Lead Engineer, Systems Engineering - Salesforce Architect

AmerisourceBergen Services Corporation; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cencora is seeking a Senior Architect (COB Arch) to lead and translate architecture into executable delivery for Salesforce initiatives. You will align domain strategy with standards, guide technical decisions, and collaborate with product, engineering, and analytics teams to ensure scalable, secure solutions across the delivery lifecycle.

You will work with a delivery team, drive architecture governance, and mentor engineers while maintaining alignment with enterprise goals and Salesforce

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in CS/IT/Engineering or related field.
• Eight+ years of enterprise technology experience with Salesforce.
• Experience delivering architecture in complex enterprise programs.
• Strong Salesforce solution design, integration, and security knowledge.
• Ability to translate architecture into executable work packages and backlogs.
• Experience in Agile environments and with Jira.

Responsibilities

• Translate domain strategy and guardrails into project-level solution architecture.
• Lead solution design for initiatives, including architecture diagrams, integration and data considerations, security and non-functional requirements.
• Decompose large architectures into sequenced deliverables with boundaries and ownership.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, BAs, and Leads to translate architecture into Jira epics and milestones.
• Determine size and sequence of deliverables for Technical Leads to implement.
• Maintain architecture involvement through implementation and resolve deviations.
• Guide decisions on configuration vs custom development, low-code vs pro-code, and integration patterns.
• Review designs and outcomes for alignment with architectural intent.
• Document architecture decisions, dependencies, risks and deviations.
• Identify risks and cross-team dependencies early in delivery and escalate when needed.
• Provide architecture guidance and coaching to team members and stakeholders.
• Contribute reusable patterns and lessons learned to architecture community.

Skills

Solution design

Technical leadership

Architecture governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Jira

Job description

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere.

Senior Architect - COB Arch Position Summary

The Senior Architect serves as the embedded delivery architect supporting the assigned Salesforce delivery team. This role translates domain architecture direction, enterprise standards, and architectural guardrails into project-level solution designs and executable delivery plans. The Architect maintains architecture continuity throughout the delivery lifecycle—from discovery and solution design through technical decomposition, implementation decisions, delivery assurance, and production readiness. The role partners closely with the Principal Architect, product and engineering leaders, technical leads, developers, business analysts, and other architects to ensure that solutions are scalable, secure, supportable, and aligned with the long-term Salesforce strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate domain strategy, target architecture, standards, and guardrails established by the Principal Architect into project-level solution architecture.
• Lead solution design for initiatives delivered by the assigned delivery team, including architecture diagrams, technical approaches, integration considerations, data considerations, security requirements, and non-functional requirements.
• Decompose large architecture solutions into sequenced, workable technical deliverables with clear boundaries, dependencies, implementation approaches, and ownership.
• Work with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Engineering Leads, and Technical Leads to translate architecture into Jira epics, technical enablers, stories, and implementation milestones.
• Determine the appropriate size, sequence, and working order of technical deliverables so Technical Leads can take ownership of clearly defined implementation work.
• Maintain architecture involvement throughout implementation and close gaps between approved solution designs and the realities discovered during delivery.
• Guide in-flight technical decisions, including configuration versus custom development, low-code versus pro-code approaches, integration patterns, data design, security design, and other implementation-level choices.
• Review detailed designs and implementation outcomes to ensure alignment with architectural intent and approved standards.
• Document significant architecture decisions, assumptions, dependencies, risks, and deviations.
• Identify architecture risks, technical debt, cross-team dependencies, and non-functional concerns early in the delivery lifecycle.
• Recommend remediation when implementations deviate from approved architecture or create unacceptable platform risk.
• Escalate cross-domain decisions, material exceptions, and enterprise-level concerns to the Principal Architect or appropriate architecture governance forum.
• Provide architecture guidance and coaching to Technical Leads, developers, and other delivery team members.
• Contribute reusable patterns, lessons learned, and delivery feedback to the Salesforce architecture community and Center of Excellence.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Eight or more years of enterprise technology experience, including significant experience delivering solutions on the Salesforce platform.
• Demonstrated experience performing solution or delivery architecture responsibilities within complex enterprise programs.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce solution design, configuration, custom development, integration, data, security, and application lifecycle considerations.
• Experience translating high-level architecture into executable technical work packages and delivery backlogs.
• Ability to make pragmatic technical decisions while maintaining alignment with long-term architecture.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments and with tools such as Jira.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across global, cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Salesforce architect-level or advanced technical certifications.
• Experience supporting large-scale, multi-team Salesforce environments.
• Experience operating within formal architecture governance and design-review processes.
• Experience working in regulated, highly integrated, or globally distributed enterprise environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.
• Master's degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience preferred.
• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, systems engineering, application development, platform engineering, or a related field required.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02), AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals, RHCSA (Red Hat Certified System Administrator) certification, or equivalent preferred.
• Knowledge of advanced software and systems engineering principles, development lifecycle practices, testing strategies, and production support models.
• Knowledge of application architecture, system design, integration patterns, cloud and infrastructure components, and secure engineering practices.
• Knowledge of performance engineering, scalability, reliability, resilience, observability, and operational support frameworks.
• Skill in technical design, coding or configuration, debugging, root cause analysis, performance tuning, and structured problem solving.
• Skill in using development frameworks, testing tools, source control platforms, CI/CD pipelines, observability tools, collaboration platforms, and work management systems.
• Ability to lead complex engineering work independently while applying strong technical judgment, quality standards, and risk awareness.
• Ability to influence technical direction, guide design decisions, and collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to mentor less experienced engineers and drive adoption of engineering best practices, documentation standards, and continuous improvement methods.

Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law. The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory. Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email [e-mail]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

Cencora is a leading global pharmaceutical solutions company that is committed to improving the lives of people and animals everywhere. We connect manufacturers, providers, and patients to ensure that anyone can get the therapies they need, where and when they need them. We’re a purpose-driven organization, where all of our team members around the world are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures. We work together every day to help our partners bring their innovations to patients worldwide, creating unparalleled access and impact at the center of health.