Salesforce Technical Architect

Accenture New Zealand; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture NZ is seeking a Salesforce Technical Architect to drive end-to-end architecture across Sales, Service, Marketing clouds and more. You will own technical design, integrations, data models and security for large transformation programs, while guiding delivery teams and mentoring engineers.

In this hybrid role, you will partner with clients and internal stakeholders, influence architectural decisions, and ensure scalable, secure solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Salesforce Technical Architect or senior technical lead.
• Strong expertise across Salesforce platform architecture, integrations, and data modelling.
• Experience designing solutions across multiple Salesforce clouds and enterprise environments.
• Ability to lead technical decision-making and guide delivery teams.
• Experience across the end-to-end implementation lifecycle.
• Salesforce certifications (e.g. CTA pathway, Application/System Architect) highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical architecture workshops and design sessions with clients.
• Design end-to-end Salesforce architecture across multiple clouds (Sales, Service, Marketing, Experience, Data).
• Define integration strategies, authentication models, and data architectures.
• Own end-to-end technical solutions ensuring scalability, performance, and security.
• Provide architecture recommendations and trade-offs across governance forums.
• Collaborate with delivery leads and developers to ensure practical, scalable solutions.
• Establish best practices across development, integration, and data migration.
• Act as escalation point for technical challenges.
• Lead and mentor delivery teams to high-quality outcomes.

Skills

Salesforce architecture

Integrations

Data modelling

Technical leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

About The Salesforce Business Group

Accenture's Salesforce Business Group is the part of Accenture Technology devoted to selling, delivering, and supporting Salesforce technology‑based projects across Australia & New Zealand. Part of our global practice, our local and international capability is consistently recognised as leading across the Salesforce ecosystem.

About The Salesforce Business Group

Accenture's Salesforce Business Group is the part of Accenture Technology devoted to selling, delivering, and supporting Salesforce technology‑based projects across Australia & New Zealand. Part of our global practice, our local and international capability is consistently recognised as leading across the Salesforce ecosystem. We combine deep Salesforce expertise with industry, strategy, and digital capabilities to deliver transformation programs for our clients. At our core, we are an Ohana (family) — providing a supportive environment where you can grow your career at every stage.

What’s On Offer

• A leadership team with deep Salesforce delivery experience
• Over 270 Salesforce specialists, including Certified Technical Architects
• Opportunities to work on large-scale, complex transformation programs
• Access to Salesforce and nCino certifications across the full product suite
• Structured career progression and development pathways
• The opportunity to contribute to communities of practice and shape the future of delivery

The Work

• Lead technical architecture workshops and design sessions, understanding client goals, challenges, and technical landscapes
• Design end-to-end Salesforce architecture solutions across multiple clouds (Sales, Service, Marketing, Experience, Data, etc.)
• Define integration strategies, authentication models, and data architectures across enterprise systems
• Own the end-to-end technical solution, ensuring scalability, performance, and security
• Provide clear architecture recommendations, trade-offs, and decision rationale across governance forums and client engagements
• Collaborate closely with functional teams, delivery leads, and developers to ensure solutions are practical, scalable, and maintainable
• Establish and enforce best practices across development, integration, and data migration
• Act as the key escalation point for technical and architectural challenges
• Lead and mentor delivery teams, ensuring alignment to standards and high-quality delivery outcomes

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience as a Salesforce Technical Architect or senior technical lead
• Strong expertise across Salesforce platform architecture, integrations, and data modelling
• Experience designing solutions across multiple Salesforce clouds and enterprise environments
• Ability to lead technical decision-making and guide delivery teams
• Strong stakeholder engagement and ability to operate in client-facing architecture roles
• Experience across the end-to-end implementation lifecycle
• Salesforce certifications (e.g. CTA pathway, Application/System Architect) highly regarded
• Commercial awareness and ability to align architecture design to business outcomes

Additional Information

• International applicants are encouraged to apply
• Hybrid working model across Auckland or Wellington