Position Summary Varmoda is seeking an experienced
Software Solutions Architect to lead the design, development, and implementation of enterprise-scale Salesforce solutions within a highly regulated public-sector environment. This role will be responsible for modernizing legacy applications, defining enterprise architecture standards, and ensuring the delivery of secure, scalable, and high-performing solutions that support critical business operations. The ideal candidate will bring deep Salesforce architecture expertise, strong technical leadership capabilities, and experience guiding large-scale digital transformation initiatives from strategy through implementation.
Key Responsibilities - Lead end-to-end architecture, solution design, and implementation of enterprise Salesforce applications supporting case management, service delivery, field operations, and stakeholder engagement.
- Conduct platform health assessments and architectural reviews, providing recommendations aligned with Salesforce best practices and Well-Architected Framework principles.
- Facilitate discovery sessions, architecture workshops, and technical planning meetings with business and technical stakeholders.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and architectural governance to development teams, contractors, and project stakeholders.
- Translate complex business and technical requirements into scalable, maintainable, and secure solutions.
- Lead proof-of-concept (POC) initiatives to validate business requirements, technical feasibility, and architectural direction.
- Ensure Secure Application Development Lifecycle (SADLC) practices are followed throughout design, development, testing, and deployment activities.
- Define and maintain technical roadmaps, architecture standards, and platform governance strategies.
- Support mission-critical enterprise applications requiring high availability, scalability, security, and operational reliability.
- Ensure compliance with organizational security, performance, regulatory, and data governance requirements.
- Lead software application development, integration services, APIs, and enterprise platform enhancements.
- Coordinate system integration efforts involving business units, external partners, third-party vendors, and hosting environments.
- Design and implement application security controls aligned with enterprise standards and best practices.
- Conduct impact assessments related to legislative, business, operational, and technology changes.
- Review and approve technical designs, architecture documentation, system engineering deliverables, and deployment strategies.
- Ensure all technology solutions adhere to enterprise architecture standards, policies, and development guidelines.
- Collaborate with Agile teams and product owners to maintain backlog priorities, release schedules, and development roadmaps.
- Provide technical recommendations and architectural guidance for application modernization initiatives.
- Resolve complex system architecture, performance, integration, and security challenges.
- Research emerging technologies and recommend improvements to development tools, architectures, processes, and platform capabilities.
Required Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience gathering and analyzing business and technical requirements in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on Salesforce development and architecture experience.
- Minimum 5 years of experience with SQL, Java, web services, and enterprise application development.
- Experience designing and implementing Salesforce solutions using Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and related Salesforce technologies.
- Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, including:
- Pipeline-as-Code
- Branching strategies
- Automated code reviews
- Automated testing
- Release automation
- Strong knowledge of software architecture, system integration, API design, and cloud application development.
- Experience leading enterprise-scale application development teams and technical initiatives.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience implementing security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and technical leadership capabilities.
Preferred Qualifications - Salesforce Architect certification.
- Experience leading enterprise-level Salesforce implementations and digital transformation programs.
- Experience supporting highly regulated industries such as government, healthcare, human services, insurance, or financial services.
- Minimum 5 years of experience working within Agile development environments.
- Strong Oracle SQL development experience, including query optimization and performance tuning.
- Experience implementing DevOps practices, including automated builds, regression testing, smoke testing, and multi-environment deployment strategies.
- Experience modernizing legacy applications and migrating systems to cloud-based platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, resolve complex system challenges, and establish enterprise architecture standards.
- Experience integrating Salesforce with external enterprise applications, databases, and third-party platforms.
Certifications & Clearance Required Certifications - Minimum of 2-3 Salesforce Certifications.
Preferred Certifications - Salesforce Application Architect Certification.
- Salesforce System Architect Certification.
- Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA).
- Salesforce Platform Developer Certifications.
- Database Certifications (Oracle, SQL Server, or related technologies).
- DevOps, Cloud Architecture, or Enterprise Architecture Certifications.
