Principal Enterprise Architect

Salesforce, Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Enterprise Architect in Financial Services, where you will empower Fortune 1000 clients to navigate their digital transformation. Collaborate with talented teams to craft innovative architectures and strategies, influencing AI and Data initiatives. Leverage your deep industry knowledge and technical expertise to guide clients through their cloud adoption journey, ensuring their success with tailored solutions. This role offers the chance to be a trusted advisor to top-level executives, making a significant impact in the financial services sector while working in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in software or enterprise architecture disciplines.
• Strong understanding of SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS principles.

Responsibilities

• Assist customers in business planning and strategy for cloud transition.
• Engage with account executives to develop enterprise architecture opportunities.

Skills

Cloud Architecture Principles

Enterprise Application Integration

Process Orchestration

Data Management

Security Standards

Excellent Communication Skills

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

Management Information Systems

Tools

Salesforce Platform

Architectural Frameworks

Job description

Enterprise Architect: Financial Services

What if you were empowered to solve the most complex business problems that Fortune 1000 companies face today? What if you could work for a company that believes that top-line growth is as important as giving back to the community? What if you could collaborate with teams of talented and passionate individuals to craft innovative architectures and transformational strategies? What if you had the opportunity to influence AI + Data strategy for some of Salesforce’s strategic customers? Sounds like fiction, you say? Absolutely not! Welcome to Salesforce!

The Enterprise Architect's primary role is supporting sales teams in developing Salesforce value propositions that align with our customer’s digital transformation and cloud adoption strategies. An Enterprise Architect in a pre-sales role is a customer-facing enterprise-wide expert with broad technical skills, deep industry knowledge, and unparalleled business acumen. The Enterprise Architect is a subject matter expert in categories such as business strategy, application architecture, data & information, integration, security, cloud computing, distributed platforms, mobile, and analytics. Enterprise Architects utilize strong sales skills and proven consultative approaches to engage with customers and define their transformation journey.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Assist the customer in business planning and strategy by focusing on business capabilities and maturity. Understand customer needs and match them with best-in-class technology to define a north-star target state. Help define prioritization and sequencing of the transformation by proposing a strategic roadmap that leads to the target state. Lead key discussions around change programs from both business and technical perspectives.
2. Determine which Salesforce and third-party technologies to leverage in the customer's architecture landscape based on product knowledge, industry experience, industry-standard EA frameworks, and Salesforce EA methodologies.
3. Articulate business architecture (mission/vision, capability models, capability assessments) and technical architecture (current and future state diagrams, solution best practices, reference architectures, design patterns).
4. Provide reliable and trusted data-rich points of view of relatable customer transformations in the Industry, showcasing how similar customers have succeeded in their transformation.
5. Travel to customer engagements (around 30% of the month). This position may support multiple geographies and account teams.
6. Engage with account executives and solution engineers to develop opportunities for enterprise architecture engagements. Promote and communicate the value of Enterprise Architecture within the sales and customer success organizations.
7. Participate in product/sales training, certifications, and industry summits to stay current.
8. Share engagement experiences internally through workshops, enablement sessions, and mentoring junior architects.

Your Impact:

• Be a trusted advisor to CIO/CTO level contacts as they transition their business to cloud architecture.
• Serve as a valuable asset to Salesforce with broad and deep knowledge across relevant domains.

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems, or equivalent.
• 8+ years experience in software, system, or enterprise architecture disciplines.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture principles including SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, multi-tenancy, and multi-tier infrastructure.
• Knowledge of enterprise application integration, persona-based journeys, process orchestration, master data management, analytics, AI, etc.
• Understanding of security standards and issues in multi-tier cloud or hybrid applications.
• Familiarity with the Financial Services industry is a plus.
• Knowledge of network, application, and information security principles.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5-10 years in a pre-sales or customer-facing consultative role.
• Ability to communicate in French within a business setting.
• Deep understanding of business drivers and technical architecture.
• Working knowledge of Salesforce platform capabilities, hosting infrastructure, security, and integration. Salesforce Financial Services Cloud knowledge is a plus.
• Experience with architectural frameworks, design thinking, and current methodologies.
• Familiarity with data privacy, risk management, and compliance requirements relevant to the region or industry.
• Knowledge of AI concepts, including ML, LLM, and agentic architectures.