Salesforce Architect

Salesforce Architect

Position: Salesforce Architect

Duration: 6 Months with Extension

Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota (Hybrid)

To fully leverage the Salesforce service, the term "Salesforce" refers to many different aspects of a complex set of products. Depending on the business role and technical expertise, "Salesforce"

may be viewed as any of the following:

Website building tool

Customer relationship management system

Business process re-engineering platform

Software development toolkit

Some of the use cases and business applications

that have been developed by the Salesforce CoE include the following:

Professional & Occupational Licensing

Customer Relationship Management

Enforcements and Inspections

Technical Certifications

Inventory Management

Case Management

Resource Categories and Skills:

The resource will not be evaluated as part of the vendor selection process, but their qualifications will be reviewed prior to work starting on the project. The State reserves the right to reject any resource who does not meet qualifications, and to require a different resource be brought in who does meet the qualifications.

Experience /Duties Required

Conduct research into clients' use of Salesforce, producing a report of findings with recommended steps and a roadmap for Salesforce solutions,

Collaborate with colleagues and customers to create prototypes and proofs of concept as a means of eliciting and defining requirements,

Review solutions and recommending improvements,

Groom and refine the Salesforce product backlog, in liaison with stakeholders on the project

Lead the design of system architecture and governance, including integration with external systems and data migration

Develop technical documentation and architectural diagrams to support decision-making and guide project teams

Own the design of Salesforce and (optionally) other affiliated solutions for Sales, Service, and platform solutions,

Act as a release manager, approving configuration and coded items to be deployed between environments. Where appropriate, this could include deploying changes,

Provide guidance on user story writing style,

Ensure success and acceptance criteria are defined for each story,

Describe and illustrate designs with appropriate justifications,

Ensure documentation of the steps for testing,

Groom and refine the Salesforce product backlog, in liaison with Salesforce SMEs,

Supervise the configuration, quality assurance, testing, and deployment of Salesforce,

Collaborative project and workstream planning.

Provide knowledge transfer

Qualifications

5 years' experience in a leading role in delivering Salesforce projects,

Excellent communication skills, written, verbal, and interactive when online,

A pro-active personality, with a can-do attitude,

Excellent relationship-building skills,

Strong analytical skills, with the ability to observe trends. Able to actively make suggestions based on the results,

Available and responsive to question, clarifications and instructions

Ability to tailor communication to multiple audiences at all levels

A self-starter, experienced in leading projects or delivery work streams

Outstanding written communication skills

Ability to demonstrate concepts visually and in writing in a way that enables stakeholders to decide with confidence

A strategic approach to solution design, with proven ability to develop and execute tactical plans to support the strategy

Excellent ability to coach, motivate and direct work tasks to a multi-discplinary team of Salesforce professionals

Salesforce certified in:

Administrator

Sales Cloud Consultant

Service Cloud Consultant

Platform App Builder

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Dice Id:

10365731

Position Id:

2025-2537