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Summary:
The Salesforce Solutions Architect is responsible for the overall design of an application or solution, mapping business requirements to systems/technical requirements, and working as a team member along with Business Stakeholders, Software Developers, Quality Assurance Engineers, Enterprise Architects, Data Architects, and Security Architects to deliver a complete solution for the business.
This position will report to the Director of Software Development within the Internal Applications department.
Responsibilities
Be a subject matter expert on the solutions that they are responsible for
Outline Solutions Context and Intent
Understand the strengths and weaknesses of the entire solution
Know the relationships between components within the solution as well as with non-solution components
Work with Product Owners to ensure safe and sustainable delivery of vision
Have visibility into the product roadmap and ensure technical pathways exist to implement solutions
Take ownership of architectural technical debt
Facilitate the creation of work items in the backlog
Advocate for prioritization of architectural technical debt
Work with Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Engineering, Security, Program Management, and Implementation teams to:
Identify and plan solution improvements
Create modern architected solutions
Assist Enterprise Architecture in preparing Reference Architecture
Solidify solution architecture into reusable reference architecture for all of Heartland to easily reuse
Work on POCs for new architecture, cloud offerings, standards, and software
Maintain Architecture and Standards within implementation teams
Ensure best practice standards are followed consistently across teams to create and maintain a sustainable and scalable product
Ensure new implementation is following approved architecture, or work to submit new architecture if a new standard needs to be created
Support in the diagnosis and resolution of new and existing architecture issues and risks
Conduct Build Reviews to ensure the design documentation reflects the implemented solution
Participate in a community of practice with Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Engineering, Security, and other Solution Architects
Share positive and negative feedback with new and existing architecture
Propose ideas for new architecture
Help one another tackle tough problems
Assist in promoting a positive team culture
Ability to understand and maintain legacy cloud and on-prem technologies while identifying pathways to migrate into modern cloud architectures
Work well with others to solve complex problems and create new standards
A highly collaborative individual who seeks to gather input and build consensus into decisions, especially from the delivery teams that will be implementing and carrying out the architectural decisions this role will be responsible for making.
Sound understanding of how software solution components interact with one another
Desire and ability to learn new technologies
Be open-minded to new ideas and be prepared to support and defend your own
Experienced in software implementation (development and deployment)
Participate in planning
Not an exhaustive list; other duties as assigned
Requirements
3+ years of experience building solutions on Salesforce Sales cloud, Service cloud, Experience cloud in a solutions architect capacity
5+ years as a Software Developer with knowledge in building Apex, LWC & Aura components
Salesforce Application Architect certification
Experience Experience working in large legacy systems
Experience in breaking apart large monolithic solutions into microservices
Experience integrating Salesforce with external services & systems
Good knowledge & understanding of data architecture
Worked on or worked closely with integration platforms like Informatica, Mulesoft etc.
Good understanding of front-end technologies (vue.js, angular, react)
Deep knowledge and experience in using and applying API, SOAP, WSDL, JSON, and XML-based solutions
3+ years of REST/API and integrations
Experience in solution diagraming
5+Experience on high-performing teams through the entire development lifecycle
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Passion for doing what is right for the team, our company, and our customers
Preferred Experience/Education
Full stack engineer and security experience
Azure certified or other cloud certifications
SAFe certified
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Experience with managing a large code base that is a mixture of legacy code and modern technology, preferably experience with moving legacy code to the cloud
Experience in technical and governance documentation
Working with remote teams (onshore, nearshore, offshore)
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