Salesforce Solution Architect

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  Responsible for the overall design of the functional Salesforce.com solution and for recommending best practice solution designs based on client business needs
• Manage complex projects including responsibility for project timelines, deliverables, and resources during all project phases, from requirements gathering through go-live and post deployment client support
• Provide detailed level of pre-sales support to include effort estimates and staffing decisions for proposed solutions
• Lead Discovery and requirements refinement sessions to uncover customers’ business, functional, and technological requirements and synthesize requirements to create clear and comprehensive user stories and solution design documentation
• Design elegant, innovative Salesforce solutions involving: configuration of Salesforce and Managed Packages, creation and refinement of complex data models, external integration, business process automation, and other custom functionality
• Articulate the benefits and risks to a solution’s feasibility and functionality
• Participate in practice development and continuously look to improve the delivery model and implementation process
• Contribute significantly to thought leadership across the platform including ideation and design of new accelerators
• Follow and understand new Salesforce product and technical capabilities resulting from product releases and acquisitions
• Provide hands-on, expert-level technical assistance, coaching and mentoring to developers and other junior staff

• Active multi-cloud Salesforce certifications and ability to achieve additional relevant certifications upon hire
• US Citizenship required
• 7+ years of external consulting experience
• 7+ years of Salesforce implementation experience in an agile development environment
• 7+ years of experience identifying and documenting business process requirements, developing process flow analysis, data modeling, functional design experience, and creating project plans
• 7+ years project management experience in a technology or consulting setting
• 7+ years leading dynamic and highly effective teams on both small and enterprise engagements, facilitate meetings, lead customer support projects, mentor teams of junior team members and effectively manage client escalations
• Proven ability to design and optimize business processes and integrate processes across disparate systems, incorporating best practices
• Experience writing user stories to capture Salesforce requirements
• Experience designing or building Salesforce integrations with 3rd party applications
• Experience with data migrations from third party systems to Salesforce
• Excellent client-facing written and oral communications skills, relationship focus, and strong technical and business acumen
• Detail-oriented with the ability to quickly assimilate and apply new concepts, business models, and technologies
• Strong problem-solving skills, ability to multi-task, and a high degree of emotional intelligence
• BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Business

• MBA preferred
• Public Sector experience preferred, but not required

• The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.
• Due to our contractual requirements and an Executive Order from the White House, every federal government employee and onsite federal contractor will be asked to attest to their vaccination status. In the interest of health and safety during the continued unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, anyone who does not attest to being fully vaccinated will be required to follow CDC guidelines which may include (subject to specific contractual requirements): wearing a mask on the job no matter their geographic location, physically distancing from all other employees and visitors, complying to any screening testing requirements. This requirement will apply to Guidehouse employees who work onsite for the federal government.
• This position is open to candidates virtually from Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona or Eastern, Pacific, Central, and Aleutian time zones.

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

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Rewards and Benefits

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

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