Software Solutions Architect #1064326

FastTek Global; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Dental (FastTek pays most)

Vision

PTO

Long Term Disability

Life Insurance

401(k) with match

Job summary

FastTek Global is seeking a Software Solutions Architect in Lansing, MI, to serve as a Salesforce Application Architect within the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. You will lead end-to-end architecture for MiSACWIS/CCWIS, ensure secure development lifecycle, and mentor state and contractor teams.

You will collaborate with analysts, product owners, and stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable Salesforce solutions while promoting best practices and regulatory

Qualifications

• 5+ years gathering and analyzing business and technical requirements with stakeholders
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines with pipeline-as-code and automated reviews
• Strong ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
• 2-3 Salesforce certifications required
• 5+ years hands-on experience with Salesforce, SQL, Java, and web services development

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture and technical design of Salesforce solutions for case management and field service
• Conduct org health checks and platform assessments with actionable recommendations
• Promote adoption of Salesforce Well-Architected Framework and mentor teams
• Translate complex business requirements into scalable Salesforce designs
• Oversee POCs to validate technical feasibility and business value
• Ensure secure application development lifecycle practices across all phases

Skills

Salesforce

SQL

Java

Web services

Salesforce certifications

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Lansing, Michigan Software Solutions Architect #1064326

Job Description

Job Summary: This position functions as a Salesforce Application Architect within the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), supporting the modernization and ongoing operations of critical Child Welfare and State Hospital systems, including the Michigan Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (MiSACWIS) and the Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS). These systems are essential to the delivery of services to vulnerable children and families across Michigan and require high availability, scalability, and compliance with state and federal standards.

Job Responsibilities

• Leading end-to-end architecture and technical design of Salesforce solutions that support case management, field service operations, and user engagement.
• Conducting org health checks and platform assessments and delivering actionable recommendations based on Salesforce best practices.
• Participating in Design & Discovery sessions and promoting the adoption of Salesforce's Well-Architected Framework.
• Providing technical leadership and mentorship to development teams, including state employees and contractors.
• Collaborating with business analysts, product owners, and stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into scalable, maintainable Salesforce solutions.
• Overseeing proof-of-concepts (POCs) to validate technical feasibility and business value of proposed solutions.
• Ensuring secure application development lifecycle (SADLC) practices are followed throughout all phases of development and deployment.
• Setting the technical direction for MDHHS Child Welfare applications.
• Supporting 24/7 operations of Tier 2 applications like MiSACWIS, which serve over 8,000 users across state and private agencies.
• Ensuring compliance with security, performance, and regulatory standards.

Primary Duties (80%):

• Lead development of software applications, server components and services using various development tools and our approved/supported technologies.
• Plan/Coordinate integration of systems within the business area, external partners, state agencies, and hosting platforms.
• Design and implement application security that complies with our policies.
• Lead/Direct impact analysis of changes due to legislation, requests, or changes in governmental and business processes.
• Review/Approve presentation materials for technical review meetings, approval sessions, application demonstrations.
• Ensure that technical design strategies or applications adhere to State and agency policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Review and approve our system engineering methodology or other required technical deliverables.

Primary Duties (15%):

• Work with teams and product owners to refine SADLC, prioritize agile backlogs, and maintain release readiness/schedule.
• Ensure compliance with ECM standards and procedures across development, system test, user acceptance testing, security, and production environments, includes coordinating, creating, approving, and monitoring required work items.
• Make technical recommendation(s) and/or decision(s) for changes to the Bridges application based on user requirements.
• Solve complex system design and programming problems which ensure high security is addressed for client level of data.
• Plan for coordination, development, testing and integration of systems and data with Bridges.

Primary Duties (5%):

• Maintain thorough, up to date knowledge of programming techniques used in software development in line with the DTMB technology standards
• Recommend configuration management tool best practices.
• Identify/Share/Recommend improvements to tools and technology to development team and technical support staff.

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience gathering and analyzing business and technical requirements in collaboration with stakeholders
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, including pipeline-as-code, branching strategies, automated code reviews, and testing aligned with organizational goals
• Strong ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
• 2-3 Salesforce certifications required
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience with Salesforce, SQL, Java, and web services development

Most Preferred Skills

• Salesforce Architect certification
• Experience working on enterprise-level implementations
• Database-related certifications

Other Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working within Agile development environments
• Strong experience with Oracle SQL development, including query execution and performance tuning
• Experience working with DevOps practices, including automated builds, testing (regression/smoke), and multi-environment deployments
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex system issues and provide technical guidance/leadership to development teams

Additional Info

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way. We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashionedhard work for 24 years! FastTek Global is a financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused. We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies. Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture. FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!

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