Salesforce Solutions Architect - Remote (U.S. based, EST highly preferred)

 Requisition #: 14620 

 

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SUMMARY 

The Salesforce Solution Architect will partner with product owner/business owners to translate requirements into a design/blueprint used by technical and integration architects, as well as developers. A Solution Architect seeks to balance various aspects of a project or a continuous improvement backlog, from idea to design. Additionally, a Solution Architect researches advanced technologies and approaches regarding best practices in the field. You will be responsible for supporting the implementation of a new Salesforce CPQ and redesign of existing Sales Cloud capabilities.  Using your knowledge of Salesforce Sales Cloud, CPQ/Revenue Cloud, and its integrated systems, you will work with cross functional teams to improve processes and design solutions with a focus on simplicity and scale. 

  

  

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Collaborate with stakeholders as a Salesforce Sales/CPQ subject matter expert, architect platform designs, present options, and help to build full solutions to meet business needs. 

• Drive design choices ahead of the product builds. 

• Provide overall guidance to propose solutions, anticipate new releases, keep current with latest features and functions, advocate for native, out of the box capabilities. 

• Guarantee consistency with the Enterprise Architecture guidelines, document design decisions, process and flows for the development team. 

• Participate in sprint planning sessions to anticipate design work or issues, and in Agile daily standup to help resolve blockers and make technical decisions. 

• Write and maintain user stories for technical architecture, data migrations, and data flows. 

• Provide expertise to application development teams to help to resolve technical challenges. 

• Analyze current technologies used within the company and determine ways to improve. 

• Document and monitor requirements needed to implement updates/upgrades. 

• Work closely with infrastructure and cybersecurity professionals within the company to ensure dependencies are accounted for in projects. 

• Work closely with product owners to guide backlog slotting and prioritization. 

• Account for possible project challenges including risks, time, resources, and scope. 

• Work closely with project management teams to successfully monitor progress of initiatives. 

• Provide detailed specifications for proposed solutions. 

• Define clear goals for all aspects of a project and manage their proper execution. 

  

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 

• 7+ years of experience in architecting, developing, and delivering Salesforce platform capabilities with deep expertise in Salesforce Sales and CPA/Revenue Cloud. 

• Prior experience (3+ years) as a Salesforce functional consultant required. 

• Must hold at least one Salesforce certification. Multiple certifications preferred. 

• Experience orchestrating Salesforce Sales and Service + Community use cases involving multiple data sources and sophisticated business workflow/flow logic linking process, system, data insights and UI/UX layers. 

• Experience with an integrated Salesforce CRM, CPQ, ERP and Data Lakes ecosystem. 

• Advanced understanding of business analysis techniques and processes. 

• Professional experience working with and analyzing process, system, and data gaps. 

• Extensive knowledge and experience working with the Salesforce.com platform. 

  

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS 

• Experience with an Oracle EBS or Cloud ERP backend, and Snowflake/Power BI a plus. 

• Demonstrated configuration and solutioning experience with Opportunity guided and solution selling methods, product master and pricing setup, Case Management setup 

• Opportunity/Quote/Order management integration and flow, and Opportunity/Quote/Forecasting integration and flow. 

• Proven experience identifying and uncovering th