SFDC Technical Architect

Profile Demands:

• Drives technical design and development for major components of focused solutions.
• Offers best practice advice and recommendations to clients often extending beyond Salesforce to topics around overall systems architecture and CRM strategy.
• Engages with Enterprise Architects regarding technical architecture and details of Salesforce and integration/migration.
• Leads technical requirements gathering and/or design workshops for complex projects.
• Provides overall Salesforce technical expertise.
• Provides overall systems architecture expertise in order to relate to and build upon existing client environments.
• Architects creative solutions that solve our client’s business and technical problems.
• Leads and facilitates project discovery to define business, functional, and technical requirements.
• Defines business processes using CRM & SFDC best practices.
• Develops data integration, migration and deployment strategies.
• Builds & Deploys Salesforce solutions.
• Lead Proof of Concepts and technical solutioning.
• Manages and mentors junior team members.
• Works with clients to understand their needs, provide meaningful solutions and build strong relationships.

Requirements:

• 10 years of experience delivering consulting services, in client-facing roles that provided experience with all aspects of systems implementation, including 3 years hands-on experience with Salesforce.
• Deep understanding of SFDC concepts and practices. Able to identify the need and recommend the use of apex and Visual Force to meet a business requirement.
• Experience in Managed Package Implementations.
• Strong understanding of database design concepts, data migration and data integration.
• Must have experience in developing System Architecture Documents
• Demonstrates excellence in understanding complex business processes and ability to apply scenarios to Salesforce “Story-lines” as well as make business process modification suggestions to align with Salesforce best practices.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; executive level presence and experience facilitating meetings.
• Ability to communicate complex technical solutions to non-technical business users from various backgrounds including sales, support and marketing.
• Salesforce Administrator and/or Developer certification required.
• Experience with both agile and waterfall implementation methodologies.