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These systems are essential to the delivery of services to\nvulnerable children and families across Michigan and require high availability, scalability, and\ncompliance with state and federal standards.\nThe architect is responsible for leading the design, development, and implementation of\nenterprise-grade Salesforce solutions, ensuring architectural integrity, platform optimization, and\nalignment with MDHHS’s strategic and operational goals. This includes transitioning legacy\nsystems to a modern Salesforce-based platform, with a focus on Sales Cloud, Service Cloud,\nExperience Cloud, and Field Service Lightning (FSL).\nJob Responsibilities:\nLeading end-to-end architecture and technical design of Salesforce solutions that\nsupport case management, field service operations, and user engagement.\nConducting org health checks and platform assessments, and delivering actionable\nrecommendations based on Salesforce best practices.\nParticipating in Design & Discovery sessions and promoting the adoption of Salesforce’s\nWell-Architected Framework.\nProviding technical leadership and mentorship to development teams, including state\nemployees and contractors.\nCollaborating with business analysts, product owners, and stakeholders to translate\ncomplex business requirements into scalable, maintainable Salesforce solutions.\nOverseeing proof-of-concepts (POCs) to validate technical feasibility and business value\nof proposed solutions.\nEnsuring secure application development lifecycle (SADLC) practices are followed\nthroughout all phases of development and deployment.\nSetting the technical direction for MDHHS Child Welfare applications.\nSupporting 24/7 operations of Tier 2 applications like MiSACWIS, which serve over\n8,000 users across state and private agencies.\nEnsuring compliance with security, performance, and regulatory standards.\nPrimary Duties (80%): Serve as the development specialist responsible for the design,\ndevelopment, testing and documentation of the technical software solutions. Solve system\ndesign problems and programming issues. Ensure that the solutions are integrated and\nenhanced to meet the needs of the agency’s business plan.\nLead development of software applications, server components and services using\nvarious development tools and State of Michigan approved/supported technologies.\nPlan/Coordinate integration of systems within the business area, external partners,\nstate agencies, and hosting platforms.\nDesign and implement application security that complies with State of Michigan\npolicies.\nLead/Direct impact analysis of changes due to legislation, requests, or changes in\ngovernmental and business processes.\nReview/Approve presentation materials for technical review meetings, approval\nsessions, application demonstrations.\nEnsure that technical design strategies or applications adhere to State and agency\npolicies, standards, and guidelines.\nReview and approve State of Michigan system engineering methodology or other\nrequired technical deliverables.\nPrimary Duties (15%): Provide technical leadership to the application development team,\nagency, and external groups\nWork with teams and product owners to refine SADLC, prioritize agile backlogs, and\nmaintain release readiness/schedule.\nEnsure compliance with ECM standards and procedures across development, system\ntest, user acceptance testing, security, and production environments, includes\ncoordinating, creating, approving, and monitoring required work items.\nMake technical recommendation(s) and/or decision(s) for changes to the Bridges\napplication based on user requirements.\nSolve complex system design and programming problems which ensure high security is\naddressed for client level of data.\nPlan for coordination, development, testing and integration of systems and data with\nBridges.\nPrimary Duties (5%): Research and evaluate relevant technology as it pertains to the business\nstrategy\nMaintain thorough, up to date knowledge of programming techniques used in software\ndevelopment in line with the DTMB technology standards\nRecommend configuration management tool best practices.\nIdentify/Share/Recommend improvements to tools and technology to development team\nand technical support staff.\nRequired Education: Bachelor’s Degree\nRequired Skills:\n5+ years of experience gathering and analyzing business and technical requirements in\ncollaboration with stakeholders\nExperience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, including pipeline-as-code, branching\nstrategies, automated code reviews, and testing aligned with organizational goals\nStrong ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively to both technical and\nnon-technical audiences\n2-3 Salesforce certifications required\n5+ years of hands-on experience with Salesforce, SQL, Java, and web services development\nMost Preferred Skills:\nSalesforce Architect certification\nExperience working on enterprise-level implementations\nDatabase-related certifications\nOther Preferred Qualifications\n5+ years of experience working within Agile development environments\nStrong experience with Oracle SQL development, including query execution and\nperformance tuning\nExperience working with DevOps practices, including automated builds, testing\n(regression/smoke), and multi-environment deployments\nDemonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex system issues and provide technical\nguidance/leadership to development teams\nRequirements\nTop Skills & Years of Experience: \n-Clear and concise written and verbal communication is crucial to success and productivity in this role\nRequired Education: Bachelor’s Degree\nRequired Skills:\n5+ years of experience gathering and analyzing business and technical requirements in collaboration with stakeholders\nExperience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, including pipeline-as-code, branching strategies, automated code reviews, and testing aligned with organizational goals\nStrong ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences\n2-3 Salesforce certifications required\n5+ years of hands-on experience with Salesforce, SQL, Java, and web services development\nMost Preferred Skills:\nSalesforce Architect certification\nExperience working on enterprise-level implementations\nDatabase-related certifications\nFull Job Description attached as a file as well\nJob Summary:\nThis position functions as a Salesforce Application Architect within the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), supporting the modernization and ongoing operations of critical Child Welfare and State Hospital systems, including the Michigan Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (MiSACWIS) and the Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS). These systems are essential to the delivery of services to vulnerable children and families across Michigan and require high availability, scalability, and compliance with state and federal standards.\nThe architect is responsible for leading the design, development, and implementation of enterprise-grade Salesforce solutions, ensuring architectural integrity, platform optimization, and alignment with MDHHS’s strategic and operational goals. 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