Enterprise Architect – Salesforce & Enterprise Platforms
Qcells North America, San Francisco, CA, United States
Overview
We are looking for an Enterprise Architect – Salesforce & Enterprise Platforms to lead enterprise architecture strategy across business, application, data, integration, and security domains. This role will define and drive a Salesforce-centric North Star architecture while aligning broader enterprise systems and Azure cloud strategy to support scalable, secure, and high‑performing business operations. The position will be based out of Santa Clara, CA (preferred).
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain the enterprise architecture across business, application, data, integration, and security domains.
- Establish and drive a Salesforce-centric multi‑year North Star architecture and roadmap.
- Develop reference architectures, reusable patterns, and guardrails for all Salesforce clouds (Sales, Service, Experience, Platform).
- Architect integrations between Salesforce and ERP, fintech, loan origination/servicing, utility, and partner ecosystems.
- Drive API‑first and event‑driven integration strategies leveraging Salesforce, middleware, and Azure cloud services.
- Lead architecture governance processes and chair the Architecture Review Board.
- Own and align Azure cloud architecture with Salesforce ecosystem requirements, ensuring scalability and interoperability.
- Establish enterprise standards for reliability, performance, security, compliance, observability, and cost efficiency.
- Translate complex business workflows into scalable, secure Salesforce solutions.
- Partner with Data Architecture to ensure alignment of data models, governance, and integration patterns.
- Communicate architectural strategy and decisions to executive stakeholders and promote best practices across engineering teams.
Required Qualifications
- 10–15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, systems architecture, or solution architecture roles.
- Deep Salesforce architecture expertise including data modeling, LWC, automation frameworks, APIs, security model, and Experience Cloud.
- Strong experience integrating Salesforce with ERP, fintech, credit, servicing, or operational systems.
- Experience defining enterprise architecture standards, governance models, and review processes.
- Proven experience designing API‑first and event‑driven architectures.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
- Excellent communication, documentation, and executive presentation skills.
- Travel may be required up to 10%, depending on business needs.
Preferred Qualifications
- Salesforce certifications (Application Architect, System Architect, Integration Architect, Platform Developer, or equivalent).
- Experience with origination, servicing, payments, or financial systems integrated with Salesforce.
- Familiarity with solar/energy workflows, financing, and utility integrations.
- Experience with middleware platforms, API gateways, and event streaming architectures.
- Familiarity with TOGAF or comparable enterprise architecture frameworks.
- Solar Industry experience (Renewable).
Salary
- This target salary range is for CA positions only and should not be interpreted as an offer of compensation.