About this role
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<p>Summary </p>
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<p>As a Salesforce Solution Architect, you will lead solutioning efforts and drive both the technical and functional architecture of scalable, enterprise-grade Salesforce implementations. You will collaborate closely with pre-sales and engagement teams to shape solution vision, validate feasibility, and support the development of compelling, strategic proposals. You will also define architectural standards, ensure platform health, and mentor technical teams while guiding the ongoing optimization and evolution of the Salesforce ecosystem. </p>
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<p>We're anticipating future openings and are connecting now with great talent who'd like to be considered when the time comes. </p>
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<p>Responsibilities </p>
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<p data-ccp-border-between="0px none #000000" data-ccp-border-bottom="0px none #000000" data-ccp-padding-between="0px" data-ccp-padding-bottom="0px">Demonstrated pre-sales and engagement architecture experience, including leading solution design discussions, validating feasibility, and partnering with sales teams to craft technical proposals </p>
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<p data-ccp-border-between="0px none #000000" data-ccp-border-bottom="0px none #000000" data-ccp-padding-between="0px" data-ccp-padding-bottom="0px">Analyze business processes and identify alternative solutions, assess the feasibility, and recommend new approaches, typically seeking to exploit new technology components. </p>
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<p data-ccp-border-between="0px none #000000" data-ccp-border-bottom="0px none #000000" data-ccp-padding-between="0px" data-ccp-padding-bottom="0px">Model processes, architecture, data structures, and information required to support the client’s projects </p>
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<p data-ccp-border-between="0px none #000000" data-ccp-padding-between="0px">Develop enterprise-grade information architecture and processes that realize the value of Salesforce.com application technology </p>
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<p data-ccp-border-between="0px none #000000" data-ccp-border-bottom="0px none #000000" data-ccp-padding-between="0px" data-ccp-padding-bottom="0px">Take a collaborative role in developing and enforcing a set of architecture and development libraries and whitepapers </p>
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<p data-ccp-border-between="0px none #000000" data-ccp-padding-between="0px">Assign work through the correct communication channels to technical consultants and monitor performance, providing advice, guidance, and assistance </p>
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<p data-ccp-border-between="0px none #000000" data-ccp-padding-between="0px">Oversight of the development and configuration of solutions and ensuring quality delivery. </p>
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<p>Qualifications </p>
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<p data-ccp-border-between="0px none #000000" data-ccp-border-bottom="0px none #000000" data-ccp-padding-between="0px" data-ccp-padding-bottom="0px">8 + Years in the Salesforce Ecosystem (minimum 2+ years of architecting within Salesforce) with enterprise architecture experience. </p>
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<p data-ccp-border-between="0px none #000000" data-ccp-padding-between="0px">Extensive background in pre-sales solutioning and engagement architecture, with the ability to guide strategic conversations and translate client needs into scalable Salesforce solutions. </p>
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<p data-ccp-border-between="0px none #000000" data-ccp-padding-between="0px">Expert on multiple Salesforce Cloud product sets </p>
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<p data-ccp-border-between="0px none #000000" data-ccp-border-bottom="0px none #000000" data-ccp-padding-between="0px" data-ccp-padding-bottom="0px">Familiar with several areas of Salesforce and the Force.com Platform, e.g., Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Force.com </p>
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<p data-ccp-border-between="0px none #000000" data-ccp-border-bottom="0px none #000000" data-ccp-padding-between="0px" data-ccp-padding-bottom="0px">Previous experience as a consultant or developer in the Salesforce Ecosystem and related technologies </p>
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<p data-ccp-border-between="0px none #000000" data-ccp-padding-between="0px">Ability to show integration and security design principles, translate business requirements into technical documents, and communicate design documents to developers </p>
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<p>Demonstrated experience building a culture of engineering excellence (quality, security, performance, scalability, availability, etc.) </p>
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<p data-ccp-border-between="0px none #000000" data-ccp-padding-between="0px">Experience working in an Agile project environment </p>
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<p>Strong communication skills with the ability to present complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences and adapt to new domain requirements. </p>
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<p>Location Requirements</p>
<p>This role is a remote role. </p>
<p>To be considered for this position, candidates must reside in one of the following U.S. states: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI, and Washington DC.</p>
<p>Candidates residing outside these states are not currently eligible for consideration. </p>
<p><br>Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa currently.</p>
<p>Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa currently.</p>
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<p> </p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span data-contrast="auto">We are committed to pay equity and transparency. The compensation range for this position represents our good faith estimate of the range we reasonably expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered will be determined based on factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, education, work location, and internal equity.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses, commissions, or other incentive programs, as well as a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, etc.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}"> </span></p></div><div class="title">Estimated Compensation Range:</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$150,000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$180,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span data-contrast="none">FormativGroup operates within the critical middle layer of business technology, where applications and systems connect infrastructure to business processes. We are specialists who help the middle market take full advantage of their technology investments with deep, industry-centric expertise, all in one place, to unify fragmented systems. </span><em><span data-contrast="none">With deep technical expertise across cloud architecture, system integration, AI, and data strategy, we bridge the gap between business goals and modern platforms.</span></em><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}"> </span></p>
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