Vantage Point Consulting Inc.
Salesforce Enterprise Architect
Vantage Point Consulting Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383
Exposure on CPQ and no exp on Field Service Lightning which is must haves to this demand.
Questionnaire to be asked to candidates: What Salesforce Clouds have you worked with extensively (e.g., Sales, Service, Marketing, Financial Services, Consumer Goods)? How do you stay updated with new Salesforce releases and new features? Can you describe a Salesforce transformation initiative you led? What was your role ? What governance frameworks have you implemented or followed for Salesforce projects? Have you developed any architectures for any Salesforce project? How do you collaborate with business and IT stakeholders during the design phase? What integration strategies have you implemented between Salesforce and any other external application such as ERP? What experience do you have with Salesforce Shield, encryption, and audit tools? What strategies have you used to gain the confidence of leadership in previous organization?
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Salesforce Enterprise Architect is responsible for defining, governing, and advancing the Salesforce architecture strategy across the organization. This role serves as the highest technical authority for all Salesforce-related initiatives, ensuring that solutions are scalable, secure, performant, and aligned with enterprise architecture principles. As the key liaison between business stakeholders, Salesforce delivery teams, and IT leadership, this role plays a critical part in driving digital transformation, enhancing customer experience, and enabling data-driven decision-making across the enterprise. Key Responsibilities:
Architecture Strategy and Governance Lead the creation and maintenance of the enterprise-wide Salesforce architecture strategy and roadmap. Develop guiding principles, reference architectures, and blueprints that align Salesforce implementations with enterprise goals. Define architecture standards and governance frameworks to ensure consistency, maintainability, and reusability across projects and teams. Evaluate emerging Salesforce features, AppExchange solutions, and technologies-including Financial Services Cloud and Consumer Goods Cloud-for strategic fit. Solution Design and Oversight Partner with business and IT stakeholders to design end-to-end Salesforce solutions that support business objectives. Architect and review Salesforce implementations for multi-cloud (e.g., Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, CPQ, Marketing Cloud, Financial Services Cloud, Consumer Goods Cloud) and cross-functional programs. Design solutions that effectively balance customization with platform standardization and scalability. Integration and Data Architecture Define and oversee Salesforce integration patterns with enterprise systems such as ERP (e.g., SAP, Oracle), HCM, data lakes, and custom applications. Guide the design of APIs, middleware (e.g., MuleSoft), and ETL processes for secure and reliable data exchange. Own data modeling, governance, and quality strategies within the Salesforce platform. Security, Risk, and Compliance Architect secure solutions leveraging Salesforce Shield, Field Audit Trail, encryption, and event monitoring. Design single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) integrations using SAML, OAuth, or ADFS. Collaborate with security teams to conduct system risk assessments activities. Platform Management and DevOps Support the implementation of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release governance for Salesforce deployments. Champion DevOps tools such as Git, Copado, Gearset, Jenkins, and metadata management practices. Oversee Salesforce environment strategy, including sandbox management, refresh cadence, and data seeding. Leadership and Collaboration Serve as a trusted advisor to executive sponsors, product owners, architects, developers, and system admins. Lead and mentor teams of Salesforce developers, business analysts, and solution architects. Facilitate architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and architectural decision records (ADRs). Represent Salesforce architecture in enterprise architecture boards and digital transformation councils. Must have skills: Good to have skills:
CPQ, Field Service Lightning, Sales cloud, Service cloud, financial service cloud, Consumer goods cloud
Questionnaire to be asked to candidates: What Salesforce Clouds have you worked with extensively (e.g., Sales, Service, Marketing, Financial Services, Consumer Goods)? How do you stay updated with new Salesforce releases and new features? Can you describe a Salesforce transformation initiative you led? What was your role ? What governance frameworks have you implemented or followed for Salesforce projects? Have you developed any architectures for any Salesforce project? How do you collaborate with business and IT stakeholders during the design phase? What integration strategies have you implemented between Salesforce and any other external application such as ERP? What experience do you have with Salesforce Shield, encryption, and audit tools? What strategies have you used to gain the confidence of leadership in previous organization?
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Salesforce Enterprise Architect is responsible for defining, governing, and advancing the Salesforce architecture strategy across the organization. This role serves as the highest technical authority for all Salesforce-related initiatives, ensuring that solutions are scalable, secure, performant, and aligned with enterprise architecture principles. As the key liaison between business stakeholders, Salesforce delivery teams, and IT leadership, this role plays a critical part in driving digital transformation, enhancing customer experience, and enabling data-driven decision-making across the enterprise. Key Responsibilities:
Architecture Strategy and Governance Lead the creation and maintenance of the enterprise-wide Salesforce architecture strategy and roadmap. Develop guiding principles, reference architectures, and blueprints that align Salesforce implementations with enterprise goals. Define architecture standards and governance frameworks to ensure consistency, maintainability, and reusability across projects and teams. Evaluate emerging Salesforce features, AppExchange solutions, and technologies-including Financial Services Cloud and Consumer Goods Cloud-for strategic fit. Solution Design and Oversight Partner with business and IT stakeholders to design end-to-end Salesforce solutions that support business objectives. Architect and review Salesforce implementations for multi-cloud (e.g., Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, CPQ, Marketing Cloud, Financial Services Cloud, Consumer Goods Cloud) and cross-functional programs. Design solutions that effectively balance customization with platform standardization and scalability. Integration and Data Architecture Define and oversee Salesforce integration patterns with enterprise systems such as ERP (e.g., SAP, Oracle), HCM, data lakes, and custom applications. Guide the design of APIs, middleware (e.g., MuleSoft), and ETL processes for secure and reliable data exchange. Own data modeling, governance, and quality strategies within the Salesforce platform. Security, Risk, and Compliance Architect secure solutions leveraging Salesforce Shield, Field Audit Trail, encryption, and event monitoring. Design single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) integrations using SAML, OAuth, or ADFS. Collaborate with security teams to conduct system risk assessments activities. Platform Management and DevOps Support the implementation of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release governance for Salesforce deployments. Champion DevOps tools such as Git, Copado, Gearset, Jenkins, and metadata management practices. Oversee Salesforce environment strategy, including sandbox management, refresh cadence, and data seeding. Leadership and Collaboration Serve as a trusted advisor to executive sponsors, product owners, architects, developers, and system admins. Lead and mentor teams of Salesforce developers, business analysts, and solution architects. Facilitate architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and architectural decision records (ADRs). Represent Salesforce architecture in enterprise architecture boards and digital transformation councils. Must have skills: Good to have skills:
CPQ, Field Service Lightning, Sales cloud, Service cloud, financial service cloud, Consumer goods cloud