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Salesforce Architect

@ CGI

Position Description:

• CGI, a Platinum Salesforce Implementation Partner, is seeking a Salesforce Solution (application) Architect. The Salesforce Solution Architect will rely on their deep understanding of the Salesforce platform and experience to help guide the creation of solutions for CGI’s Salesforce customer base. This person will work within a CGI team to understand our client’s business needs and help deliver value through technology using Salesforce.
• This position can be located in Dallas, Texas (preferred), Northern Virginia, or Lafayette, Louisiana. A hybrid working model is acceptable.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

How you'll make an impact:

• Communicate complex topics regarding solutions and related projects to audiences without deep technical skills
• Cultivate and nurture relationships with our clients through transparency, organization, and impeccable communication
• Work within a CGI Salesforce project team to shape technical solutions and collect functional and non-functional requirements to address our client specific needs
• Create technical design documentation
• Work with CGI Salesforce development teams to meet development work timelines and adhere to solution standards
• Groom and refine the Salesforce product backlog for our client projects
• Provide guidance in user story writing
• Describe and illustrate designs leveraging tools like: Visio, Lucid, Mural
• Stay up to date on new Salesforce features/releases/products
• Work on our Proposal Teams
• Facilitate discussions with both business and technical stakeholders to extract critical business requirements and present a technical vision & solution that meet customer and project needs
• Communicate complex topics regarding solutions and related projects to audiences without deep technical skills
• Assist in building proposals for business development opportunities
• Work with the client, sales team, business partners, and related practice area leaders within CGI to prescribe a complete solution to meet project goals as well as longer term needs. (Solutions include software products, product customizations, custom development, other technical and business services, integration, and the project plans and estimates necessary to implement the solution)
• Based on the prescribed solution; provide project plans, estimates and scope input to sales for proposals and statements of work

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Qualifications:

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

What you'll bring:

• 8 years of prior Salesforce hands-on experience as an architect
• Ability to work with customers to understand current vs. future state roadmap
• Ability to configure and customize Salesforce.com environments with a deep understanding of the constraints imposed by governor limits, editions and licensing, etc
• Experience with multi-org deployment architectures and developing apps for AppExchange is a definite plus
• Understanding of front-end and back-end development including: Aura Framework, Lightning Web Component (LWC), Visualforce, Apex, REST and SOAP-based web services, debugging, troubleshooting, and performance management
• Understanding of relational databases and experience with SOQL
• Experience with integration design patterns with Salesforce (leveraging an iPaaS or custom)
• Experience with data migrations between Salesforce and other systems is preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Candidates must be able to effectively convey information and recommendations to clients (technical and non-technical)
• Ability to coach, motivate, and direct work tasks to a team of Salesforce professionals
• Ability to tailor communication to multiple audiences at all levels
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to observe trends. Able to actively make suggestions based on results
• Ability to work with SMEs, other Solution Architects, sales teams and clients to determine the best solutions for known and anticipated constraints
• Certified Salesforce Application and/or System Architect (or on the way to becoming Certified)

Skills:

• Analytical Thinking
• Salesforce Solution Design
• Solutions Architecture

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How to Apply:

Apply online at https://www.cgi.com/en/careers

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