Salesforce Solutions Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop solution designs for Salesforce and, in collaboration with the team, AWS components of environments.

• Identify the type and size of sandboxes for regression and performance testing.

• Establish metadata configuration and Salesforce environment refresh methods through the VA Salesforce governance group (DTC).

• Outline onboarding sequences for product groups entering shared environments.

• Act as the technical liaison with DTC on sandbox provisioning and management.

• Assist in environment designation, naming conventions, broader Salesforce Org integration, and sandbox control model decisions.

• Validate test data strategies and limitations, including data representativeness, production data usage, and handling of PII.

• Create Salesforce integration strategies and suggest suitable patterns for each interface.

• Implement Salesforce data sharing and visibility models in environment design.

• Diagnose Salesforce performance challenges and resolve metadata conflicts.

• Provide support for Salesforce test data factories and updates to automated test cases.

• Take into account downstream and cross-product effects when designing sandbox functionalities.

• Ensure adherence to VA security standards and federal regulations, including distinctions between commercial and GovCloud/FedRAMP.

• Collaborate with federal clients, delivery teams, product management, testing, infrastructure, and technical stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 6 years of relevant experience.

• Associate's degree with 8 years of experience in place of a Bachelor's degree.

• High school diploma with 10 years of experience as a substitute for a Bachelor's degree.

• Hands-on experience in Salesforce development, including Apex and other programmatic customizations, along with declarative flows and configuration expertise.

• Proven experience in producing Salesforce solution designs, including metadata configuration and sandbox strategy.

• Experience in evaluating and recommending Salesforce integration approaches from diverse available patterns.

• Familiarity with Salesforce data sharing and visibility models.

• Experience in troubleshooting Salesforce performance challenges and resolving metadata conflicts.

• Background in building or maintaining Salesforce test data factories and updating automated test cases for environment or release modifications.

• Understanding of federal compliance considerations impacting Salesforce solutions, including distinctions between commercial and GovCloud/FedRAMP environments.

• Capability to assess a project's overall scope, including downstream and cross-product implications.

• Strong hands-on skills; capable of configuring, building, and troubleshooting directly.

• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.

• High attention to detail and organizational capabilities.

• Ability to work collaboratively across technical and operational teams.

• Capacity to shift focus between competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

• Availability during core business hours of 8 am–5 pm ET.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time W2 employment.

• 40 hours per week with availability during core business hours of 8 am–5 pm ET.