Enterprise Solutions Architect - Salesforce & Cloud Expert

The Stafford Gray Group; Lansing, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Stafford Gray is building an ongoing pipeline of Application/Solutions Architects to support enterprise system modernization and operations work across our client engagements.

This posting covers architects with deep expertise in any major enterprise platform — including Salesforce, .NET, Java, or cloud-native architectures — who can lead technical design, mentor development teams, and translate business requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience gathering and analyzing business and technical requirements with stakeholders.
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, including pipeline-as-code, branching strategies, automated code reviews, and testing.
• Strong ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• For Salesforce-track candidates: 2–3 Salesforce certifications required, plus 5+ years of hands-on Salesforce, SQL, Java, and web services development.
• For other platform tracks: 5+ years of hands-on architecture/development experience with the relevant platform, plus relevant certifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture and design of enterprise solutions supporting case management, service operations, and user engagement.
• Conduct platform health checks and assessments, delivering actionable recommendations based on industry best practices.
• Participate in design & discovery sessions and promote adoption of well-architected framework principles.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams, including internal staff and contractors.
• Collaborate with business analysts, product owners, and stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Oversee proofs-of-concepts (POCs) to validate technical feasibility and business value of proposed solutions.
• Ensure secure application development lifecycle (SDLC) practices are followed throughout all phases of development and deployment.
• Set technical direction for assigned application portfolios.
• Support high-availability operations for mission-critical, high-user-volume applications.
• Ensure compliance with security, performance, and regulatory standards.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Technical communication

Agile development environments

Education

Salesforce Certifications (2–3)

Architect-level certification

AWS/Azure Solutions Architect certifications

Tools

Salesforce

SQL

Java

Web services

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Stafford Gray is building an ongoing pipeline of Application/Solutions Architects to support enterprise system modernization and operations work across our client engagements.

This posting covers architects with deep expertise in any major enterprise platform — including Salesforce, .NET, Java, or cloud-native architectures — who can lead technical design, mentor development teams, and translate business requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions.