Salesforce Platform Architect_3181
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 19, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 4, 2026. Allianz scores A on the Alion truth index.
About the Job
At Allianz Technology, we provide central platform governance and services for a large, multi-org Salesforce landscape supporting multiple Allianz entities across Sales, Service, Experience, Marketing and Data Cloud.
We are looking for a Salesforce Platform Architect to define and drive the technical standards for our Salesforce ecosystem. In this role, you will act as a design authority for solutions developed across the organization, define platform and security standards, and serve as a key technical reference point for platform teams, implementation partners and Salesforce.
You will play a key role in shaping the future architecture of our Salesforce landscape, supporting platform onboarding and consolidation, strengthening security and governance, and enabling scalable and sustainable solutions across an international environment.
What you do
- Own and evolve the reference architecture and design standards for the Salesforce landscape, including data models, sharing and security models, integration patterns, org strategy, environments and release approaches.
- Define and maintain Salesforce security standards across the estate and lead the Salesforce Security Community of Practice, in alignment with the central Information Security organization.
- Act as a design authority, reviewing solution designs from different entities and implementation partners, defining entry criteria for central governance and documenting architectural decisions.
- Design target architectures for platform onboarding and consolidation within a multi-org environment, including migration and coexistence strategies.
- Act as a senior technical escalation point, leading root-cause analysis and remediation design for complex platform, performance and integration challenges.
- Define development and DevOps standards and drive their adoption across run teams and implementation partners.
- Review AI and Agentforce use cases from an architectural perspective in collaboration with the Center of Excellence.
- Act as the technical counterpart to Salesforce and implementation partners on architecture topics, release impact and roadmap alignment.
- Coach and support platform teams through reference architectures, reusable patterns and hands-on technical reviews
What you bring
- 8+ years of experience with the Salesforce platform, including at least 5 years working as an architect within enterprise, multi-cloud and multi-org environments.
- Salesforce Certified Application Architect or System Architect. Certifications in Sharing & Visibility, Data Architecture and Integration Architecture are highly valued. CTA candidates are also welcome.
- Strong hands-on technical expertise and the ability to review Apex, Flow, LWC and metadata directly within Salesforce environments.
- Proven experience working with multi-org Salesforce landscapes, including consolidation, migration and coexistence scenarios.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise integration architecture, including API-led and event-driven patterns, integration platforms such as MuleSoft, and ERP and identity integrations.
- Deep understanding of Salesforce security, including sharing and permission architecture, authentication, Shield and security posture management, with experience defining and enforcing security standards across multiple organizations.
- Solid experience with Salesforce DevOps, including Git-based pipelines, Copado or Gearset, and environment strategies across multiple orgs.
- Previous experience acting as a design authority, reviewing solutions developed by other teams and translating architectural decisions into clear standards.
- Experience taking ownership of and stabilizing existing Salesforce environments.
- Fluent English, with the confidence to communicate and present architectural recommendations to senior stakeholders and external vendors.
- An autonomous, structured and collaborative mindset, with the ability to shape scope and navigate complexity within an international organization.
Nice to have
- Previous experience within insurance or financial services.
- Experience with Marketing Cloud and/or Data Cloud.
- Experience working within a Center of Excellence or governance function supporting multiple entities.
What we offer
- We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
- We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
- From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
- Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.
About Allianz Technology
With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform and innovate the infrastructure, applications and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.
We service the entire spectrum of digitalization - from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centres, networks and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.
In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.
Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology.
Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion
Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.
We at Allianz believe in a strong inclusive culture that encourages people to speak their minds, get involved and question the status quo. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love, or what you believe in. We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.
To Recruitment Agencies
Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters.
When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.
104004 | Project Management | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent