Senior Enterprise Architect (Salesforce)

St. James’s Place; Cirencester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in Cirencester seeks a Senior Enterprise Architect for the Salesforce Platform. This role supervises the design and implementation of Salesforce solutions, ensuring scalability and security. Candidates should have deep Salesforce expertise, a strong focus on performance optimization, and experience fostering governance. You'll collaborate with various stakeholders while mentoring team members on best practices. The position offers competitive benefits and requires a passion for innovative solutions.

Benefits

Competitive annual leave

Discretionary annual bonus

10% non-contributory pension

Qualifications

• Experience in Salesforce development and architecture.
• Extensive knowledge of Salesforce platform features and limitations.
• Demonstrable experience working with business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end Salesforce architecture and solutions.
• Lead the design and implementation of Salesforce products.
• Integrate Salesforce with other systems using APIs.

Skills

Salesforce development

Performance optimization

Governance

Security compliance

Team mentoring

Education

Salesforce Platform Developer certification

Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA)

Tools

Sales Cloud

Service Cloud

APIs

Job description

Are you ready tochart your own career path? At SJP we need talented individuals like yourselfto support our evolving culture. If you’re seeking an employer that ispassionate about excellence, innovation and autonomy, SJP could be the placefor you.

At a glance:

Location: Cirencester Office

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Employment Type: Permanent

Seniority: Mid-Senior Level

The Senior Enterprise Architect for the Salesforce Platform oversees the design and development of Salesforce solutions delivered by a panel of delivery partners to the organisation. They ensure that Salesforce architecture is scalable, secure, and optimized for efficiency. This role requires deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and collaboration with various stakeholders to deliver high-impact solutions.

The role holder will ensure 3rd party alignment to SJP’s architectural patterns, guardrails and principles and will develop a robust governance mechanism to assure delivery on the Platform is secure, well-structured and makes best utilization of the platform’s capabilities, working with value stream and product owners, and the Technical Platform Owner.

What you'll be doing:

• Develop end-to-end Salesforce architecture and solutions to meet business goals. Create technical designs, workflows, and data models and ensure solutions adhere to best practices and comply with company standards.
• Lead the design and implementation of Salesforce products (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, etc.).
• Integrate Salesforce with other systems, using APIs, middleware, and other technologies.
• Oversee migration of legacy systems to Salesforce.
• Performance Optimisation:
• Monitor system performance and recommend improvements.
• Optimise Salesforce processes, ensuring scalability and reliability.
• Conduct code and system reviews to maintain high-quality standards.
• Security and Compliance
• Implement security protocols and ensure data privacy.
• Maintain compliance with relevant regulations, such as GDPR
• Stay updated on Salesforce releases and new technologies.
• Identify opportunities to leverage Salesforce for better business outcomes.
• Train and mentor team members on Salesforce best practices.
• Support the domain community: work closely with the programme/value stream solution architects to collaborate on and improve the Salesforce architecture methodology across SJP. Drive alignment of approach and deliverables between all EA and solution architects in the organisation, and external delivery partners, ensuring granular information produced to support individual value streams, programmes and projects is incorporated into the enterprise views and models where applicable.
• Assurance, Governance and Investment Planning Support: participate in architectural assurance and governance processes, to ensure proposed initiatives do not negatively impact the Salesforce landscape, and fit with the agreed direction/strategy.
• Communicating the value of Salesforce Platform architecture and EA: promoting and communicating the business value of Enterprise Architecture and the Salesforce Platform in the strategy to execution lifecycle.
• Ad-Hoc Analysis: Tackle discrete pieces of analysis to inform strategic decision-making at a business division or enterprise level.

Who we're looking for:

We are looking for a Salesforce Architect who can design and implement end-to-end Salesforce solutions, ensuring scalability, security, and compliance while integrating with other systems. This role requires expertise in performance optimization, governance, and mentoring teams, with a strong focus on aligning Salesforce architecture with business strategy and enterprise-wide best practices.

• Experience in Salesforce development and architecture.
• Extensive knowledge of Salesforce platform features, limitations, and ecosystem.
• Demonstrable experience working with business stakeholders to create strategies, visions, and roadmaps.
• Salesforce Platform Developer, Administrator, or related certifications.
• Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or working toward it.

Special Requirements:

There may also be a requirement for travel within the UK or to sites external to the UK on an exceptional basis.

What's in it for you?

We reward youfor the work you do, whether that’s through our discretionary annual bonus scheme that reflects bothpersonal and company performance, competitive annual leave allowance (28 daysplus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days), oronline rewards platform with a variety of discounts.
We also havebenefits to support whatever stage of life you are in, including:

• Competitive parental leave (28 weeks full pay)
• Private medical insurance (optional taxable benefit)
• 10% non-contributory pension (increasing with length of service)

Reasonable Adjustments
We're an equalopportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is accessibleand inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) at any stageplease let us know by emailing us at [e-mail]
Research tells usthat applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put offfrom applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been onan extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role andcan demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless ofwhether you tick every box.

What's next?

If you're excitedabout this role and believe you have the skills and experience we're lookingfor, we'd love to hear from you! Please submit an application by clicking‘apply’ below and our team will be in touch.
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