Technical Solution Architect Senior
Salesforce Technical Solution Architect - Senior
Role SummaryThe Senior Salesforce Solution Architect is responsible for designing, delivering, and governing Salesforce solutions that align with business objectives and enterprise architecture standards. This role serves as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, high-performing, and maintainable across the Salesforce platform.
Key ResponsibilitiesSolution Architecture
- Design end-to-end Salesforce solutions across Energy & Utility Cloud, Experience Cloud, and integrated enterprise platforms.
- Define solution architecture, data models, integration patterns, and non-functional requirements.
- Ensure designs align with Salesforce best practices and enterprise architecture standards.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Partner with business analysts, product owners, project managers, and business leaders to understand requirements and define solution approaches.
- Translate business needs into clear technical designs and implementation plans.
Integration and Technical Leadership
- Lead architecture for integrations between Salesforce and external systems, including APIs, middleware, and data platforms.
- Provide technical guidance on Apex, Lightning, Visualforce, Flow, and platform design patterns.
- Support development teams through design reviews, code reviews, and architecture governance.
Platform Governance
- Establish and maintain standards for design, development, security, release management, and environment strategy.
- Evaluate Salesforce products, AppExchange solutions, and third-party tools against business and architectural requirements.
Security, Performance, and Scalability
- Design role-based access, sharing models, and data protection controls.
- Ensure solutions meet performance, reliability, and compliance expectations.
Documentation and Mentoring
- Maintain architecture documentation, solution diagrams, and technical specifications.
- Mentor developers, administrators, and junior architects on Salesforce best practices.
Delivery Support
- Contribute to planning, estimation, risk assessment, and major design decisions across the delivery lifecycle.
- Support solution delivery from requirements through deployment and post-go-live stabilization.
Technical Skills:
Salesforce platform expertise: Energy & Utility Cloud, Experience Cloud.
Strong understanding of Apex, Lightning Components, Visualforce, Flows, REST/SOAP APIs.
Integration patterns: middleware (MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, Informatica), ETL tools, web services.
Data modeling, architecture design, and governance principles.
Experience with CI/CD, version control, and release management.
Knowledge of Salesforce best practices, security, compliance, and performance optimization.
Soft Skills:
Excellent communication skills, able to translate technical concepts to business stakeholders.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Leadership and mentoring capability.
Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
- 10+ years of Salesforce experience, including 6+ years in solution architecture or technical leadership roles.
- Experience designing and delivering Salesforce solutions in complex enterprise environments.
- Strong experience with Salesforce platform capabilities, including Energy & Utility Cloud and Experience Cloud.
- Strong understanding of Apex, Lightning, Visualforce, Flow, and REST/SOAP APIs.
- Experience with integration patterns, middleware platforms, ETL, and enterprise data architecture.
- Knowledge of CI/CD, version control, release management, platform security, and performance optimization.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
- Utility industry experience.
- Salesforce Application Architect or System Architect certification.
- Salesforce Integration Architecture Designer certification.
- Salesforce Platform Developer I or II certification.
- Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) is a plus.
