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Salesforce Solution Architect

Alcumusabout 22 hours ago
Remote
Mid Level
full_time

Top Benefits

Integrated mental health & wellbeing support
Vacation starting at 3 weeks
Wellness days and annual giving day

About the role

Department: Technology & Product

Location: Remote, Canada

Description We are seeking an experienced Salesforce Solution Architect to lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performing Salesforce solutions across our enterprise. You will play a key role in a multi-cloud Salesforce transformation- leveraging Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, MuleSoft , and more to enable integrated, future-ready business capabilities.

As an expert within the Salesforce delivery team, you will serve as the bridge between business objectives and technical execution- translating complex requirements into architectural designs that meet enterprise standards and maximize business value. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders, developers, consultants, and product teams to guide end-to-end solution delivery, while ensuring long-term platform health and scalability.

What that means day-to-day: Solution Architecture & Design Design and own the architecture of Salesforce solutions across multiple clouds and systems. Translate complex business requirements into scalable, maintainable Salesforce architectures. Align architectural decisions with business goals, IT strategy, and Salesforce Well-Architected principles.

Technical Leadership & Delivery Oversight Provide architectural oversight to cross-functional Salesforce project teams. Guide configuration, customization, and declarative automation to align with best practices. Partner with developers to ensure high-quality code and maintainable technical solutions.

Data & Integration Strategy Design robust integration patterns using MuleSoft, APIs, and middleware solutions. Define and oversee data models, migration strategies, and synchronization between Salesforce and external systems. Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and data governance requirements.

Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration Act as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders and technical teams. Lead technical workshops, discovery sessions, and solution presentations. Collaborate with Business Analysts, Project Managers, and Product Owners to refine requirements and align solution designs.

Platform Governance & Continuous Improvement Establish architecture standards, documentation, and reusable solution frameworks. Conduct technical reviews and ensure adherence to enterprise architecture and Salesforce best practices. Stay current with Salesforce platform capabilities and release innovations, proactively identifying opportunities to enhance solutions.

What you’ll need to be successful: What You’ll Bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 7+ years of Salesforce architecture and platform development experience, with a proven ability to design end-to-end enterprise-grade solutions.
  • Extensive hands-on experience in Apex, LWC, Flows, and Salesforce data modeling.
  • Strong experience integrating Salesforce with external platforms, including ERP, custom systems, and cloud-based services (AWS preferred).
  • Expertise in Salesforce APIs, platform limits, security model, and governor limits.
  • Deep understanding of cloud-native services in AWS—such as EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, IAM, and event-driven patterns.
  • Working knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD tools tailored for Salesforce (e.g., Gearset, Copado).
  • Exceptional communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Proven experience leading cross-functional architecture decisions in large programs.

Required Certifications

  • Salesforce Platform Developer I (required)
  • Application Architect or System Architect (preferred)
  • Integration Architecture Designer, Sharing & Visibility Designer (nice to have)

Bonus Skills

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
  • Experience with Salesforce org strategy, M&A platform consolidation

What you’ll get in return: We want you to be able to do your best work here. We emphasize providing many ways to support our team to do their best work, and believe that if you look after your people, they look after everything else!

Personal Health & Wellbeing

🧠 Integrated mental health & wellbeing support

🌴 Vacation – starting at 3 weeks

💟 Wellness Days & Annual Giving Day – an extra to give back to yourself or your community

🩺 Comprehensive medical and dental coverage

😴 End of the year, company-wide shut down for you to relax and recharge

Future Planning

🏫 LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development

Interested but don’t feel you meet all the requirements? Our recruitment team assesses and reviews all applications against the role and business needs. We believe in people having transferable and soft skills and want you to know that we consider applications that might not meet all the criteria, but have the aptitude and capability, nonetheless. Our priority is to ensure we set people up for success. We will make a final call based on our determining whether we can offer the necessary support to upskill or provide the developmental support needed for you to get the best out of this opportunity with us!

Bring Your Whole Self to Work. Veriforce-Alcumus is proudly an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves.

What you can expect if you apply:

  • A response to your application within 15 working days
  • An interview process consisting of:
  • An initial discovery call with the recruiter
  • A first stage interview via Microsoft Teams
  • Additional interview with the stakeholders you’ll be working with closely in the role

We’re keen to ensure our hiring process allows you to be at your best, so if you need us to make any adjustments, please just let us know.

About Alcumus

IT Services and IT Consulting
501-1000

We help create better workplaces, and help to keep people safe, reduce risks and simplify processes through our expert teams and technology.

Since 1979, we’ve been providing our clients with market-leading compliance and risk management solutions. We have expanded over the years to include certification, HR and health and safety consultancy for SMEs, and training expertise, resulting in the Alcumus business that exists today.

By building great relationships with our customers, we understand their needs and provide a range of technology solutions, advice and support that helps to identify and minimise risks, navigate compliance and create better workplaces to keep people safe.

Our solutions go beyond simple box ticking exercises, where we constantly look for new and innovative ways to support and enhance our clients’ businesses and make it easier for them to keep their workforce safe by embracing new and evolving technology.

Our team includes over 1,000 employees across our UK, North American, American and APAC offices. We take great pride in being an inclusive organisation by respecting and appreciating each individual, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, education, or nationality, creating a safe, positive, and nurturing environment.

Whether you’re a contractor, SME or multi-national enterprise, we’re here to help create safe and effective workplaces.