Salesforce Solution Architect

Salesforce Solution Architect

Location: Remote ; candidates located in the Northeast are preferred

Duration: 12+ Months

Required skills:

experience, etc.: 7+ years of experience as a Salesforce Solution Architect, Salesforce Sales Cloud and Salesforce Service Cloud certifications, experience in multi-cloud architecture across multiple Salesforce clouds

Nice to have: Global implementation experience

Job Description:

We are looking for a Salesforce Solution Architect who will be responsible for defining, governing, and validating end-to-end Salesforce architecture across Sales, Service, CLM, and integrated business processes. Acting as the client’s architectural authority, this role partners closely with system integrators, product owners, technical leads, data teams, and business stakeholders to ensure scalable, secure, and future-proof design aligns with the client’s roadmap and Salesforce best practices. This position will be a contract and remote . Candidates located in Eastern and Central time zones are preferred due to the client's work environment and alignment with operational needs.

What You’ll Do

• Design and validate a scalable, efficient, and sustainable Salesforce architecture for multi-cloud global implementations
• Evaluate proposed solutions for maintainability, extensibility, and long-term viability
• Align all architectural decisions with the Salesforce product roadmap, enterprise architecture principles, and internal standards
• Define configuration standards, design patterns, and guardrails for functional and technical teams
• Review and approve functional designs across workstreams (Sales, Service, CLM, Integration, Data, RFP, etc.)
• Translate business strategies and requirements into holistic Salesforce solutions that balance user experience, performance, and compliance
• Ensure alignment between technical teams, functional SMEs, and business owners to deliver solutions on schedule
• Partner with the Integration Lead to design robust integration architecture with SAP, Agiloft, Workday, and other enterprise platforms
• Validate data flows, API usage, middleware strategy, and integration patterns
• Support data strategy activities, including data migration, mapping, and cleansing (in collaboration with Data Lead and SI)
• Provide architectural oversight throughout discovery, design, build, testing, and cutover phases
• Review solution designs to ensure adherence to best practices, security frameworks, and change control processes
• Support DevOps alignment, including environment strategy, release sequencing, and deployment governance
• Participate in workshops, design reviews, RFP evaluations, and architecture decision records
• Communicate architectural risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to program leadership and executive stakeholders

What You'll Need
Required:

• Minimum of 7 years of experience as a Salesforce Solution Architect
• Strong expertise in Salesforce solutions architecting and multi-cloud architecture across multiple Salesforce clouds, including Sales, Service, and CLM
• Expertise in designing scalable, secure, and sustainable Salesforce architectures that adhere to Salesforce best practices and enterprise standards
• Hands-on experience with integration strategies involving enterprise platforms such as SAP, Agiloft, and Workday, including API usage, middleware strategies, and integration patterns
• Experience with data migration, mapping, and cleansing processes in collaboration with data teams
• Demonstrated ability to provide architectural oversight and lead cross-functional teams, including system integrators, technical leads, and business stakeholders
• Strong knowledge of architectural governance, DevOps alignment (environment strategy, release sequencing, and deployment governance), and adherence to security frameworks
• Salesforce Cloud certifications are required, preferably multiple across the Salesforce Platform; strong preference for candidates holding Sales and Service Cloud certifications, with Marketing or Development certifications considered advantageous but not essential

Preferred:

• Experience working in industries requiring complex Salesforce integrations and compliance (e.g., manufacturing, technology, or enterprise services)
• Familiarity with East Coast working hours to ensure effective communication and alignment with program schedules
• Experience engaging with executive stakeholders, presenting architectural risks and trade-offs, and participating in RFP evaluations

Physical Demands

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state, and local standards
• Sedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings, etc.
• Ability to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer, utilizing a mouse, keyboard, and monitor