Specialist IS Architect - salesforce

Career Category

Information Systems:

Job Description

Job Summary:

As a Specialist IS Architect you are responsible for defining, governing, and evolving** information systems architecture** across the enterprise. This role ensures that application, data, integration, and platform architectures are** aligned with business strategy, security standards, and long**‑term technology roadmaps. The role acts as a trusted technical advisor, guiding solution design and driving consistency, scalability, and reliability across enterprise systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain IS architecture principles, standards, and reference architectures

• Lead architecture design for complex, cross‑domain initiatives and transformations

• Review and approve solution designs to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture

• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate strategy into architecture

• Identify architectural risks, gaps, and optimization opportunities

• Contribute to technology roadmaps and target‑state architecture definitions

• Support architecture governance, design reviews, and decision forums

Required Skills & Experience

• 8-13 years of experience in Information Systems / IT, including architecture roles

• Strong experience in configuring/ developing and deploying with salesforce platform

• Strong background in enterprise, solution, and integration architecture

• Experience aligning technology solutions with business and platform requirements

• Working Knowledge and Experience of application, data, integration, and platform architecture concepts

• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills

• Experience working in large, complex enterprise environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or field

• Have working experience with designing and solutioning for Salesforce application, and use of additional technologies like AWS, databricks.

• Architecture certifications (e.g., TOGAF or equivalent)

• Experience participating in or leading architecture review boards

• Operates independently as a recognized architecture specialist

• Influences technology direction without direct authority

• Balances innovation, risk, cost, and operational stability

• Provides mentorship and architectural guidance to delivery teams

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