Novalink Solutions  LLC

Lead Salesforce Architect

Novalink Solutions LLC Columbus, Ohio, United States

IT Services and IT Consulting · 51-200 employees

19 h ago
salesforce Principal (10+ yrs) Contractor United States
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About the role

The Lead Salesforce Architect will oversee the end-to-end technical design and architectural standards for Salesforce solutions across various clouds and custom applications. They will provide technical guidance to development teams, ensure system performance and security, and manage integrations with external systems.

What they look for

Salesforce Apex Lightning Web Components Omnistudio Service Cloud Experience Cloud Public Sector Solutions Integration Patterns CI/CD DevOps Data Modeling Security Design API SOQL SOSL Architecture

Requirements

Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree in a related field and extensive experience in designing and implementing large-scale Salesforce solutions. Proficiency in Apex, Lightning Web Components, integration frameworks, and relevant Salesforce certifications is required.

Full description

This role works closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, and leadership to translate requirements into robust architectural designs and ensure the long‑term stability of the Salesforce ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the end‑to‑end technical design of Salesforce solutions across Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Public Sector Solutions (PSS) , LPI data model and custom applications.
  • Develop and maintain architectural standards, integration patterns, and best practices for Salesforce and related systems.
  • Develop, customize, enhance salesforce applications using Apex classes, triggers, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flow, visualforce and SOQL/SOSL and Omnistudio Components (Flexcards, Omniscripts, DataRaptors, Integrations Procedures)
  • Translate business requirements into scalable technical designs, ensuring alignment with platform capabilities and enterprise architecture.
  • Provide technical guidance to development teams, review code, and ensure adherence to design principles and security standards.
  • Oversee integration between Salesforce and external systems using APIs, middleware, and data pipelines.
  • Conduct impact assessments for new features, enhancements, and platform updates.
  • Ensure optimized system performance, data integrity, security controls, and compliance (including role hierarchy, sharing rules, and data governance).
  • Support deployment strategies, CI/CD processes, and environment management.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert during requirement workshops, design reviews, and solution validation.
  • Stay current with Salesforce releases, new features, and industry best practices.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Extensive experience designing and implementing large‑scale Salesforce solutions.
  • Strong knowledge of Salesforce configuration, Apex, Lightning Web Components, APIs, and integration frameworks.
  • Experience with complex data modeling, security design, and performance optimization.
  • Proficiency with DevOps tools, CI/CD, version control, and release management.
  • Salesforce certifications such as Salesforce Developer Certifications (PDI/PDII) are required and Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA), Application Architect, System Architect credentials preferred.

Soft Skills

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
  • Ability to lead technical discussions and influence design decisions.
  • Collaborative mindset with the ability to work in cross‑functional teams.

Requirements

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).

Required

  • Extensive experience designing and implementing large scale Salesforce solutions

Required

  • Strong knowledge of Salesforce configuration, Apex, Lightning Web Components, APIs, and integration frameworks.

Required

  • Experience with complex data modeling, security design, and performance optimization.

Required

  • Proficiency with DevOps tools, CI/CD, version control, and release management.

Required

  • Salesforce Developer Certifications (PDI/PDII) are required

Required

Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA), Application Architect, System Architect credentials preferred Highly desired

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