Principal – Technical Architect
| Company | Salesforce |
|---|---|
| Location | Palo Alto, CA, USA, Boston, MA, USA, Seattle, WA, USA, Indianapolis, IN, USA, Washington, DC, USA, San Francisco, CA, USA, Austin, TX, USA, Irvine, CA, USA, Dallas, TX, USA, Chicago, IL, USA, Hillsboro, OR, USA, New York, NY, USA, Bellevue, WA, USA, Denver, CO, USA, Atlanta, GA, USA, Burlington, MA, USA |
| Salary | $168500 – $247700 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Ability to understand business & IT department requirements, translate those business needs into a compelling solution, and present your recommendations to executive, technical, and business audience.
- Deep knowledge of enterprise software applications and their delivery
- Some coding experience and a willingness to work with code (Apex, Node, Go, R, Java or C#, JavaScript, python, Ruby, etc.)
- Database and data management fundamentals
- Web and mobile application development and architecture
- Application lifecycle management
- Integration principles and tools
- Enterprise data management tools and methods
- Process orchestration
- Principles of network, application, and information security
- Strong oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication and relationship skills.
- Strategic problem solver, thought leadership and comfort communicating with executive audiences.
- Excellent time management skills and the ability to support multiple, concurrent projects.
- Lifelong learner, inquisitive, practical, and passionate about technology and sharing knowledge.
- Willing and able to travel domestically.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Management Information Systems, other STEM degrees or equivalent work experience. Graduate study a plus.
Responsibilities
- Support sales teams in developing Salesforce value propositions that align to our customers’ business strategies on digital transformation and cloud adoption.
- Determine which Salesforce and third party technologies to leverage in customer driven architectures, based upon product knowledge, industry experience, industry standard integration frameworks and Salesforce Architecture methodologies.
- Lead key discussions and considerations around change programs from both a business and technical perspective.
- Help the sales teams develop specific, repeatable propositions and go to market strategies.
- Participate in the delivery of solution best practices, reference architectures, educational sessions and industry summits to existing customers, partners and to internal audiences.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working as an architect, solution engineer, IT consultant or developer in a customer facing role that provided differentiated software technology solutions. We are open to a variety of backgrounds.
- Experience in roles that required working hands-on to build, implement, administrate, or maintain enterprise software (e.g. software engineer, implementation architect, integration architect, or similar).
- Understanding of risk mitigation, compliance and security.
- Experience with design thinking, persona-based discovery or other innovation techniques.
- Proven experience in a specific field, vertical or market segment is helpful.
- Knowledge of the Salesforce platform, including Salesforce Certifications and/or Trailhead Superbadges