Cencora

Salesforce Principal Architect, Solution Architecture

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1 month ago
Pune, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Translate domain strategy, target architecture, standards, and guardrails into project-level Salesforce solution architecture.
  • Lead solution design covering architecture diagrams, technical approaches, integrations, data, security, and non-functional requirements.
  • Decompose architecture into sequenced technical deliverables, dependencies, implementation approaches, ownership, and delivery milestones.
  • Translate architecture into Jira epics, technical enablers, stories, and implementation milestones with product, engineering, and technical leads.
  • Maintain architecture involvement through implementation and resolve gaps between approved designs and delivery realities.
  • Guide configuration versus custom development, low-code versus pro-code, integration, data, security, and other technical decisions.
  • Review detailed designs and implementation outcomes for architectural alignment and document decisions, assumptions, risks, dependencies, and deviations.
  • Identify and remediate architecture risks, technical debt, cross-team dependencies, and non-functional concerns, escalating enterprise-level issues as needed.
  • Provide architecture guidance and coaching and contribute reusable patterns, lessons learned, and delivery feedback to the Salesforce architecture community.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, information technology, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • At least eight years of experience in software engineering, systems engineering, solution architecture, enterprise technology, or a related field.
  • Significant experience delivering solutions on the Salesforce platform and performing solution or delivery architecture responsibilities in complex enterprise programs.
  • Strong understanding of Salesforce solution design, configuration, custom development, integration, data, security, and application lifecycle considerations.
  • Experience translating high-level architecture into executable technical work packages and delivery backlogs.
  • Experience working in Agile delivery environments and with Jira.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Preferred: Salesforce architect-level or advanced technical certifications; solution, cloud, or enterprise architecture certification; experience with large-scale multi-team Salesforce environments, formal architecture governance, regulated or globally distributed enterprises.
  • A master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, information technology, or a related field is preferred.

Benefits

  • Full-time position.
  • Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and align to local market practice; eligibility and effective dates may vary, including for employees covered by collective bargaining agreements.

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Solutions Engineering
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