Senior Technology / Solutions Architect - SFDC ( Anywhere in the US)

Avance Consulting Services; New York (NY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is looking for a Senior Technology / Solutions Architect with extensive experience in Salesforce (SFDC). The ideal candidate will have at least 11 years in IT and strong expertise in technology consulting, architecture frameworks, and integration components. The role involves defining architectural strategies, implementing solutions, and contributing to Salesforce project lifecycles. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work closely with teams are essential. This position may require regular travel.

Qualifications

• At least 11 years of experience with Information Technology.
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce (SFDC) and integration components.
• Experience with full-life-cycle Salesforce.com implementations.

Responsibilities

• Define and detail architecture on Salesforce projects.
• Propose architectural options and recommendations.
• Work in a management consulting environment requiring travel.

Skills

Salesforce integration components

Apex programming

Enterprise architecture

Technical strategy development

Management consulting

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent

Tools

Data Loader

Eclipse

SoapUI

Ant scripts

Job description

Senior Technology / Solutions Architect – SFDC (Anywhere in the US)

• Full-time
• Role: Senior Technology / Solutions Architect – Salesforce (SFDC)
• Duration: Full Time
• Location: Anywhere in the US

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will consider three years of progressive experience in lieu of one year of education.
• At least 11 years of experience with Information Technology.

Preferred (Technical or Functional)

• At least 5 years of experience in technology consulting, enterprise or solutions architecture, and architectural frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce (SFDC) and integration components, including cloud integration, security aspects, APIs, Apex controllers, Apex web services, Apex callouts, etc.
• Advanced structured programming in APEX, Force.com, .Net, Java, etc., along with RDBMS concepts, SQL, structured system analysis and design methods.
• Experience analyzing and reviewing technical architecture and proposing architecture options and recommendations, with strong knowledge of enterprise IT architecture issues.
• At least 3 years of experience developing a technical strategy on the Salesforce platform, demonstrating solutions that address customer requirements.
• At least 2 full‑life‑cycle Salesforce.com implementations, with ability to define and detail architecture and drive projects from an architectural standpoint.
• Thorough understanding of Salesforce development (Declarative, Apex, Visualforce), as well as the development life cycle including deployment/packaging using Metadata API, Change Sets, and Ant.
• Best‑practice knowledge of coding standards, deployment, Apex, Visualforce, integration, and security implementations.
• At least 2 years of thought leadership, white papers, and mentoring staff and internal consulting teams.
• Experience and desire to work in a management consulting environment that requires regular travel.
• Complete understanding of governor limits.
• Implementation of SOAP and REST web services; develop web services classes on Force.com and WSDL generation.
• Writing Apex classes, Visualforce pages, Apex triggers, controllers, and jQuery to implement complex business requirements.
• Fluent with SOSL, SOQL, and workflows.
• Hands‑on experience with tools such as Data Loader, Eclipse, SoapUI, APEX Explorer, Ant scripts, AJAX toolkit.
• Migration of customizations, including configurations, packages, and objects from Sandbox to Production.
• Customization of reports, dashboards, workflows, approval processes.
• Flexibility with change, good written and verbal communication, and ability to work closely within a team environment.
• Platform Developer I/II or DEV 501 certification.
• Single Sign‑On implementation.
• Java experience is a big plus.
• Analytical skills.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.