Salesforce Technical Architect

Salesforce Technical Architect Location: McLean, VA (Onsite) Fulltime Must Have Technical/Functional Skills • Apply expert-level technical expertise across multiple Salesforce domains, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Experience Cloud, and platform capabilities like Flow, Apex, and LWC. • Lead the design and implementation of Salesforce solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, and security across applications, integrations, and third-party tools. Manage Salesforce architecture to support enterprise-wide initiatives involving: Application: • Configurations, customization, and development with Apex, Visualforce, and LWC. Integrations: • Middleware platforms (e.g., MuleSoft), APIs, and event-driven architectures. Data: • Data migration, ET processes, and data governance within Salesforce environments. • Drive the adoption of Salesforce best practices, including DevOps methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based version control. • Develop and maintain enterprise-wide Salesforce architecture standards, frameworks, and best practices. • Collaborate with IT staff, subject matter experts, business partners, and clients to assess business processes, identify pain points, and define architectural solutions. • Design and review Salesforce solutions to ensure alignment with organizational strategies, data governance policies, and technical standards. • Lead large and complex Salesforce projects and initiatives that may involve cross-functional teams, cloud-to-cloud integrations, and cutting-edge technologies. • Partner with stakeholders to create business case assessments, project justifications, ROl analyses, architectural reviews, and RFP evaluations. • Evaluate and recommend Salesforce apps, add-ons, and AppExchange solutions to enhance system capabilities. • Provide leadership and guidance to project personnel and architects on Salesforce-related projects. • Stay current with Salesforce releases, new features, and industry trends, recommending improvements or innovations to existing Salesforce architecture. Roles & Responsibilities Architecture & Strategy o Lead end-to-end Salesforce solution architecture across multiple clouds and enterprise platforms o Define target-state architecture, roadmaps, and governance frameworks o Establish enterprise standards for scalability, performance, and security Solution Design & Implementation o Design and oversee: o Configurations, customizations, and development using Apex, LWC, and Flows o Integration frameworks using APIs, middleware, and event-driven patterns o Data architecture, migration strategies, and governance models Enterprise Integration o Define API-led and event-based integration strategies across Salesforce and external systems o Work with middleware platforms (e.g.