Solution Architect

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

📋 Description

• Create and uphold scalable, secure, enterprise-level SaaS architecture tailored for licensing, permitting, inspections, compliance, and enforcement operations.

• Direct the technical design and execution of Salesforce-based or Salesforce-integrated solutions, covering workflows, data models, security measures, and platform functionalities.

• Construct metadata-driven configurations for dynamic forms, licensing workflows, fee structures, business rules, and role-based access controls.

• Establish architecture that aligns with cloud security standards, including FedRAMP or SOC 2 requirements, and operates within AWS GovCloud or Microsoft Azure environments.

• Develop secure RESTful APIs, webhooks, and batch data exchange interfaces to connect the licensing system with City applications such as LATAX, FMS4LA, Universal Cashiering, SSO, and Esri GIS.

• Define enterprise data models, data dictionaries, relationships, constraints, validation rules, and audit trail specifications.

• Specify technical strategies for profiling, mapping, migrating, validating, and reconciling data from legacy systems.

• Evaluate technical designs, supervise development standards, assess customization requirements, and ensure that upgrades maintain existing functionalities.

• Collaborate with functional leads and government subject matter experts (SMEs) to ensure architecture is consistent with cannabis licensing regulations, inspection procedures, enforcement workflows, and fee management.

• Create controls for permissions, separation of duties, audit logging, secure data exchanges, and ensuring the integrity of financial transactions.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least three (3) years of relevant experience in supporting a government organization with an annual operating budget of no less than $1 billion or serving a population of at least 900,000 residents.

• A minimum of three (3) years of experience with comparable Salesforce solutions in a jurisdiction that employs permitting, inspections, and code enforcement functionalities.

• At least three (3) years overseeing Salesforce functional implementation activities, including gathering requirements, developing business workflows, system configuration, functional testing, and acceptance processes.

• Within the last five (5) years, experience leading at least one enterprise system implementation for a large government entity utilizing a Salesforce solution or Salesforce development ecosystem.

• A minimum of three (3) years of experience with public-sector jurisdictions using a product specifically designed for commercial cannabis licensing, including the translation of cannabis ordinances and social equity regulations into standardized system configurations and implementation best practices.

• At least three (3) years implementing configuration-first or metadata-driven, low-code cannabis licensing software platforms for public-sector entities.

• Minimum three (3) years leading data migration projects from legacy or heavily customized systems.

• At least three (3) years providing API-first platforms that securely orchestrate data exchanges with external systems, payment gateways, enterprise financial systems, document repositories, and enterprise GIS.

• Minimum three (3) years offering operational support and training for public-sector licensing systems.

• Three (3) years supporting accounts receivable functions in public-sector licensing or regulatory programs.

• Familiarity with audit, internal control, and separation-of-duties requirements typical in local government settings.

• At least three (3) years providing reporting and analytics tools for public-sector licensing or regulatory systems.

• Capability to provide client/user end reference contact information for each relevant project; references must represent the organization for which the project was developed and hold a management or supervisory position.

• Legal residency in the United States is a mandatory application criterion.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits comparable to larger corporations.

• Flexible work environment.

• Excellent work-life balance.