Expert Salesforce Technical Lead

Acxiom is currently expanding its Salesforce Team and seeking an experienced Salesforce Technical Lead/Architect to join the team. This role will oversee the offshore technical team and Salesforce architecture. You will be responsible for programmatic elements, integrations, and have a strong understanding of the Salesforce platform, along with an intermediate understanding of integrations, single sign-on, security, etc. (Okta, SnapLogic, other ETL tools, etc.). The ideal candidate should have proficiency in Apex, Visualforce, LWC, and declarative configuration to lead the design and development of customized solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Defining the system architecture landscape, identifying gaps between current and desired end-states, and delivering a comprehensive solution that will enable achievement of the desired business outcomes.

• Map functional requirements to Salesforce features and functionality.

• Design and develop advanced custom solutions utilizing Salesforce platform.

• Lead development work and help with designing solutions: able to talk about tradeoffs e.g. terms of config vs code.

• Provide guidance on clicks vs code/customization for requests.

• Present Prototypes/Demos to business users.

• Disseminate best practices on solutions / implementation and mentor junior team members in Salesforce technology, Force.com, Lightning components, Integration Technologies, and Salesforce best practices.

• Lead code/design reviews to ensure high quality standards and design patterns are utilized.

• Manage developer unit testing (QA) to ensure quality.

• Understanding of data sharing and visibility considerations and how these play into platform architecture.

• Adhere to modern software development lifecycle best practices including iterative and incremental development, delivering working software frequently with attention to technical excellence.

• Follow and understand new Salesforce products and technical capabilities resulting from product releases and acquisitions.

• Lead best in class process and management of the environment, release management, code versioning, and deployment methodologies.

• Ability to effectively debug and resolve technical issues and/or defects.

Minimal Requirements:

• Expert level understanding of the Salesforce product suite, including Service, Community, and Sales. CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) experience is a plus

• Expertise in Salesforce and sufficient hands-on experience on the Salesforce clouds, Integration, Data Management, Apex/Visualforce/LWC and Flow.

• Familiar with integration with REST and SOAP.

• Strong understanding of environment management, release management, code versioning best practices, and deployment methodologies.

• Knowledge of data integration tools and experience integrating Salesforce with different business systems (ETL, CPQ, marketing automation, reporting, etc.).

• Familiarity with platform authentication patterns (SAML, SSO, OAuth). Experience with platform security capabilities (TLS, SSL).

• Applicants should have active Salesforce certifications or obtain Salesforce certifications upon hire.

• Knowledge of AppExchange products like Adobe eSign, Conga Composer, Marketo, Clari is a plus.

• At least 3 major Salesforce projects / implementations

• Minimum 5 years of Salesforce experience

• Bachelor's Degree 

Primary Location City/State:

Homebased - Conway, Arkansas

Additional Locations (if applicable):

Acxiom is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer (AA/EOE/W/M/Vet/Disabled) and does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion or other employment of associates or the awarding of subcontracts because of a person's race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, protected veteran, military status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics or other protected status.

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