Solutions Architect Public Sector in the USA or Canada

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical requirements gathering sessions
• Oversee and approve creation and maintenance of application and system documentation used in design, testing or programming efforts, including ERDs, system landscapes, and data flow diagrams
• Work comfortably with large data volumes (LDV) and be able to make recommendations for handling LDV both on and off the Salesforce.com platform
• Guide the environment management plan and release strategies for projects, validating that the correct development environments, change controls, and deployment plans are in place; plans may include source control and continuous integration set-up
• Identify synergies between the various SaaS product offerings in terms of application and infrastructure and will offer guidance on best practices and efficiencies in the utilization
• Work with Account Executives in a Sales Engineering function to scope project proposals with appropriate estimates for the level of effort to deliver solutions and present a vision to prospects of possible solutions and outcomes
• Oversee or review large data migrations
• Provide colleagues with one-off and ongoing technical assistance as needed
• Serve as the lead technical resource on Salesforce implementation projects
• Oversee project architecture and technical solutions (automation, integration, release management)
• Provide technical guidance to Services and Sales regarding the development of Salesforce.com applications to support business and product strategies
• Gather and assess client technical requirements
• Create custom applications using Force.com and integrate Salesforce.com with other systems
• Maintain expert-level knowledge of Force.com application development, Salesforce.com integration, and extension, features, and designing solutions
• Evaluate all SaaS vendors operational practices, security, and system architectures
• Show a commitment to customer satisfaction

Requirements

• Salesforce certifications (Admin) required; Salesforce Architect certifications preferred
• Minimum of three years technical implementation experience, excellent organizational skills, and ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Six to seven years of IT experience, advanced skills in Salesforce, Force.com, business analysis, and project scoping
• Experience with Agile methodologies including working within a sprint framework
• Experience developing scalable, highly-performant solutions for complex business requirements leveraging the Force.com platform; Heroku experience a plus
• Applied knowledge of Salesforce and the Sales, Services, and Community functions
• Public sector industry experience
• Strong Salesforce technical knowledge, data modeling skills, and understanding/awareness of other systems commonly found in public sector landscapes
• Technical knowledge includes depth and breadth on SF platform across multiple clouds, ability to design scalable architectures for LDV, ability to design performant/efficient automation (declarative or code)
• Ability to develop practical solutions and methodologies as related to Salesforce
• Strong consulting skills, including project management and organization
• Platform Developer I certification (Nice-to-Have)
• Solid experience in Data Modeling concepts and tools, including database experience with SOQL, SQL, and/or Oracle (Nice-to-Have)
• Experience in Apex development, Visualforce, Aura (Lightning Components), Java or JavaScript (Nice-to-Have)
• Experience with Eclipse IDE, VS Code, or Salesforce DX (Nice-to-Have)

Nice to Have

• Platform Developer I certification
• Solid experience in Data Modeling concepts and tools, including database experience with SOQL, SQL, and/or Oracle
• Experience in Apex development, Visualforce, Aura (Lightning Components), Java or JavaScript
• Experience with Eclipse IDE, VS Code, or Salesforce DX

Qualifications

• Salesforce certifications (Admin) required
• Salesforce Architect certifications preferred
• Minimum of three years technical implementation experience
• Six to seven years of IT experience
• Experience with Agile methodologies
• Experience developing solutions on Force.com platform
• Public sector industry experience