Salesforce Solution Architect

Role Description:

Define and design solution architecture for Salesforce solutions and project implementations. Conduct solution architecture reviews and recommend best practices for design and implementation of Salesforce solutions. 

Responsibilities:

• Engage with customers to understand business requirements and proposed solutions to define and design optimal Salesforce solutions architecture
• Define the guidelines and best practices for architecting and designing Salesforce solutions
• Engage with Presales team for RFP reviews, support on solution design recommendations, effort estimations, proposal reviews and present solution proposals and demonstrations.
• Participate and support in design and development of pre-built solutions
• Engage with delivery teams and support on project implementations to define and design effective Salesforce solutions, provide architectural guidance and conduct solution reviews
• Architect robust solutions based on recommended best practices considering high performance, security, scalability and future upgrades/enhancements
• Conduct architecture reviews to validate solution design, recommend changes to align to desired business or technical objectives
• Develop deep functional and technical understanding of Salesforce products and solutions. Continuously enhance knowledge and skills on Salesforce products and solutions
• Conduct Solution architecture sessions for internal teams to share knowledge internally 
• Conduct Solution architecture sessions for customers to showcase our skills and capabilities

Prerequisites:

• Highly motivated resource with excellent communications and presentation skills.
• Experience of presenting to senior leaders and C-level execs
• Solid technical and functional knowledge across Salesforce products and solutions
• Experience of architecting robust highly scalable, high performance Salesforce solutions integrated with other enterprise solutions like ERP, HCM, Middleware, Data warehousing, BI/AI
• Solid understanding of integration tools and methods
• Minimum 3 years of Solution architecture experience as a Salesforce Solution architect
• Hands-on project delivery experience of atleast 5 years and with large end-to-end project implementations for enterprise customers
• Total Experience of 10-15 years with atleast 5 years of Salesforce experience
• Must have Salesforce Certification(s). Atleast 1 Architect certification preferred 
• Sound understanding of SDLC, Agile/DevOps methodologies and Salesforce DX
• Team player. Works collaboratively with sales, presales and delivery teams

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Experience of other enterprise class solutions like ERP, HCM, Middleware, DW, BI/AI
• Experience of working / integrating with other Salesforce products e.g. Einstein Analytics, Mulesoft, Heroku, Tableau
• Experience of working and engaging with customers in Europe, Middle East and India regions
• Experience in Financial Services, Health, Government, Retail/CG industries preferred
• Highly aware of industry trends and latest developments on CRM solutions

Location: Hyderabad