Salesforce Solution/Application Architect

We have an exciting opportunity for a Salesforce Solution/Application Architect!

About the role

As information technology financial services specialists, our client is looking to enhance their growing Salesforce Practice by recruiting a Salesforce Application Architect to work with one of their financial services clients. The successful candidate will bring thought leadership, depth of experience, design for transformational digital solutions with Salesforce.  

What you will do 

• Be an ideas person and problem solver as well as someone who is prepared to get hands on as and when required.   
• Work alongside the client and Salesforce appointed architects to provide Salesforce architecture leadership to define high-level solutions to address business needs
• Liaise with stakeholders and teams throughout the product lifecycle and provide continuity of architectural governance for the Salesforce platform
• Serve as a trusted advisor for architectural design and review solutions ensuring they align with the architectural principles, standards and product vision while representing always ensuring Salesforce best practices 
• Provide design leadership, mentoring and support
• Review and approve Salesforce design proposals prepared outside of the architecture team
• Be confident and willing to challenge the customer and guide them towards the appropriate solution(s) 
• Ensure creative uses of standard cloud software to meet business requirements. Adopting a click’s over code approach to solutions at every opportunity 
• Identify and document potential key issues, risks and formulate appropriate resolutions 
• Keep up to date with Salesforce developments and with related emerging technology developments in support of future development and with a view providing recommendations that provide cost-effectiveness, business benefit and systems flexibility 
• Where needed document and maintain the organisations existing Salesforce solution architecture and technology framework. Make recommendations where improvements can be clearly documented and where introduction of partner-based applications would add value
• Model business and system processes based on findings through use case scenarios, workflow diagrams and data models
• Lead development of solutions in case of new technology developments and for proof of concepts
• Identify trends in customer needs to develop strategic offerings and competitive positioning
• Build strong lasting relationships with clients and prospects, communicating solutions in a clear motivating style
• Work with delivery leads to ensure client issues are resolved and Salesforce opportunities are maximised 
• Support and provide solution leadership to the Head of Salesforce Practice with pipeline of business development opportunities

What you will bring to the role 

• Be an ideas person and problem solver as well as someone who is prepared to get hands-on as and when required   
• Be a collaborator who loves working with and learning from people with different skills, backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
• Be a natural initiative taker who brings the best out in others, an excellent listener who can help to grow our business without compromising existing relationships, standards, integrity or culture
• 3 – 5 yrs + as an Architect in a mid/large organisation 
• 5 – 8 yrs + Salesforce Platform Design and Development Experience 
• Expert technical understanding and systems integration experience with Salesforce Platforms including Sales, Service, Financial Services, Community, Marketing and App Cloud 
• Proven Salesforce architectural skills and Salesforce design/development experience 
• Excellent communication (verbal and written), negotiating, decision making, problem-solving, presentation and facilitation skills 
• Multiple Salesforce Certifications across Admin (Admin/Advanced Admin), Development (App Builder, Platform Developer), Cloud (Sales and Service) and Architecture (Application Architect and/or System Architect)
• Experience in making architectural decisions and providing architectural leadership to multiple projects
• Strong Stakeholder management. Ability to convey technical information to all audiences with ease, as well as engaging and managing stakeholders effectively
• Ability to gather business requirements working with the client, driving out answers to business problems. This would include facilitating workshops 
• A strong desire or evidence of progress to become a Salesforce Certified Architect (CTA)
• Hands-on experience in providing architecture leadership to a delivery team across onshore and offshore domains
• Hands-on experience in building Lightning components, Lightning Connect, Lightning App Builder, Lightning Scheme Builder and Lightning Framework
• Hands-on experience with Force.Com technologies
• Hands-on experience with Sales Cloud, Service Cloud or Financial Services Cloud
• Expertise in Salesforce workflows, UI design, reporting, dashboards and application rollouts
• Hands-on experience with both Agile (SCRUM, SAFE or LEAN) and Waterfall methodologies
• Multiple Salesforce Project Deployments including release and environment management
• Experience with full development lifecycle, code management strategies, advanced technical concepts, architecture and security approaches, capacity considerations and integration approaches
• Experience with system configuration using workflows, approval processes, custom objects, validation rules, formulas, process builder, flows and data loader 
• Metadata migration between sandboxes and production orgs using i.e. Changesets, Eclipse, Ant, Gearset, AutoRabit, Copado or DX tooling
• An understanding of formal delivery methodologies and architecture tools 
• Must have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom

Desired Skills 

• Experience in relational databases and data modelling. 
• Good knowledge of Web Development (e.g. Java, Javascript, SOAP, Restful Services, HTTP etc). 
• Experience with version control tools (e.g. Github, BitBucket). 
• Experience with continuous integration tools. 
• Hands-on experience of Salesforce integration with either Mulesoft, Talend or AWS. 
• Experience in Test Automation tools. 
• Experience in delivering IT solutions to Financial Services  
• A graduate degree is highly desirable. 

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