Application Architect Salesforce

IBM

Northern (KY)

Hybrid

USD 144,000 - 268,000

Full time

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Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking an Application Architect for Salesforce to lead the technical design and implementation of Salesforce.com solutions. You will apply your expertise in Salesforce architecture, configuration, integration, data conversion, testing, and custom code enhancements to drive business outcomes.

Your role emphasizes leading technical design, overseeing solution implementation, and maintaining technical excellence through staying current with platform features and best practices.

Qualifications

  • Salesforce.com Technical Architecture: design and implement Salesforce-based architectures.
  • Custom Code Enhancements: design and develop enhancements for Salesforce.com.
  • Integration and Data Conversion: integrate Salesforce with other systems and convert data for business needs.
  • Technical Excellence: maintain best practices and up-to-date platform knowledge.
  • Solution Testing and Validation: work with teams to test and validate Salesforce solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Design Technical Architecture for Salesforce.com solutions aligning with business requirements.
  • Oversee configuration, integration, and data conversion implementations.
  • Develop custom code enhancements to meet business needs and ensure seamless integration.
  • Test and validate Salesforce solutions with cross-functional teams to ensure quality.

Skills

Salesforce Architecture
Integration
Data Conversion
Testing & Validation
Technical Excellence

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Salesforce
Salesforce Platform

Job description

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

This role can be performed from anywhere in the US.

As an Application Architect for Salesforce, you will lead the technical design and implementation of Salesforce.com solutions. You will utilize your expertise in Salesforce.com technical architecture, configuration, integration, data conversion, testing, and design of custom code enhancements to drive business outcomes.

Your primary responsibilities will include:
  • Design Technical Architecture: Lead the technical design of Salesforce.com solutions, ensuring alignment with business requirements and technical best practices.
  • Implement Solutions: Oversee the implementation of Salesforce.com solutions, including configuration, integration, and data conversion.
  • Develop Custom Code Enhancements: Design and develop custom code enhancements to meet business needs, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems.
  • Test and Validate Solutions: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to test and validate Salesforce.com solutions, ensuring high-quality delivery.
  • Drive Technical Excellence: Establish and maintain technical excellence in Salesforce.com solutions, staying up-to-date with the latest platform features and best practices.
Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise
  • Salesforce.com Technical Architecture: Deep expertise in designing and implementing technical architectures for Salesforce.com solutions, aligning with business requirements and technical best practices.
  • Custom Code Enhancements: Experience with designing and developing custom code enhancements for Salesforce.com, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems.
  • Integration and Data Conversion: Experience in integrating Salesforce.com solutions with other systems and converting data to meet business needs.
  • Technical Excellence: Deep expertise in establishing and maintaining technical excellence in Salesforce.com solutions, staying up-to-date with the latest platform features and best practices.
  • Solution Testing and Validation: Experience with collaborating with cross-functional teams to test and validate Salesforce.com solutions, ensuring high-quality delivery.
Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Salesforce.com Platform Features: Deep expertise in staying up-to-date with the latest Salesforce.com platform features and best practices to drive technical excellence in solution design and implementation.
  • Advanced Integration Techniques: Experience with advanced integration techniques for Salesforce.com solutions, enabling seamless integration with existing systems and meeting complex business needs.
  • Custom Code Optimization: Experience with optimizing custom code enhancements for Salesforce.com solutions, ensuring high-performance and scalability in large-scale implementations.
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

  • Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
  • Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
  • Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
  • Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
  • Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Job Title

Date posted

20-Aug-2026

Job ID

129871

City / Township / Village

No City

State / Province

Missouri, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, South Dakota, Minnesota, Tennessee, Illinois, Ohio, Texas, Hawaii, Montana, Iowa, New York, North Carolina, Idaho, Virginia, North Dakota, Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Indiana, Arizona, Kentucky, Washington, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Maryland, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, Vermont, Nebraska, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Nevada, California, New Jersey, Connecticut, West Virginia, District of Columbia, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Wyoming

Country

United States

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Software Engineering

Employment type

Regular

Contract type

Regular

Projected Minimum Salary per year

144,000.00

Projected Maximum Salary per year

268,000.00

Position type

Professional

Some travel may be required based on business demand

Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation

Shift

General (daytime)

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