Salesforce Data Cloud Architect

OVERALL EXPERIENCE
• SFDC Technical Architect: 10+ years of IT industry total experience, with Minimum 7 years specifically in hands-on Salesforce.com architecting/solutioning, and development (coding) in Apex and Visualforce and Lightning, and Experience in Data Modeling specific to Salesforce
• Must have extensive experience in Data Cloud and have designed/architected a minimum of 3-4 Data Cloud projects

Technical Expertise:
o Proven track record in designing and implementing data architectures within the Salesforce ecosystem.
o In-depth knowledge of Salesforce Data Cloud (Customer 360) and related technologies (MuleSoft, Marketing Cloud, Tableau, etc.).
o Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture, including integration patterns, data modeling, and API frameworks.
o Hands-on experience with Salesforce data tools like Salesforce Data Loader, Einstein Analytics, and other data management platforms.
Data Management:
o Expertise in data governance, data security, and regulatory compliance.
o Strong experience with data integration, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, and middleware platforms like MuleSoft.
• Any prior experience with other technologies like Java/.Net is highly preferred
• Experience in working with client in USA is a Must, and in coordinating between Onsite-Offshore daily
• Healthcare domain experience is a huge plus.
SALESFORCE.COM CERTIFICATIONS
• Must Have: Developer Certification (Platform Dev 2), and atleast 2 of the Architect-stream Certifications
• Nice to Have: Advanced Admin (ADM301) or Consultant (Sales Cloud/Service Cloud) Certifications
• Salesforce Architect certifications such as Salesforce Application Architect or Salesforce System Architect are highly desirable
FORCE.COM KNOWLEDGE
• Very good experience in having architected and implemented Salesforce solutions, from a Development perspective. Hand-holding Programming team in ensuring Apex/Visualforce/Lightning based solutions are implemented correctly and efficiently.
• Must have Data Cloud Skills and Knowledge
o Data Cloud Strategy & Architecture: Design the overall data architecture strategy for Salesforce Data Cloud, ensuring alignment with business objectives and Salesforce best practices.
o Data Integration: Architect and implement integration solutions between Salesforce Data Cloud and other enterprise systems, ensuring data consistency and integrity across platforms.
o Data Governance: Establish and enforce data governance practices, ensuring data accuracy, quality, security, and compliance with relevant regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).
o Data Modeling: Define data models and structures within Salesforce Data Cloud to support business processes and reporting requirements. Design scalable and maintainable data architectures.
o Customer 360 Solutions: Lead the implementation of Salesforce Data Cloud to enable a single view of customers (Customer 360), ensuring optimal customer insights and analytics for personalized customer engagement.
o Advanced Analytics & AI: Collaborate with teams to integrate AI-driven analytics and predictive models within Salesforce, leveraging data cloud insights to drive business outcomes.
• Must be able to engage with Enterprise Architecture teams in discussing Salesforce Data Modeling
• Strong Problem-solving skills, with ability to get multiple solutions for/approaches to solve a problem/scenario
• Thorough knowledge of Salesforce Coding best practices, and understanding the limitations of Apex coding
• Integrate with Force.com Web services including SOAP, WSDL, REST, SSL standards, security models and typical API client architecture. And experience in working with Force.com Bulk API and the Metadata API.
• Implementation knowledge of workflow rules, validation rule, approval process, reports and dashboards
• Experience using Apex Data Loader and other ETL tools such as Informatica or Boomi or Cast Iron or Mulesoft
• Experience with database development, SQL or PL/SQL, database schemas, stored procedures is essential
• Follow unit testing and test class best practices, and be capable of coding for positive/negative scenarios
• Must have experience with production deployment using change-set/eclipse/ANT migration tool, and working on solving deployment errors
• Good to have - Knowledge on HTML/HTML5, CSS, XML, AJAX, Web-services, Google APIs, JQuery/any other java-script framework. Object oriented programming experience in J2EE/.Net platforms.
• Excellent understanding of admin setup: user creation, roles, profiles, security settings, role-hierarchy, etc...
• Customize and configure SFDC objects, data fields, page layouts, record types, workflows, document templates, reports and dashboards
• Good to have - Salesforce mobile development using Salesforce1/vfmobile, Experience with Heroku, Radian6, Analytics, Einstein, et al

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