Platform Architect - Onboarding Applications

Allegis Group•Hanover, MD

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Overview Job Summary: The Platform Architect is a pivotal leadership role responsible for the end‑to‑end, enterprise‑wide architecture for the Onboarding suite of applications—including Salesforce, Bullhorn, DocuSign, and CLM. This role brings together business strategy, product vision, and technology direction to deliver cohesive, scalable user experiences across the onboarding lifecycle. Close coordination with the Connected Platform Architects is required to ensure architectural alignment across systems with shared onboarding dependencies. This role requires significant experience defining and implementing enterprise grade, global-scale architectures for critical business systems and is a recognized strategic leader within the organization responsible for orchestrating a complex multi-technology front office ecosystem. The Platform Architect thrives in a fast-paced, agile, product-driven environment, leading a team of senior-level Domain Architects to define platform strategy, build architectural runway, and guide Product, Operating Company, and IS stakeholders toward business-critical outcomes. The right candidate will display a mastery in aligning global business strategies with next-generation technologies, while providing executive-level oversight and mentorship to senior resources.

Requirements

B.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, related major or equivalent IS/IT experience
10+ years of experience designing and supporting multiple large scale (e.g., enterprise-wide) products or applications
Experience working across diverse cultures and geographies in a mid-sized or large organization
10+ years of architecture experience with significant Salesforce, enterprise integration and data expertise.
Proven leadership in managing architect teams and delivering enterprise-scale Salesforce programs.
Expertise in high-level architecture for critical enterprise systems and agile, product-driven delivery.
Strong technical knowledge across Salesforce, MuleSoft, and Snowflake ecosystems
Skilled in defining and governing enterprise standards, strategies, and roadmaps.
Exceptional communication skills to translate technical complexity to executive, leadership and business audiences
Strategic mindset with a track record of driving innovation, reuse, and sustainability at scale.
Anticipates and solves complex problems with broad business impact, applying conceptual and systems-level thinking.
Promotes collaboration across teams, bridging gaps between business functionality and delivery.
Fosters a culture of continuous improvement and excellence within the Onboarding program.

Nice To Haves

3-5 years management experience
Technical certifications (Salesforce Technical Architect (CTA), Salesforce Certified Platform Developer, SAFe for Architects, TOGAF, Zachman, ITIL Master, etc.)

Responsibilities

Lead & Mentor: Manage, lead, and influence senior-level Domain Architects and stakeholders across the business systems supporting the Onboarding platform.
Collaborate & Govern: Partner closely with the Connected Platform Architects to ensure cohesive architecture across onboarding, sales, and recruiting processes.
Strategy & Roadmap: Establish platform strategy and architectural direction for the Onboarding ecosystem, including Salesforce, Bullhorn, DocuSign, CLM, and related services.
Strategic Platform Solutions: Define declarative-first and integration-first solutions across the onboarding suite, ensuring scalable, reliable integrations across Salesforce, Bullhorn, CLM, DocuSign, and downstream enterprise systems.
Standards & Governance: Define and enforce cross-domain frameworks, integration patterns, platform standards, and architectural principles. Ensure ARB review and approval where required, especially for integrations with Connected applications.
Architecture Stewardship: Maintain Reference Architecture documentation (Conceptual, Logical, Data, Integration) for the Onboarding ecosystem, ensuring shared dependencies are accurately represented in LeanIX.
Innovation & Experimentation: Champion innovation around AI, workflow automation, and next-generation onboarding capabilities. Explore technologies that improve compliance, contracting, onboarding speed, and data quality across interconnected systems.
Agile Enablement: Provide consultative guidance, high-level estimation, and architectural support for agile planning and delivery.
Compliance & Security: Ensure onboarding platform solutions meet all compliance, regulatory, and enterprise security standards, especially for candidate data, contracts, and identity-sensitive information.
Solution Oversight: Document As‑Is and To‑Be architectures; present solution options and benefits to Product, Program, and IS stakeholders.
Enterprise Alignment: Understand and incorporate enterprise roadmap dependencies, especially those involving onboarding integrations with Salesforce, recruiting workflows, and Connected systems.
Technical Debt & Risk: Define standards to manage technical debt, reduce risk, and ensure availability, scalability, and resilience across onboarding applications.
Foresight & Adaptability : Anticipate technical and business changes requiring roadmap or architecture adjustments, raising visibility to leadership.
Continuous Improvement : Identify opportunities for process efficiencies and translate them into platform technology investments.
Define platform standards, strategies, and roadmaps (0–24 months) in collaboration with Enterprise Architecture.
Translate business strategy into an integrated architectural vision for Salesforce and supporting platforms.
Lead governance processes, architecture reviews, and cross-domain decision-making.
Ensure Onboarding solutions meet operational requirements for security, scalability, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
Serve as the final escalation point for complex architectural challenges.
Drive reuse, rationalization, and reduction of technical debt across the platform.
Act as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, clearly articulating technical direction and business impact.
Champion AI strategy, vision, and governance across Connected.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement, architectural discipline, and innovation.

Benefits

Medical, dental & vision
Hospital plans
401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Company paid Basic Life and AD&D as well as voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Company paid Short and long-term disability
Health & Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HSA & DCFSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Tuition Assistance
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Allegis Group Paid Family Leave, Parental Leave)