Software Solutions Architect

Job Duties

• Leading end-to-end architecture and technical design of Salesforce solutions that support case management, field service operations, and user engagement.
  
• Conducting org health checks and platform assessments, and delivering actionable recommendations based on Salesforce best practices.
  
• Participating in Design & Discovery sessions and promoting the adoption of Salesforce’s Well-Architected Framework.
  
• Providing technical leadership and mentorship to development teams, including state employees and contractors.
  
• Collaborating with business analysts, product owners, and stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into scalable, maintainable Salesforce solutions.
  
• Overseeing proof-of-concepts (POCs) to validate technical feasibility and business value of proposed solutions.
  
• Ensuring secure application development lifecycle (SADLC) practices are followed throughout all phases of development and deployment.
  
• Setting the technical direction for MDHHS Child Welfare applications.
  
• Supporting 24/7 operations of Tier 2 applications like MiSACWIS, which serve over 8,000 users across state and private agencies.
  
• Ensuring compliance with security, performance, and regulatory standards.
  

• Serve as the development specialist responsible for the design, development, testing and documentation of the technical software solutions.
  
• Solve system design problems and programming issues. Ensure that the solutions are integrated and enhanced to meet the needs of the agency’s business plan.
  
• Lead development of software applications, server components and services using various development tools and State of Michigan approved/supported technologies.
  
• Plan/Coordinate integration of systems within the business area, external partners, state agencies, and hosting platforms.
  
• Design and implement application security that complies with State of Michigan policies.
  
• Lead/Direct impact analysis of changes due to legislation, requests, or changes in governmental and business processes.
  
• Review/Approve presentation materials for technical review meetings, approval sessions, application demonstrations.
  
• Ensure that technical design strategies or applications adhere to State and agency policies, standards, and guidelines.
  
• Review and approve State of Michigan system engineering methodology or other required technical deliverables.
  

• Provide technical leadership to the application development team, agency, and external groups
  
• Work with teams and product owners to refine SADLC, prioritize agile backlogs, and maintain release readiness/schedule.
  
• Ensure compliance with ECM standards and procedures across development, system test, user acceptance testing, security, and production environments, includes coordinating, creating, approving, and monitoring required work items.
  
• Make technical recommendation(s) and/or decision(s) for changes to the Bridges application based on user requirements.
  
• Solve complex system design and programming problems which ensure high security is addressed for client level of data.
  
• Plan for coordination, development, testing and integration of systems and data with Bridges.
  

• Research and evaluate relevant technology as it pertains to the business strategy
  
• Maintain thorough, up to date knowledge of programming techniques used in software development in line with the DTMB technology standards
  
• Recommend configuration management tool best practices.
  
• Identify/Share/Recommend improvements to tools and technology to development team and technical support staff
  

Requirements

• Experience working within Agile development environments
  
• Experience gathering and analyzing business and technical requirements in collaboration with stakeholders
  
• Hands-on experience with Salesforce, SQL, Java, and web services development
  

Desired Skills

• Experience working on enterprise-level implementations
  
• Database-related certifications
  

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree
  

Location

• Candidates must be local to the Lansing, Michigan area (within 90 miles) at time of submission. This requirement is non-negotiable
  
• Position is a hybrid schedule  (Non-Negotiable): There is no remote-only option Required onsite days- Wednesdays and Thursdays Remote eligible days- Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays The resource must meet these requirements from the beginning 
  
• Working hours Monday-Friday, approximately 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.   
  

Additional Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the United States; We are unable to offer sponsorships at this time
  
• Must undergo a background check and drug screening for employment.
  

Employment Terms

• This is a W2 position
  
• 40 hrs per week
  
• HYBRID schedule - (Non-Negotiable): There is no remote-only option Required onsite days- Wednesdays and Thursdays Remote eligible days- Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays The resource must meet these requirements from the beginning 
  

Benefits