Senior Salesforce Enterprise Architect (hybrid job)

12 month hybrid contract (3 days working in Toronto office)

Job Description

Senior Salesforce Enterprise Architect

Position Summary

The Senior Salesforce Architect is responsible for defining, governing, and driving enterprise Salesforce architecture strategy across multiple business and technology initiatives. This role provides hands-on technical leadership for complex Salesforce solutions, ensuring scalability, security, integration, and alignment with enterprise architecture standards.

The architect serves as a trusted advisor to delivery teams, solution architects, product owners, and business stakeholders, providing guidance on platform capabilities, design decisions, implementation approaches, and long-term technology roadmaps.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture Leadership

Lead architecture and solution design activities for enterprise-scale Salesforce programs.

Define architecture, integration patterns, and platform strategies.

Establish architecture principles, standards, and governance processes.

Conduct architecture reviews and provide recommendations to ensure alignment with enterprise objectives.

Salesforce Platform Expertise

Design and govern solutions across the Salesforce ecosystem, including:

Sales Cloud

Service Cloud

Experience Cloud

Marketing Cloud

Data Cloud

Salesforce Platform

Advise on platform capabilities, limitations, and best practices.

Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with Salesforce reference architectures.

Integration & Enterprise Systems

Design integration architectures connecting Salesforce with enterprise applications and data platforms.

Define API, event-driven, and middleware integration patterns.

Collaborate with enterprise/solution/system architects, security teams, and technology stakeholders on cross-platform solutions.

Delivery & Technical Guidance

Provide hands-on support during architecture workshops, design sessions, and implementation planning.

Mentor solution architects, developers, and delivery teams.

Review technical designs, implementation approaches, and code-level patterns where required.

Identify risks, dependencies, and technical debt, and develop mitigation strategies.

Governance & Strategic Planning

Develop technology roadmaps supporting business and digital transformation objectives.

Participate in vendor evaluations and solution assessments.

Support investment planning, estimates, and business case development as required.

Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and enterprise technology standards.

Required Qualifications

10+ years of enterprise architecture or solution architecture experience.

7+ years of hands-on Salesforce architecture experience.

Deep expertise in Salesforce platform architecture and design.

Experience leading architecture for large-scale Salesforce transformation initiatives.

Strong understanding of:

Enterprise Integration Patterns

REST/SOAP APIs

Event-driven architectures

Cloud-native architecture

Identity and access management

Security and compliance frameworks

Preferred Certifications

Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) preferred.

Salesforce Application Architect.

Salesforce System Architect.

TOGAF certification or equivalent enterprise architecture framework experience.

AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud certifications considered an asset.

Desired Skills & Experience

Proven ability to challenge and improve solution designs through practical architecture leadership.

Experience facilitating architecture workshops with senior business and technology stakeholders.

Strong communication and stakeholder management capabilities.

Experience working in complex enterprise environments with multiple concurrent programs.

Ability to bridge strategic architecture planning with hands-on implementation guidance.

Deliverables

Architecture roadmaps and target-state architectures.

Solution architecture designs and governance reviews.

Integration and data architecture models.

Technical standards and reference architectures.

Risk assessments and mitigation plans.

Architecture decision records and design recommendations.

ACCESSIBILITY

We’re committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible workplace where every team member feels valued, respected, and supported, and has the opportunity to reach their full potential. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities.

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. For a confidential inquiry, simply email your recruiter directly or accessibility@fxinnovation.com to make arrangements.

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Derek Weber - Senior Recruiter

derek.weber@ateko.com