Job Description

The Lead Salesforce Architect role will be responsible for building and mentorship of a multi-skilled Salesforce team as well as design and supporting Salesforce solutions from functionally for our customers that follow best practices in both IT and Salesforce projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage robust teams of Salesforce.com delivery team members, including BAs, Tech Leads, Architects, Developers & QA
• Liaise and manage collaboration between horizontals to bring in synergies and ensure successful delivery
• Conduct Requirements Workshop to define user stories
• User story elaboration
• Participate in design discussions
• Work as an interface between business users and implementation team to effectively translate business requirements
• Drive SF delivery and resolve dependencies and provide clarifications
• Suggest process improvements
• Take accountability of delivery of work packages to customer facing project teams, ensuring packages are delivered on time and with quality
• Ensure for all projects, each Apex method developed has an equivalent test method with at least one valid unit test (using an assertion)
• Ensure total test coverage within QA and higher environments is at least 85%
• Ensure all code is peer-reviewed against Cognizant development standards prior to deployment to QA
• Maintain and publish Salesforce development standards to broader technical teams on a quarterly basis
• Enforce the practice with regular training & project audits.
• Ensure version control has been correctly setup at the beginning of the project
• Ensure all developers are using version control as the source of truth for development
• Be an active part of the COE, owing technical & solution reviews for all projects on a regular basis
• Reporting to internal senior management or Leadership teams on the overall engagement (across different dimensions like delivery, bid management, staffing, financials etc.
• Ability to understand pain areas of business and present workable solutions
• Acts as the escalation point when issues arise and understand what to do and who to work with to resolve them.
• Ability to stay focused in a fast-paced, high-energy, challenging environment where there are multiple competing priorities on a daily basis.
• Work closely with business analysts, architects, developers, testers and a variety of IT and business stakeholders.
• Keeping up to date with Salesforce releases and new functionality.
• Adhere to company and project standards and guidelines.
• Accurate time management and reporting of own work.
• Quality, on time delivery of agreed deliverables.
• Ability to work on multiple applications/ projects/ BAU enhancement simultaneously and must have a "can do" attitude.
• Grow the maturity of our practice by leading internal initiatives to further develop methodology, tooling, and skillsets. This includes owning our Architect & CTA Academy, enable CICD & version control for all projects
• Define & enable development plan for TL\'s to make them into strong TA\'s
• Help drive bootcamp for developers and enforce best practices in all our developers

Qualifications:

• Extensive years of experience in handling large delivery engagements with a strong experience in managing SFDC programs
• Deep knowledge and expertise across the Salesforce.com platform (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, etc.), including experience delivering complex SFDC solutions
• Has delivered multiple full end-to-end Salesforce.com implementations/projects, especially including highly integrated/complex ecosystems. Understands how to deliver capabilities on Salesforce AppExchange products
• Strong program management and problem-solving skills
• Should have excellent presentation and written communications skills
• Strong Exposure to SDLC and Agile methodologies
• Exceptionally strong in scope management
• Has ownership for key projects\' timelines, deliverables, budget and metrics
• Proven ability to efficiently manage a portfolio and drive operational improvements
• Should be flexible in time and attitude
• Works independently to manage the whole program and respective stakeholders/ and projects
• Hands on experience with setting up branching strategy, version control & CICD

Mandatory

• Platform Developer I
• Salesforce Application Architect
• Project Management or Delivery focused certification

Desirable

• Platform Developer II
• Salesforce System Architect
• Integration Architecture certified
• TOGAF Certified

If you are a results-oriented professional with a passion for Salesforce and a proven track record in delivering successful implementations, we invite you to join our team. As a Salesforce Functional Architect, you will have the opportunity to shape our Salesforce landscape and drive business growth through innovative solutions and strategic guidance.

Employee Status : Full Time Employee

Shift : Day Job

Travel : No

Job Posting : Jul 19 2023

About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world\'s leading professional services companies, transforming clients\' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.

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