Senior Certinia Architect: Platform & Integrations Lead

AHEAD; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Parental leave

Certification support

Job summary

AHEAD seeks a senior Certinia Architect to define the architecture of Certinia across PSA, Services Estimator, Revenue Management, and related Salesforce capabilities. You will guide architectural decisions, influence platform strategy, and partner with business and technology leaders.

You will lead design and governance of Certinia integrations with Salesforce, NetSuite, and middleware, ensuring scalable, secure solutions that support accurate project delivery, resource management, and revenue

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Systems, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years designing and supporting enterprise business applications, including architecture/technical lead roles.
• 5+ years hands-on Certinia (FinancialForce) in an enterprise environment.
• Deep Certinia PSA experience: projects, resources, timecards, budgets, milestones, financials, operations.
• Strong Salesforce platform knowledge: data modeling, APIs, security, declarative automation.

Responsibilities

• Own the solution architecture and long-term technical direction for Certinia across PSA, Services Estimator, Revenue Management, and Salesforce capabilities.
• Lead scalable Certinia designs for professional services delivery, resource management, quotes, project financials, billing, and revenue recognition.
• Advise business and technology leadership on platform strategy, roadmap priorities, and architectural standards.
• Translate complex requirements into scalable Certinia designs balancing out-of-the-box vs. custom solutions.
• Define architecture standards for data models, security, automation, reporting, and release management.
• Design and govern integrations between Certinia, Salesforce, NetSuite, MuleSoft and other apps.

Skills

Certinia PSA

Salesforce knowledge

Architecture leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Solution design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

NetSuite

MuleSoft

Salesforce APIs

Job description

AHEAD seeks a senior Certinia Architect to define the architecture of Certinia across PSA, Services Estimator, Revenue Management, and related Salesforce capabilities. You will guide architectural decisions, influence platform strategy, and partner with business and technology leaders.

You will lead design and governance of Certinia integrations with Salesforce, NetSuite, and middleware, ensuring scalable, secure solutions that support accurate project delivery, resource management, and revenue