Salesforce Technical Architect
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 12, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 9, 2026. Sopra Steria UK scores B on the Alion truth index.
Role Overview The Salesforce Product Architect will be responsible for defining and design and governance of Salesforce solutions within a regulated financial services environment and delivering end-to-end Salesforce product architecture aligned with business strategy, scalability, security, and compliance requirements. This role bridges business vision and technical execution, ensuring Salesforce solutions are robust, future-ready, and aligned with enterprise standards. Architecture Product Ownership: -Own the end-to-end Salesforce product architecture, including integrations -Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performance Salesforce solutions -Translate business and regulatory requirements into secure, compliant, and scalable Salesforce solutions -Define and maintain High-Level and Low-Level Designs (HLD/LLD) aligned with enterprise architecture standards -Act as the design authority for Salesforce solutions -Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and QA teams. -Support release planning, deployment strategies, and environment management. -Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural guidance to delivery teams. Regulatory Compliance Responsibilities: -Ensure Salesforce solutions comply with company regulations, including: Data protection (UK GDPR) -Embed controls, approvals, and monitoring into Salesforce solutions. Security Sharing Architecture: -Design and govern Salesforce security and sharing models, including field-level security and encryption -Ensure secure access for internal users, partners, and customers. -Implement least-privilege access Integration Enterprise Architecture: -Design secure integrations with core financial systems -Apply API-led and event-driven architectures (REST, SOAP, Platform Events) Governance Delivery: -Establish and enforce Salesforce architectural standards, guardrails, and best practices. -Review solution designs and code for compliance and architectural integrity. -Work closely with Product Owners, Developers, QA, and DevOps teams. -Support release governance, CI/CD pipelines, and environment strategies. Product and Stakeholder Collaboration: -Partner with product owners and business stakeholders to define roadmaps and priorities. -Provide architectural leadership and guidance to delivery teams. -Embrace a culture of "ONE TEAM" with Client Stakeholders, Vendors, other partners and teams within Sopra Steria.
- Significant experience as a Technical/Solution architect working in financial services or government / regulatory bodies, with experience of creating technical designs, roadmaps and architectural delivery plans.
- Comprehensive experience and knowledge of the Salesforce platform.
- Experienced in system engineering and/or development experience and a deep and up-to-date understanding of best practice application / business domain solution architectures and associated domains.
- Experience of working with formal architecture methodologies and frameworks including TOGAF.
- Ability to work with imperfect information in the environment of uncertainty whilst still maintaining high standard, evidenced designs and documentation.
- Experienced influencer and negotiator with credibility and gravitas, balancing the needs of the business whilst ensuring alignment to the FCA’s enterprise and technical architecture
- Excellent Communication and interpersonal skills, able to convey technical solutions to business stakeholders