Solution Architecture Leader

BAE Systems; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems is seeking a Solution Architecture Leader to support and develop Salesforce solutions in Leeds or London. This hybrid role involves ensuring compliance with enterprise standards, managing release processes, and collaborating with business analysts. Candidates should have extensive Salesforce experience and coding skills, contributing to critical projects that enhance operational effectiveness and security.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on knowledge of Salesforce declarative programming techniques.
• Experience with Salesforce coding language (APEX, Triggers, Batch Apex, LWC).
• Experience in managing CI/CD process.

Responsibilities

• Ensure development aligns with Salesforce CRM architecture and enterprise standards.
• Own Release Management, Source Control, and Deployment concepts.
• Communicate architectures and solution approaches effectively.

Skills

Salesforce declarative programming

Salesforce coding language (APEX, Triggers, Batch Apex, LWC)

Data modelling

CI/CD process management

Salesforce knowledge

Integrations knowledge

Job description

Job Description - Solution Architecture Leader (00126665)

Job title: Solution Architecture Leader

Location: Leeds or London - This is a Hybrid role, currently expected in the office approximately once a month

Salary: Circa 90k dependent on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Understanding existing Salesforce configuration and code to see how it supports the business process and policy
• Ensure development of application follows defined Salesforce CRM architecture and aligns with enterprise standards. Ensure it balances functional, quality, security and systems management requirements
• Own Release Management, Source Control, and Deployment concepts
• Responsible for Salesforce strategies and risks in relation to maintenance, data, integrations and security
• Evaluate trade-offs with technology and feasibility and make choices that fit the constraints of the project
• Communicate concepts, architectures, solution approach options and evaluations through effective diagrams, written materials and meetings with the goal to support all stakeholders understanding and decision making
• Recommend alternate approaches, define technical impacts, and provide high level sizing estimate
• Teaming up with business analysts to ensure Salesforce solutions meet the BD requirements

Your skills and experiences:

• Extensive hands-on knowledge, experience of Salesforce declarative programming techniques and administrative features
• Extensive hands-on knowledge, experience of Salesforce coding language (APEX, Triggers, Batch Apex, LWC)
• Experience in Data modelling
• Experience in managing CI/CD process
• Extensive knowledge of Salesforce, Sales Cloud and sales processes
• Knowledge of Integrations, 3rd party integration tools, ETL with Salesforce

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Salesforce Team:

In the Salesforce Team you will be supporting and developing the CRM tool. As part of the Shared Services team, you’ll be at the heart of this endeavour – working closely with our air, maritime, land and cyber and intelligence businesses to support our customers around the world. From keeping soldiers, sailors and pilots safe to helping countries prosper, from developing the next generation of supersonic aircraft to investing in the next generation of super-smart talent – at BAE Systems, we work together to give our customers an essential edge in protecting the things that really matter: lives, livelihoods, ways of life.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.