Principal Salesforce Architect

Job Summary

As a Principal Salesforce Architect at Citizens Financial Group, Inc., you will play a key role in shaping the company's Salesforce platform strategy. This is a unique opportunity to leverage your expertise in Salesforce architecture to drive business growth and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

Work closely with senior engineers, architects, and platform owners to set the technical direction and strategic objectives for the Salesforce platform.
Align efforts with the central architecture function to influence technical standards and progress enterprise objectives.
Map business requirements to Salesforce capabilities and decide when and which solutions (custom config or custom dev), and/or products, are necessary.
Design and implement integrations between Salesforce and other systems using APIs, middleware, and other integration tools.
Create detailed design documents, including system context diagrams, conceptual overviews, design decisions/considerations, risk mitigation strategies, and other artifacts.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business analysts, developers, and administrators, to deliver comprehensive solutions.
Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.

Requirements

8-10 years of overall Solutions Architecture experience.
5+ years in Salesforce Architecture roles, with progressive responsibility.
Relevant Salesforce certifications, including Certified Application Architect, Certified System Architect, or similar.
Experience working in highly regulated industries, with a focus on security and resiliency.
Experience architecting solutions on Financial Services Cloud (FSC), Experience Cloud, and Omnistudio.
Proficiency with APEX, Visualforce, LWC, SOQL, Sharing/Visibility Rules, and Performance/Scaling.
Proven track record of creating detailed options analysis, solution design documents, and presenting/defending approaches in senior-level boards/forums.
Proven track record of successful project delivery of large enterprise Salesforce implementations.
Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to guide and inspire development teams.
Experience designing Salesforce integrations with different systems utilizing Web services (REST or SOAP) and middleware (i.e. Mulesoft).
Experience working with DevOps tools such as Copado, Github, Bitbucket, Jenkins, etc...

What We Offer

Competitive pay, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement benefits, maternity/paternity leave, flexible work arrangements, education reimbursement, wellness programs, and more.
Opportunity to work with a leading financial institution and contribute to the development of innovative solutions.
Collaborative and dynamic work environment with a team of experienced professionals.
Professional growth and development opportunities, including training and mentorship programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day. Employment decisions are based solely on experience, performance, and ability.

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