Salesforce Architect - Randstad USA
Windsor Mill, MD 21244
About the Job
Position Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Salesforce Architect to take on a leadership role within our rapidly growing Salesforce Practice. This position is a combination of hands-on technical work and strategic leadership, guiding other Salesforce professionals to maintain technical excellence and develop best practices.
In this role, you will be responsible for working on multiple projects, designing robust solutions, and integrating Salesforce with various tools and applications. You will also contribute to the establishment of performance standards and oversee the quality of Salesforce development across projects. As a subject matter expert, you'll be hands-on in coding and will mentor other senior developers and architects, ensuring the team's continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of Salesforce best practices to ensure they meet industry standards.
- Evaluate, audit, and provide technical reviews of Salesforce projects.
- Oversee and support multiple Salesforce implementations, identifying and resolving integration challenges.
- Collaborate with technical and executive leadership to expand the Salesforce Practice.
- Establish Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using tools like Copado.
- Design solutions utilizing a mix of custom and out-of-the-box Salesforce features.
- Provide technical leadership for design and architecture, including network and user/data flow diagrams.
- Mentor senior developers and architects to promote a culture of technical excellence.
Required Qualifications:
- U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident status, with U.S. residency for 3 out of the last 5 years.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline (or equivalent work experience).
- 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Salesforce Platform Developer I & II, and Salesforce Application Architect certifications.
- Expertise in Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, APEX, Visualforce, and Lightning Experience.
- Experience in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, and using DevSecOps tools like Copado, SonarQube, or Checkmarx.
- Proficiency in Agile methodologies and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to mentor and lead technical teams.
- Excellent communication and client management skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Salesforce integrations, including Heroku and middleware tools like MuleSoft.
- Previous experience in Government contracting.
- Knowledge of Salesforce Center of Excellence (CoE) or Community of Practice (CoP).
Security Clearance: Ability to obtain Public Trust level clearance.
location: Baltimore, Maryland
job type: Contract
salary: $70 - 85 per hour
work hours: 8am to 4pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
Responsibilities
? Support Index Analytics Government clients in the Baltimore and Washington
D.C. Metro Area
? Develop and spearhead the establishment of corporate-level Salesforce
development best practices, ensuring they are robust, up-to-date, and in line with
industry-leading standards
? Create and implement performance standards for assessing the work of
Salesforce developers and administrators to promoting a culture of excellence
and continuous improvement within the team
? Author and maintain practice-level documentation that clearly outlines the
established development practices and performance criteria for Salesforce
operations at Index
? Conduct audits and technical reviews of Salesforce projects, identifying technical
gaps and area for improvement
? Work on multiple projects and help establish and evaluate Salesforce
Architecture.
? Identify and resolve integration challenges with other applications
? Hands-on coding experience, with a willingness to work with the technical team
to resolve problems and provide mentorship to other Architects and Sr.