Collaborate with Agile teams for backlog refinement, user story decomposition, and acceptance criteria refinement.
- Assist in Salesforce environment setup and CI/CD pipeline processes using appropriate release management tools.
- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth project integration and delivery.
Required Skills and Certifications:
Skill/Certification | Required/Desired | Experience (Years) |
Salesforce Technical Architect/Application Architect Certification | Required |
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Salesforce Integration Architect Certification | Required |
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Salesforce Platform Developer II Certification | Required |
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Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Certification | Required |
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Copado Certification | Required |
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MuleSoft I and II Certifications | Required |
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Experience with requirements analysis and business process design | Required | 7 |
Experience in architecting and developing complex Salesforce solutions | Required | 7 |
Expertise in Apex, LWC, Aura, Flows, SOSL, SOQL, Salesforce Admin, unit testing, and architectural patterns | Required | 7 |
Strong experience with all configuration aspects of Salesforce, including development | Required | 7 |
Experience guiding development teams on platform technology usage | Required | 7 |
Proficiency with OOP and languages such as Apex, Java, JavaScript, C#, Ruby | Required | 7 |
Experience in data migration strategies and common ETL tools | Required | 7 |
Familiarity with mobile solutions architecture and on-platform considerations | Required | 7 |
Experience with Salesforce Shield and Lightning | Required | 7 |
Experience with Salesforce DevOps and CI/CD pipelines | Required | 5 |
Understanding of accessibility laws and WCAG 2.1 compliance | Required | 5 |
Experience with GITHUB/BitBucket version control | Required | 5 |
Experience with Agile methodologies | Required | 5 |