Senior Salesforce Platform Architect

Pentair; Golden Valley (MN); On-site; USD 98,400 - 182,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Pentair is seeking a Senior Salesforce Administrator to join our Golden Valley, MN team. You will lead the design, governance, and optimization of our Salesforce CRM ecosystem, partnering across business and IT to enable enterprise growth and digital transformation.

You will own platform administration, drive architecture decisions for Sales Cloud and Service Cloud, and mentor admins and developers while aligning with enterprise standards and DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Salesforce experience in enterprise environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
• Salesforce certifications required; advanced certifications preferred.
• Strong expertise in Salesforce architecture, security, data modeling, and declarative automation.
• Experience leading complex Salesforce implementations across Sales Cloud and Service Cloud.
• Experience designing integrations using APIs, middleware, and event-based architectures.
• Knowledge of governance, DevOps processes, and release management frameworks.
• Ability to balance declarative vs. programmatic solutions and guide teams.
• Experience with data reporting/analytics tools such as Power BI.
• Strong communication skills and global/cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements into scalable Salesforce architecture and admin solutions.
• Guide solution design, configuration, and governance across Salesforce clouds.
• Lead declarative and programmatic design aligned with architecture standards.
• Own platform administration including user management and security model.
• Drive decisions for Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and integrations.
• Establish governance, release management, and DevOps for stability.
• Design data models, automation, and reporting to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with developers for interoperability with ERP and data platforms.
• Mentor admins and developers to raise team capability.
• Create architecture documentation and best practices to support long-term maintainability.
• Support agile processes including backlog refinement and release planning.

Skills

Salesforce architecture

Security model design

Declarative automation

Solution leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Data modeling

APIs & integrations

Power BI familiarity

Communication skills

Global work experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT / CE / SE

Tools

Salesforce

Power BI

Job description

Pentair is seeking a Senior Salesforce Administrator to join our Golden Valley, MN team. You will lead the design, governance, and optimization of our Salesforce CRM ecosystem, partnering across business and IT to enable enterprise growth and digital transformation.

You will own platform administration, drive architecture decisions for Sales Cloud and Service Cloud, and mentor admins and developers while aligning with enterprise standards and DevOps practices.