Job title: Salesforce Architect - Payment domain
Location: Morristown, NJ
Contract/ full time
Key Responsibilities
Solution Architecture & Technical Leadership
● Own end-to-end architecture for Salesforce Experience Cloud and enterprise
integrations.
● Define scalable, secure, high-performing solutions aligned with enterprise standards.
● Lead architecture reviews, technical design sessions, and implementation planning.
● Establish integration, security, and data architecture patterns.
● Provide technical leadership to architects, technical leads, developers, and vendor
teams.
● Drive design decisions and resolve complex technical challenges.
Payments & Customer Portal Expertise
● Design and implement customer-facing payment capabilities within Salesforce
Experience Cloud.
● Architect integrations with payment gateways, processors, and ERP platforms.
● Define solutions supporting invoice payments, payment status tracking, transaction
history, ACH and credit card processing, and customer self-service capabilities.
● Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with PCI-compliance requirements.
● Evaluate and recommend payment architecture approaches, including API-based and
hosted payment experiences.
Enterprise Integration Leadership
● Design and oversee integrations between Salesforce and:
o NetSuite
o PeopleSoft
o AWS Services
o Middleware/Data Hub platforms
o Third-party payment providers
o Enterprise APIs
● Establish API governance, authentication, security, and monitoring standards.
● Lead integration design for real-time and batch synchronization requirements.
Stakeholder Engagement & Discovery
● Lead architecture workshops and requirement discovery sessions.
● Partner directly with business, finance, billing, customer service, and IT leadership
teams.
● Translate business objectives into technical solutions.
● Independently manage discussions with executive and senior stakeholders.
● Present architecture options, trade-offs, and recommendations.
Proof of Concept & Innovation
● Build and lead technical proof-of-concepts to validate architecture decisions.
● Evaluate third-party technologies and platform capabilities.
● Drive solution innovation and continuous improvement initiatives.
● Identify opportunities to simplify architecture and reduce implementation risk.
Required Qualifications
Salesforce
● 10+ years of Salesforce experience.
● 5+ years in Salesforce Technical Architect or Solution Architect roles.
● Deep expertise with:
o Salesforce Experience Cloud
o Apex
o Lightning Web Components (LWC)
o Integration Architecture
o Security & Identity
o Salesforce Platform Design
Payments & Financial Systems
● Proven experience implementing payment gateway or payment processor integrations.
● Experience designing online payment solutions for customer-facing applications.
● Strong understanding of payment processing workflows and transaction lifecycle
management.
● Familiarity with PCI-compliant architecture patterns.
ERP & Enterprise Integrations
● Hands-on integration experience with:
o NetSuite
o PeopleSoft
o SAP or Oracle ERP (preferred)
● Strong experience with:
o REST APIs
o Middleware platforms
o Event-driven architecture
o AWS services and integration patterns
Leadership & Communication
● Strong workshop facilitation and stakeholder management experience.
● Ability to lead distributed technical teams and vendors.
● Excellent communication and presentation skills.
● Ability to operate independently with minimal oversight.
Preferred Qualifications
● Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) preferred.
● Salesforce Application Architect and/or System Architect certifications.
● AWS Solution Architect certification.
● Experience with customer portals, self-service platforms, and enterprise digital
transformation initiatives.
● Experience leading global or hybrid onshore/offshore delivery teams.
What Success Looks Like
The successful candidate will:
● Define and own the technical architecture for client’s customer payment platform.
● Lead stakeholder workshops and architecture discovery efforts.
● Build and validate solution proof-of-concepts.
● Guide technical leads and senior developers throughout delivery.
● Drive successful implementation of Salesforce Experience Cloud, payment, and ERP
integration solutions.
● Serve as the trusted technical advisor for customer-facing digital transformation
Initiatives.
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