Salesforce Architect - PRIMUS Global Services, Inc

Salesforce Architect

Chicago, IL (Local Only, 3 days onsite role)

Bill Rate: 90/hr

Salesforce Technical Architect will serve as the technical lead on Salesforce projects delivering enterprise cloud technology solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Salesforce Development Team in the design and development of Salesforce custom solutions comprising of work in Apex, Visual Force, Salesforce APIs, Lightning, and data migration.
• Oversee the development work of junior developers and ensure the use of best practices in all development efforts.
• Communicate with project managers, clients and other developers to design cohesive project strategies and ensure effective collaboration throughout all phases of development, testing and deployment.
• Maintain a flexible and proactive work environment to facilitate a quick response to changing project requirements and customer objectives, and innovate ways to meet mission goals successfully.
• Interact directly with clients, managers and end users as necessary to analyze project objectives and capability requirements, including specifications for user interfaces, customized applications and interactions with internal Salesforce instances.
• Assist the Support Team with escalated issues arising from support of internal and customer-facing Salesforce environment, especially related to customized applications, user permissions, security settings, custom objects and workflows
• Facilitate solution design sessions and code reviews, advocate Salesforce best practices, recommend alternate approaches and create architectural designs.
• Provide estimates of work effort for new projects and enhancements. Design, code, and test solutions. Analyze and mitigate issues identified during testing.
• Follow an iterative software development methodology and contribute to all phases of the software development lifecycle and support.
• Facilitate and actively participate in meetings with representatives from business and/or IT units.
• Take accountability for quality of deliverables, provide status on development effort, and deliver on time and as per specifications.

Technical Skills

• In-depth knowledge of Salesforce products and services, including Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Partner Communities, B2B Commerce and Service Cloud
• Expertise in various technical areas such as data modeling, integration, security and customization
• Proficient with Apex, VisualForce, Lightning, Java, and JavaScript
• Proficient with Object Oriented Programming methodology and Salesforce best practices
• Previous experience with Azure DevOps, DX, Tricentis Tosca, Oracle SOA a plus

Qualifications

• Self-motivated and creative
• Highly detail oriented, accurate, and organized
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven ability to handle complexity
• Proven ability to succeed in a cross-functional environment working with business users, project team members and IT development personnel
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience in an Agile development environment
• Strong customer service orientation; enjoys people and creates raving fans
• Preference given to candidates located within commuting distance of Lisle, IL and willing to work in a hybrid environment

Education requirement:

• MS in Computer Science and 6 years as a Salesforce architect, OR
• BS in Computer Science and 8 years as a Salesforce architect
• Required/Preferred Certifications: Salesforce Technical Architect certification or similar credential preferred