Beacon Technologies

Application Architect - Salesforce Ecosystem.

Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Application Architect with deep expertise in Salesforce architecture and enterprise integrations to provide technical leadership across a complex application portfolio. This role is responsible for defining architectural standards, guiding technology decisions, and ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, integrated, and aligned with long-term business and technology objectives.

The ideal candidate brings strong Salesforce platform knowledge, integration architecture experience, and the ability to collaborate effectively with developers, administrators, integration engineers, security teams, business leaders, and third-party partners. While deep expertise in every platform is not required, the successful candidate must be able to evaluate options, balance competing priorities, and establish a strategic architectural direction across the Salesforce ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities.

Salesforce Architecture Leadership:

• Define and evolve architecture standards, design patterns, governance practices, and technology roadmaps for Salesforce-based solutions.
• Establish best practices for application design, data management, security, automation, scalability, and platform performance.
• Lead architecture discussions and drive sound technical decision-making across multiple initiatives.

Enterprise Integration Strategy:

• Design and govern integration architectures connecting Salesforce with enterprise applications, cloud platforms, and data sources.
• Guide the use of APIs, middleware, event-driven architectures, batch processing, and other integration patterns.
• Ensure solutions are reliable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise standards.

Architectural Governance:

• Conduct architecture and solution reviews to identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluate design tradeoffs and recommend approaches that balance immediate business needs with long-term sustainability.
• Establish technical guardrails around security, customization, performance, maintainability, and technical debt management.

Technical Leadership:

• Provide architectural guidance to developers, administrators, integration specialists, and technology partners throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Mentor teams on architectural best practices and emerging technologies.
• Communicate complex technical concepts, risks, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Innovation and Modernization:

• Evaluate emerging cloud, automation, AI, and platform capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to modernize systems, simplify technology environments, and improve operational efficiency.
• Influence enterprise technology strategy through architectural leadership and forward-thinking recommendations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Partner with business stakeholders and technology teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Facilitate alignment among diverse stakeholders with varying priorities and perspectives.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline plus 6+ years of relevant experience; OR.
• Associate degree plus 9+ years of relevant experience; OR.
• High school diploma/equivalency plus 12+ years of relevant experience.
• 4+ years of experience working across business functions and multiple IT disciplines, including application development, infrastructure, support, third-party systems, and cybersecurity.
• Significant experience architecting complex enterprise applications and Salesforce solutions.
• Deep understanding of Salesforce platform architecture, including data models, security, automation, integrations, and scalability considerations.
• Strong expertise in enterprise integration architecture, APIs, middleware, and modern integration patterns.
• Experience designing integrations between Salesforce and enterprise systems.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and maintainable technical solutions.
• Experience developing architecture standards, governance frameworks, and technology roadmaps.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams and initiatives.

• MuleSoft Anypoint Platform and API-led connectivity.
• Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
• Salesforce Data Cloud.
• Salesforce development concepts, including Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flow, SOQL/SOSL, Platform Events, and Change Data Capture.
• Salesforce security, identity management, environment management, release management, and DevOps practices.

Enterprise Technology Experience:

• REST and SOAP APIs.
• API management platforms.
• Microservices architecture.
• Event-driven architecture.
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies.
• Cloud-native, hybrid-cloud, and multi-cloud architectures.
• Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, and intelligent automation solutions.

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience in highly regulated industries such as healthcare, financial services, insurance, or government.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Salesforce and MuleSoft certifications are highly desirable.

• Remote work eligible.
• Company-provided hardware and equipment.
• Reliable high-speed internet access required.