Salesforce Enterprise Architect

Western & Southern Financial Group - Cincinnati, OH

Full-time

Cincinnati, OH

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

Join our team as a Salesforce Enterprise Architect, where you will be a visionary in the world of technology, ready to drive innovation and efficiency. In this role, you will lead and align our enterprise capabilities with our business strategies, ensuring that our technology standardization and architectural excellence are at the forefront of our operations. You will collaborate with key stakeholders to identify and drive IT strategies that align with business goals, optimizing the use of Salesforce licenses currently owned alongside other technology options with overlapping features. As a Salesforce Enterprise Architect, you will develop and maintain a range of Salesforce architectural artifacts, including context diagrams and conceptual, logical, physical, and reference architectures. You will establish and promote architectural principles, guidelines, and technology standards across the organization, adhering to best practices for stability and scalability. Evaluating the current architectural landscape, you will define future state architectures and create transition plans and roadmaps for the Salesforce ecosystem. Your role will also involve leading or participating in the selection of Salesforce Application Exchange vendors, enterprise vendors, technologies, and tools. You will research industry trends and Salesforce best practices to recommend cutting-edge technologies and methods, maintaining knowledge through Salesforce's three yearly releases and offering solutions and updates to the roadmap to keep all instances current. Governance and compliance will be key aspects of your responsibilities, as you define and participate in governance structures to ensure adherence to architectural principles and standards, providing guidance and best practices specifically related to Salesforce solutions. In addition to these responsibilities, you will provide guidance, support, and mentoring to enterprise architects, solution architects, and project teams, contributing to the growth and maturity of enterprise architecture processes as the discipline evolves.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to identify and drive IT strategies that align with business goals.
• Optimize the use of Salesforce licenses alongside other technology options with overlapping features.
• Develop and maintain Salesforce architectural artifacts, including context diagrams and various architecture types.
• Establish and promote architectural principles, guidelines, and technology standards across the organization.
• Evaluate the current architectural landscape and define future state architectures.
• Create transition plans and roadmaps for the Salesforce ecosystem.
• Lead or participate in selecting Salesforce Application Exchange vendors and enterprise technologies.
• Research industry trends and Salesforce best practices to recommend cutting-edge technologies.
• Maintain knowledge through Salesforce's three yearly releases and update the roadmap accordingly.
• Define and participate in governance structures to ensure adherence to architectural principles and standards.
• Provide guidance and best practices related to Salesforce solutions.
• Mentor enterprise architects, solution architects, and project teams.
• Contribute to the growth and maturity of enterprise architecture processes.

Requirements

• Proven professional experience in Salesforce enterprise architecture is essential.
• Familiarity with insurance and financial systems is a plus.
• Experience with multiple implementations or re-implementations of core Salesforce Clouds in an architect role.
• Depth in one or more business, information, or application/technical architecture sub-disciplines.
• Broad knowledge across all architecture disciplines.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing skills.
• Ability to convey complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with enterprise architecture tools and frameworks.
• Knowledge of technical and security architecture, NET/C#, JavaScript, Lightning Web Components, Informatica, APEX, SOQL, VisualForce, and web services (SOAP, REST, XML, JSON).
• Extensive experience designing and implementing solutions involving Financial Services Cloud, Data Cloud, Sales & Service Clouds, and Marketing Cloud.
• Experience with Salesforce Integration Platforms, Salesforce Backup/Restore & Deployment Tools.

Nice-to-haves

• Salesforce Certified Application Architect
• Salesforce Certified System Architect
• Salesforce Certified Data Architecture and Management Designer
• Salesforce Certified B2B Solution Architect

Benefits

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
• Collaborative culture with executives and project stakeholders.
• Innovative environment at the forefront of technological innovation.
• Impactful role in driving efficiency and technological excellence.