Salesforce Solution Architect

Salesforce Solution Architect** (Contract)

Duration: 6 Months (Possibility for extension)

Location: Leeds/Hybrid (2 day per week on site)

Rate: A highly competitive Umbrella Day Rate is available for suitable candidates

Role Profile

As the Salesforce Solutions Architect, you will be a leader in driving the direction of our Salesforce platform.

You will identify the optimal solution for a business requirement , recommend a technical solution and communicate any design trade-offs whilst following Salesforce best practices, recommending implementations that adds value and is both scalable and sustainable.

You will support the development teams in delivering this roadmap, navigating challenges, putting in place the necessary standards, defining architectural patterns that will drive consistency and standardisation across the solution.

Key Responsibilities:

Collaborate with senior stakeholders to translate business strategy into to a Salesforce roadmap.
Ensure the organisation is maximising the Salesforce investment, adopting as much as the capability as possible to support marketing, relationship management and advice management activities.
Work closely with the wider technology strategy team and architect's to influence strategic direction.
Provide leadership and guidance to development teams ensuring adherence to architectural standards and best practices.
Work closely with business stakeholders, understanding how requirements can translate in to Salesforce solutions.
Define solutions that enables projects to meet their objectives, providing guidance to the implementation teams.
Create and maintain architectural (all domain areas) artefacts e.g. principles, diagrams, catalogues, standards and pattern.
Ensure deliverables are accessible to stakeholders and the wider business (where required)
Oversee the overall Salesforce platform implementation, ensuring performance, data, security and interoperability is maintained.
Create and maintain a Centre of Excellence for the Salesforce platform ensuring alignment of our vision, strategy, roadmap and standards across the development teams
Lead and inspire innovation across technical and non-technical stakeholders, driving how we can adopt new capabilities and how we could adopt the platform in different ways.

Skills & Experience:

Extensive experience either as a Salesforce Solutions Architect, or similar, with a track record of successfully delivering complex, Salesforce based multi system architectures.
Certifications in architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman).
Salesforce certifications such as Salesforce Certified Architect or System Architect is required.
A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field is a plus.
Comprehensive knowledge of various architectural domains, including application, data, infrastructure, security, and integration.
Leadership qualities with a collaborative and team-oriented approach.
Strong analytical mindset and problem-solving abilities to address complex technical challenges.
Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Candidates will need to show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.

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We will respond to all successful applicants ASAP however, please be advised that we will always look to contact you further from this time should we need further applicants or if other opportunities arise relevant to your skillset.

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