Job Description
Title: Salesforce Solution Architect
(work from home)
Location: United States
Full Time
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE JOB:
We are seeking a Salesforce Solution Architect responsible for the design and development oversight of applications developed on the Salesforce platform for our Training Services line of business. The position will also mentor junior and mid-level developers, conducting code peer review and working thru issues/problems.
WORK LOCATION & SCHEDULE: The work location for this exciting opportunity is virtual. The selected candidate will work 100% remotely from home and can be located anywhere in the United States but must work an east coast schedule. (Core Working Hours 9:00am-5:00pm Eastern)
WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD (Key Responsibilities):
- Ensuring that all the new functionalities are built with Salesforce standard features and Red Cross target technology architecture
- Lead/mentor/guide a team of developers (mix of onshore and offshore), providing technical guidance
- Day-to-day guidance and coaching for solution and integration teams
- Establishing and controlling technical definitions, rules, principles, and standards for teams
- Assessing, reviewing and decisioning on all solution architecture designs
- Delivering compelling presentations, architectural blueprint documents, environment management plan, development policy and participate in requirements-gathering workshops to influence the strategic direction of projects and lead business through solution design
- Execution of best practice standards: design, coding, environment, data
- Documenting any newly developed functionality in solution designs
- Partnering end-to-end with Product Managers / Owners, Business Stakeholders and business analysts to understand customer requirements and process flows and translate them into Salesforce technology solutions
- Managing all application architecture artifacts
- Ongoing application rationalization and simplification of user experience
- Demonstrate a strong command of technical details to translate proposed solutions into functional specifications with technical team
- Manage technical delivery of custom development, integrations, and data migration elements the applications built
- Advise on Cloud-based solution design
- Build Proofs-Of-Concept to illustrate possible technical solutions to stakeholders and technical staff
- Establish and implement development patterns for technical staff to follow
- Define and implement DevOps processes to improve development quality
PAY INFORMATION: The annual salary range for this position is $165K-$175K. We do not offer an annual bonus for this role. Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. **We will review specific salary information at the time of phone screening based upon your location & experience.**
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (required/minimum qualifications):
- Education: 4-year college degree or equivalent combination of education and experience Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field
- 8+ years Salesforce experience with a minimum of 5 years on the Salesforce platform – Expert level understanding of the Salesforce product suite, including Service and Community Clouds (Customer and Partner)
- Experience leading/guiding/mentoring junior associates on technical aspects and QA’ing of their work.
- Strong prior development experience to be able to advise on aspects such as refactoring of code to reduce tech debt and code design patterns
- Experience in designing Salesforce with end-to-end implementation experience
- Experience leading solutions design sessions, ability to ask hard questions during those sessions and suggest best practices and efficient ways of implementing business processes
- Strong Salesforce development and configuration knowledge for example VisualForce, Lightning web components, Apex, Apex triggers, Apex Web services, Flow, Workflow, Process builder, APIs, AppExchange deployment and Salesforce s-controls
- Knowledge of data integration tools and experience integrating Salesforce with different business systems as well as working with integration tools (Mulesoft preferred)
- Ability to define system landscape, identify gaps between current and desired future state
- Understanding of Salesforce architecture, ability to design scalable solutions utilizing industry best practices
- Familiarity with platform authentication patterns (SAML, SSO, OAuth)
- Strong understanding and experience with Salesforce environment management, release management, deployment tools, code versioning best practices and deployment methodologies
- Familiarity and experience with current DevOps processes
- Understanding of data sharing and visibility considerations and how they play into platform architecture
- Excellent analytical and detail-oriented skills with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models and technologies
- Deep hands-on expertise in Salesforce configuration and development
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
WHAT WILL GIVE YOU A COMPETITIVE EDGE (Preferred Certifications):
Salesforce Platform Developer 1, Salesforce Advanced Administrator, Salesforce Platform App Builder, Salesforce Service Cloud Consultant and Salesforce Community Cloud Consultant, Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or Salesforce Application Architect or Salesforce System Architect or B2B Solution Architect
Combination of candidate’s education and general experience satisfies requirements so long as the total years equate to description’s minimum education and general experience years combined (Management experience cannot be substituted).