Salesforce Architect

Title: Salesforce Architect
Duration: 09/21/2026 - 11/20/2026
Location: 700 Park Offices Drive, Suite 007, Durham, NC 27713
Position: Hybrid
 
Job Description:
NCDHHS ITD is seeking an experienced Salesforce Solution Expert/Architect for leading DCDEE's prestigious project Early Education Integration System at in-house to design and delivery of secure, scalable and user-focused Salesforce and integration solutions that align with the organization’s digital strategy. In this role, This role will bridge strategic business needs with robust and secure solution architecture, collaborating with stakeholders, developers and technical leads to deliver cutting edge and sustainable enterprise solutions. This role will be in a crucial role in shaping the future of our Salesforce ecosystem, leading architectural designs and defining complex integrations between systems. This role will also be a hands-on technical expert having cross-functional leadership and a passion for continuous innovation. Responsibilities include Architect end-to-end solutions and guiding technical strategies and execution, Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts, Tech lead and business stakeholders to transform business scope into accurate and cost-effective technical architecture, Design and lead implementation of complex API based integration solutions, connecting Salesforce application with sophisticated external Systems, Ensure every solution aligns with data security and performance standards, Design appropriate backups and restore strategies. Identify and mitigate technical risks across the architecture, Describe best practices and justification for when to use standard Salesforce functionality when solutioning complex requirements and when customizations are a better fit, Create high-quality technical documentation, data modelling and solution diagrams, Leading code reviews, design sessions/workshops and release planning sessions, Collaborating with Agile team in backlog refinement, user story decomposition and acceptance criteria refinement, Assist in Salesforce environment set up and CI/CD pipeline process using appropriate release management tool and Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth project integration and delivery.
 

Required / Desired Skills

Skill	Required / Desired	Amount	of Experience

 

Salesforce Technical Architect/Application Architect certification

Required

 

Salesforce Integration Architect certification

Required

 

Salesforce Platform Developer II Certification

Required

 

Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Certification

Required

 

Copado certification

Required

 

MuleSoft I and II certifications

Required

 

Experience with requirements analysis and business process design.

Required

7

Years

 

Experience in architecting and developing complex solutions in Salesforce platform.

Required

7

Years

 

Extensive experience in Apex, LWC, Aura, Flows, SOSL, SOQL, Salesforce Admin and advanced architectural patterns, unit testing and best test practices

Required

7

Years

 

Strong understanding and experience with all configuration aspects of Salesforce including development

Required

7

Years

 

Experience in guiding development team on appropriate use of platform technology

Required

7

Years

 

Experience with object-oriented design patterns and languages such as Apex, Java, JavaScript, C#, and Ruby.

Required

7

Years

 

Experience in data migration strategies and common extract, transform, load (ETL) tools

Required

7

Years

 

Experience in general mobile solutions and architecture and understanding of on-platform mobile solutions and considerations

Required

7

Years

 

Experience using Shield and Lightning

Required

7

Years

 

Experience with Salesforce DevOps and CI/CD pipelines

Required

5

Years

 

Experience in accessibility laws and WCAG 2.1 compliance

Required

5

Years

 

Rxperience with GITHUB/BitBucket version control solutions

Required

5

Years

 

Experience with Agile Methodologies

Required

5

Years