Salesforce Solution Architect

Benefits

Competitive salary

Location:

Boston, MA (Hybrid) Experience Level: Senior / Architect Level (10+ Years Salesforce Experience)

Massachusetts agency is seeking an experienced Salesforce Solution Architect to lead architecture, design governance, and technical oversight for the eLIPSE Licensing, Permitting, and Inspection Project.

The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Salesforce architecture, enterprise integration, data architecture, and Public Sector Solutions. This role will serve as the architectural authority, partnering with business stakeholders, development teams, and vendors to design scalable, secure, and maintainable Salesforce solutions aligned with enterprise standards and business objectives.

Partner with business stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable Salesforce solutions.

Evaluate solution alternatives and present architecture recommendations and trade-offs.

Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and governance standards.

Guide solution design leveraging Salesforce Public Sector Solutions (PSS) capabilities.

Collaborate with vendor partners to optimize licensing, permitting, and inspection workflows.

Lead end-to-end architecture across Salesforce, Mule Soft, and integrated enterprise systems.

Review and refine solution architecture, integration designs, and technical specifications.

Ensure consistency across work streams and eliminate siloed design approaches.

Define architecture patterns supporting scalability, performance, reliability, flexibility, and security.

Provide architectural oversight throughout design, development, testing, deployment, and support phases.

Evaluate Salesforce roadmap features and advise leadership on platform adoption opportunities.

Architect integrations between Salesforce and enterprise applications.

Guide API strategy utilizing:

• REST APIs
• SOAP APIs
• Bulk APIs

Define data models, master data management strategies, and synchronization approaches.

Ensure data quality, consistency, governance, and security across systems.

Collaborate with Mule Soft and integration teams on enterprise integration architecture.

Provide leadership and mentorship to Salesforce development teams.

Review solution designs, configurations, customizations, and technical deliverables.

Conduct architecture reviews and code reviews.

Establish and enforce development standards and best practices.

• Design
• Development
• Testing
• Change Control
• UAT
• Deployment
• Production Support

Ensure compliance with EOTSS architectural and security standards.

Collaborate with business, technical, and vendor teams to ensure successful solution delivery.

Assess current implementation architecture and identify improvement opportunities.

Evaluate risks, performance concerns, technical debt, and optimization opportunities.

Stay current with Salesforce releases, features, and industry best practices.

Support Agile delivery and Dev Ops modernization initiatives.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent experience.

10+ years of Salesforce platform experience.

5+ years serving as a Salesforce Solution Architect or Technical Architect.

Experience designing large-scale enterprise Salesforce solutions.

Strong expertise in:

• Salesforce Architecture
• Enterprise Integration
• Data Architecture
• Solution Design
• Security Architecture

Experience leading multi-system implementations.

Strong stakeholder engagement and executive communication skills.

Experience reviewing vendor-delivered solutions and technical architectures.

Experience managing and mentoring Salesforce development teams.

Salesforce Solution Architecture

Salesforce Public Sector Solutions (PSS)

Salesforce Platform

Experience Cloud

Service Cloud

Omni Studio

Apex

Lightning Components

Salesforce Flow

Mule Soft

• REST APIs
• SOAP APIs
• Bulk APIs

Enterprise Integrations

Data Modeling

Master Data Management (MDM)

Security & Access Controls

Governance Frameworks

CI/CD Pipelines

Copado

Agile Methodologies

Dev Ops Practices

Salesforce Application Architect Certification.

Salesforce System Architect Certification.

Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA).

Salesforce Public Sector Solutions experience.

Mule Soft Certification.

Copado experience.

Government or Public Sector project experience.

Licensing, Permitting, Inspection, or Regulatory system experience.

• Salesforce Architecture
• Public Sector Solutions
• Mule Soft
• Salesforce Integration
• Enterprise Architecture
• Omni Studio
• Apex
• Data Architecture
• API Design
• REST/SOAP APIs
• Dev Ops
• Copado
• CI/CD
• Agile Delivery
• Governance
• Security Architecture
• Master Data Management
• Technical Leadership
• Vendor Management
• Solution Design