Sr. Salesforce Architect

American Cancer Society•Atlanta, GA

5d•Remote

About The Position

The Sr. Salesforce Solution Architect is responsible for designing and delivering well-architected, scalable, and sustainable Salesforce solutions that drive business value. This Sr. role owns the end-to-end technical vision for Salesforce implementations, ensuring solutions are robust, secure, maintainable, and aligned with both current operational needs and the organization’s long-term strategic objectives. The Sr. Salesforce Solution Architect provides expert technical leadership across the Salesforce platform, including architecture governance, solution design, integration strategy, data architecture, and release management. This role focuses on creating high-quality, future-proof solutions while balancing immediate business demands with platform best practices, technical debt management, and maximum leverage of Salesforce capabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field. Or equivalent combination of education and work experience
Salesforce Certified Application Architect
Salesforce Certified System Architect
8+ years of progressive experience in the Salesforce ecosystem, with at least 4–5 years in a Solution Architect or Technical Architect capacity on complex implementations.
Proven success designing and delivering enterprise-grade, multi-cloud Salesforce solutions with strong emphasis on architecture quality and long-term sustainability.
Deep expertise in Salesforce platform capabilities, declarative development, Apex, Lightning Web Components, integrations (APIs, MuleSoft, middleware), data architecture, and security models.
Experience creating and governing technology roadmaps and architectural standards in a Salesforce environment.
Strong background in Agile delivery, DevOps practices (CI/CD for Salesforce), and change management.
Strong knowledge of data standards, compliance (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA), master data management, and security best practices like role-based access and encryption to ensure reliable data flows.
Excellent storytelling and visualization skills using tools like UML, process flow diagrams, and sequence diagrams to document solutions, wireframe designs, and convey tradeoffs to non-technical leaders.
Skill in translating business requirements into technical roadmaps, assessing risks/costs vs. benefits, and leading Architecture Review Boards to ensure solutions support organizational strategy.
Experience guiding teams, mentoring junior developers, and driving innovation through research on market trends, with a focus on agile methodologies and continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

Salesforce Certified Agentforce Specialist
Salesforce Certified Data 360 Consultant
Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Engagement Consultant
Salesforce Certified Nonprofit Cloud Consultant (NPC)

Responsibilities

Lead the design and architecture of complex, well-architected Salesforce solutions across multiple clouds (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Nonprofit Cloud, Experience Cloud, Data Cloud, Marketing Cloud, etc.), ensuring adherence to Salesforce Well-Architected Framework principles (security, performance, scalability, maintainability, and reliability).
Develop and maintain Salesforce technology roadmaps, architecture principles, standards, and best practices for CRM, data management, development, release processes, and integrations.
Provide technical guidance and mentoring to delivery teams, ensuring solutions follow governance standards, security/compliance requirements, and Salesforce best practices.
Collaborate with business leaders, application owners, technology teams, vendors, and stakeholders to gather requirements, evaluate options, and recommend optimal Salesforce-based solutions.
Support investment and prioritization decisions by clearly articulating the technical implications, risks, costs, and long-term benefits of proposed solutions.
Champion the adoption of emerging Salesforce capabilities to solve business challenges efficiently.