Certinia Architect: PSA, Revenue & Salesforce Integrations

AHEAD; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401(k)

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business and seeks a Certinia Architect to define the architecture of Certinia across PSA, Services Estimator, and Revenue Management within the Salesforce ecosystem. This architect will guide teams, balance out-of-the-box vs.

custom solutions, and ensure scalable, maintainable delivery across projects. The ideal candidate combines hands-on Certinia expertise with enterprise architecture, business partnership, and leadership, shaping engineering standards and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years designing and supporting enterprise applications, including architecture/technical lead experience.
• 5+ years hands-on Certinia, formerly FinancialForce, in an enterprise environment.
• Deep Certinia PSA experience: project structures, resource management, timecards, budgets, milestones, and related processes.
• Strong Salesforce platform knowledge: data modeling, security, APIs, declarative automation.
• Experience integrating Certinia and Salesforce with NetSuite, MuleSoft, or other enterprise systems.
• Proven ability to lead architecture discussions and communicate complex concepts to stakeholders.
• Experience with data migration, testing strategy, deployment planning, change management, and release processes in Salesforce or Certinia.

Responsibilities

• Own the solution architecture and long-term technical direction for Certinia across PSA, Services Estimator, Revenue Management, and related Salesforce capabilities.
• Lead the architectural design and implementation of scalable Certinia solutions for professional services delivery, resource management, services quoting, project financials, billing, and revenue recognition.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business and technology leadership, influencing platform strategy, investment decisions, roadmap priorities, and architectural standards.
• Translate complex business requirements into practical, scalable Certinia designs balancing out-of-the-box capabilities, configuration, automation, custom development, integrations, and operational support.
• Define and maintain architecture standards for Certinia data models, object relationships, security, permissions, automation, reporting, integrations, and release management.
• Design and govern integrations between Certinia, Salesforce, NetSuite, MuleSoft, and other enterprise applications using APIs, middleware, data exchange, and patterns.
• Guide Salesforce administrators and developers in implementing solutions that align with architectural best practices.
• Review solution designs, configuration, data models, integration approaches, and technical documentation for quality and scalability.

Skills

Certinia expertise

Salesforce architecture

Enterprise solution design

Technical leadership

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Certinia

Salesforce

NetSuite

MuleSoft

APIs

Job description

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business and seeks a Certinia Architect to define the architecture of Certinia across PSA, Services Estimator, and Revenue Management within the Salesforce ecosystem. This architect will guide teams, balance out-of-the-box vs.

custom solutions, and ensure scalable, maintainable delivery across projects. The ideal candidate combines hands-on Certinia expertise with enterprise architecture, business partnership, and leadership, shaping engineering standards and