Systems Architect - Salesforce

Boardroom Appointments; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments seeks a Systems Architect - Salesforce in Stellenbosch, Western Cape. The role requires 5+ years in CRM and on the Salesforce platform, with a solid background in designing large web-based systems and full software life-cycle experience.

Applicants should have post-graduate IT/IM qualifications and a Grade 12 certificate. Strong knowledge of integration tools and deployment methodologies is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Must have 5+ years CRM experience.
• Must have 5+ years Salesforce platform experience.
• Strong understanding of platform security (TLS, SSL).
• Experience defining system architecture and delivering scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern the system architecture landscape for Salesforce-based solutions.
• Identify gaps and drive a comprehensive design across large web-based systems.
• Lead deployment, environment/release management, and data integration considerations.

Skills

Communications Skills

Interpersonal & Relationship mgmt

Education

Post-graduate qualification in IT/IM

Grade 12 / Vocational

Tools

Visual Force

Apex

Salesforce API

Apex Web Services

Job description

About the job Systems Architect - Salesforce

Experience

• 5+ years experience in CRM
• 5+ years experience on Salesforce platform
• Experience with platform security capabilities (TLS, SSL)
• Experience defining the system architecture landscape, identifying gaps and delivering a comprehensive solution
• Solid background in design/development of large web-based systems or complete software product lifecycle

Qualifications (Minimum)

• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

Qualifications

• A relevant post-graduate qualification in Information Technology or Information Management

Knowledge

Min:

• Understanding of Salesforce product suite, including Sales, Services, Community, Makreting and Community Clouds
• Systems architecture and ability to craft scalable performance driven solutions
• Data sharing and visible considerations and how these play into platform architecture
• Key design patterns and large data volume limitations and standard methodologies
• Data integration tools and experience integrating Salesforce with different business systems (FSC, ETL, marketing automation, reporting)
• Solid understanding of environment management, release management, code versioning standard processes and deployment methodologies

Ideal:

• Banking operational and systems environment
• Testing practices
• Back-end technologies (C#, Java or node.js)
• Systems analysis and design
• Programming experience with following languages (J2EE, HTML, XML, SQL)
• Strong practical deployment knowledge of Visual Force, Flex, Salesforce configurations, Apex classes, Apex Web Services, API, Appexchange deployment

Additional Knowledge of:

• Research and development - prototyping experience
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Virtual Assistants
• Unified communications

Skills

• Communications Skills
• Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills