Salesforce Technical Architect

CXCRM Recruitment

Dear Candidate

Greetings from Cognizant!!

Cognizant is Hiring - Salesforce Technical Architect

Please find the job description below

Experience: 10+ years

Location: Hyderabad, Bangalore

Notice Period: Immediate to 90 days

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Salesforce Technical Architect to design, develop, and govern enterprise-scale Salesforce solutions. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise across the Salesforce ecosystem, provide technical leadership, define architecture standards, and ensure scalable, secure, and high-performing implementations aligned with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end Salesforce solutions across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and other Salesforce products.
• Define technical architecture, integration patterns, data models, and security frameworks.
• Lead technical discussions with clients, business stakeholders, and delivery teams.
• Architect complex integrations using REST/SOAP APIs, Middleware (MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, Informatica), and external systems.
• Establish Salesforce development best practices, governance standards, and coding guidelines.
• Perform solution reviews and provide technical oversight throughout project delivery.
• Guide development teams on Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Visualforce, and Salesforce platform capabilities.
• Ensure compliance with Salesforce security and data-sharing models.
• Conduct code reviews, architecture reviews, and performance tuning.
• Support estimation, solution design, and proposal creation for new initiatives.
• Mentor developers, technical leads, and administrators.

Required Skills

• Strong expertise in Salesforce Platform Architecture.
• Hands-on experience with:
  • Apex
  • Lightning Web Components (LWC)
  • Visualforce
  • SOQL/SOSL
  • Salesforce APIs
  • Platform Events
  • Salesforce Security Model
• Experience with Salesforce integrations and middleware solutions.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD processes, Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or Copado.
• Expertise in enterprise application architecture patterns and microservices.
• Experience with large-scale Salesforce implementations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) - Preferred.
• Salesforce Application Architect and System Architect Certifications.
• Experience working with Financial Services Cloud (FSC), Health Cloud, or other industry clouds.
• Knowledge of Agile and DevOps methodologies.

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.

Certifications (Preferred)

• Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA)
• Salesforce Application Architect
• Salesforce System Architect
• Salesforce Platform Developer II
• Salesforce Integration Architect

Key Competencies

• Technical Leadership
• Solution Architecture
• Stakeholder Management
• Client-facing Communication
• Problem Solving
• Team Mentoring
• Strategic Thinking