Salesforce Solution Architect

Key Responsibilities

Solution Design & Architecture

• Lead the design of end-to-end Salesforce solutions across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud,

Marketing Cloud, Experience Cloud, and custom applications.

• Ensure architectural designs follow best practices, platform standards, and scalability

principles.

• Define integration patterns with external systems using APIs, middleware, or ETL tools.

• Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements, translate them into

functional and technical specifications, and design solution roadmaps.

• Serve as a trusted advisor, providing thought leadership on Salesforce capabilities,

industry trends, and emerging technologies.

• Governance & Standards

• Establish and enforce coding, configuration, and deployment standards.
• Conduct architecture and design reviews to ensure compliance with security, data

governance, and performance best practices.

• Delivery Leadership

• Collaborate with developers, admins, and functional consultants to oversee

implementation.

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to project teams.
• Support release management, DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines for Salesforce

deployments.

• Quality & Optimization

• Proactively identify risks, gaps, and opportunities to optimize the Salesforce ecosystem.
• Conduct impact analysis for new features, upgrades, or enhancements.
• Ensure high levels of system availability, performance, and security.

Required Skills &

• Technical Expertise

• Deep knowledge of Salesforce platform (Sales, Service, Marketing, Experience Clouds)

and Force.com development.

• Strong understanding of Apex, Lightning Web Components, SOQL/SOSL, and

Salesforce APIs.

• Experience with integration platforms (MuleSoft, Informatica, Dell Boomi, etc.).

• Architecture & Design

• Proven track record in designing large-scale, complex Salesforce solutions.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture principles and frameworks.

• Knowledge of data modeling, security architecture, and performance optimization.

• Leadership & Communication

• Strong ability to engage with executives, business users, and technical teams.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience mentoring and leading cross-functional teams.

Certifications

• Salesforce Certified Application Architect / System Architect.

• Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) (highly desirable).

Other Salesforce certifications (Admin, Platform Developer II, Sales/Service Consultant, etc.).Role & responsibilities