Salesforce Architect

Description

• Develop and maintain high-level and detailed designs for Salesforce solutions, ensuring that they align with business objectives.
• Ensure data integrity and seamless data flow across systems.
• Provide architectural guidance and oversight to development teams during the implementation phase.
• Proactively identify opportunities to leverage new features and functionalities to improve business processes.
• Design and implement integrations between Salesforce and other enterprise systems using APIs, middleware, and other tools.
• Establish and enforce best practices for writing clean, efficient, and maintainable Salesforce code, including Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components, and other Salesforce development languages.
• Conduct regular code reviews to ensure quality and adherence to best practices, security guidelines, and scalability requirements.
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for Salesforce solutions, including architectural diagrams, data models, and configuration guides.
• Stay updated with the latest Salesforce features, releases, and industry trends.
• Oversee the management of Salesforce environments, including development, testing, and production.
• Ensure adherence to Salesforce coding standards and development frameworks.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and architectural designs.
• Engage with product managers/owners, business stakeholders to collaborate on requirements and understand strategic goals.
• Conduct training sessions for end-users and technical teams.
• Lead technical aspects of Salesforce implementations, including custom development, integration with external systems, and data migration.
• Ensure best practices in coding, design, and security are followed.
• Implement automated testing strategies (unit tests, integration tests) to validate code functionality and performance.
• Ensure effective performance, scalability, and security of the Salesforce platform.

Requirements

• Experience with Agile and Waterfall project methodologies.
• Must be able to interact with all types of individuals, be mentally alert, detail oriented, and with good reasoning skills.
• Must have finger dexterity for typing/using a keyboard.
• Proven experience in full lifecycle Salesforce implementations.
• Experience in the real estate industry preferred.
• The position is located at the firm’s headquarters in Charleston, SC. Working from home is permissible.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce products, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and other relevant solutions.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze complex situations and design effective solutions.
• Capable of working extended hours, to include evenings, weekends and holidays as necessary.
• Must be able to work on more than one assignment at a time with frequent interruptions, changes and delays. Must be able to remain focused and work effectively, efficiently, and cheerfully under such circumstances. For safety reasons, employee must remain alert to working conditions and aware of safety, health, and environmental concerns.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively within a team environment.
• Experience with integration tools and techniques (e.g., REST/SOAP APIs, MuleSoft).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field. Master’s degree in a related field is a plus.
• Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud Consultant and Service Cloud Consultant Required
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor development teams.
• Must be able to speak English in a clear and understandable voice so that various types of communications may be conducted with people of various levels of education and capabilities, to include the exchange and receipt of information over the telephone.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
• Ability to partner with external consultants to execute on initiatives within Salesforce.
• Salesforce Field Service Consultant, Agentforce Specialist preferred.
• Knowledge of data modeling, security, and Salesforce best practices.
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience working with Salesforce, including hands-on experience with Salesforce architecture, solution design, and development.
• Experience providing technical direction and guidance to contractors and cross-functional teams.
• Position may involve sitting, standing, stooping, kneeling, pushing, shoving, lifting, carrying and moving objects that can weigh up to 25 lbs. This movement can occur throughout the day. Must also be able to climb several flights of stairs if necessary.
• Able to see well enough to read faint or partially obscured writing or printing, with corrective lenses if needed.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Must be able to work effectively and cheerfully in an environment which may be stressful due to adversarial situations resulting from the proper performance of duties.
• Deep understanding of data structures, data mapping, and data types, with the ability to translate business requirements into scalable and accurate data models.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance