Role: Salesforce Architect (Utility Domain)

Location: NYC, NY

Mode of Interview: Phone + Skype

Job Description:

10+ years of Salesforce experience, with at least 6 years in solution architecture or technical leadership.

Hands-on experience implementing Salesforce in complex enterprise environments.

Proven track record of delivering integrated Salesforce solutions aligned with business strategy.

Strategic thinking and enterprise-wide perspective.

Ability to handle high-complexity projects with multiple integrations.

Customer-focused mindset: ensuring Salesforce solutions drive business value.

Adaptability in a rapidly changing cloud environment.

The 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 implementations are scalable, secure, and high-performing. The position requires a minimum of 10 years of hands-on Salesforce experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Design & Architecture
• Design end-to-end Salesforce solutions, including Energy and Utility Cloud, Experience Cloud, and integrations with external systems.
• Define system architecture, data models, and integration patterns in line with best practices.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and adhere to Salesforce and enterprise architecture standards.
• Stakeholder Collaboration
• Collaborate with business analysts, project managers, and executives to gather requirements.
• Translate business needs into technical specifications, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Integration & Technical Leadership
• Design and oversee integrations between Salesforce and other enterprise systems ( databases, APIs).
• Guide developers on Apex, Lightning, Visualforce, Flows, and other Salesforce technologies.
• Establish governance around development, release management, and environment strategy.
• Solution Governance & Best Practices
• Define architecture standards, coding guidelines, and security policies for Salesforce implementations.
• Conduct design reviews and code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices.
• Evaluate and recommend Salesforce products, apps, and third-party tools to meet business requirements.
• Performance, Security, and Scalability
• Ensure solutions are optimized for performance, reliability, and compliance.
• Design role-based access, data security, and sharing rules in Salesforce.
• Documentation & Knowledge Transfer
• Maintain architecture documentation, diagrams, and technical specifications.
• Mentor developers, administrators, and junior architects on Salesforce best practices.
• Project Oversight
• Support project planning, estimation, and risk assessment.
• Participate in solution delivery lifecycle, including requirements, design, build, test, and deployment phases.
• Skills and Qualifications

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