Salesforce Technical Architect

Who are we?

Founded in 2005, Pierce Washington helps clients transform their quote-to-cash process. We are creating a next-generation Total Commerce Company and will own the Total Commerce category – a fast-growing segment in the tech industry. This is the place to come to if you want to work with the best, get in at the ground floor and help sustain and grow one of the best places to work. We have completed over 100 CPQ projects enabling leading enterprise companies like Raytheon, Siemens and Thermo Fisher to achieve their most complex Q2C process automation goals and transform how they do business.

Who are you?

As a Salesforce Technical Architect, you will be serving as a strategic advisor of the Salesforce product with integration into ERP platforms and other auxiliary systems. You will be the expert to the company’s largest, most complex enterprise customers.

What you get to do:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the client.
• Guide customers and colleagues in rationalizing and deploying emerging technologies that drive increased business value.
• Work collaboratively and have very strong communications skills, especially in teaching complex concepts, and creative, prescriptive thinking.
• Identify and proactively manage risk areas and commit to seeing an issue through to complete resolution.
• Manage customer expectations; negotiate solutions to complex problems with both the customer and third-party partners.
• Review and correct project/program direction, approach, and key artifacts to keep programs on track and solutions extendable and maintainable going forward.
• Work closely with Delivery Managers, Solution Architects, and directly with clients to architect technology solutions to meet client needs.
• Contribute to a program vision while advising and articulating program/project strategies on enabling integrations of SAP into the Salesforce Platform.
• Develop current-state and future-state architectural diagrams and define technical and functional requirements for integration interfaces.
• For clients with complex configuration requirements, you will leverage our strategic partner solution, Logik.io. Upon hire, we will train you to acquire a working knowledge of the Logik solution and during projects, you will be able to pull in our internal Logik.io Center of Excellence team.

What you bring to the role:

• 5+ years enterprise architecture or consulting experience.
• Specialization in Salesforce Revenue Cloud or CPQ or some form of Configure/Price/Quote background (Apttus, Steelbrick. etc.).
• High understanding of the technical integration of Salesforce into SAP, or other similar ERP systems.
• Strong application design skills combined with strong data, integration, and security architecture skills.
• Strong presentation skills. Able to effectively present and defend a point of view to a variety of audiences.
• Detail-oriented individual with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Able to effectively develop materials that are appropriate for the audience.
• A great listener with the ability to communicate with people in diverse roles.
• Proven ability to analyze, design, and optimize business processes via technology and integration.
• Possess the ability to code and direct others on best practice with APEX, JavaScript and LWC.
• Resourceful and innovative thinker who can work through and solve problems.

• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required.
• Ability to convey and convince customers of best practices at various levels within a large organization.
• Application design and development background.
• Travel may be required and varies depending on the client requirements.
• Strong Enterprise Architecture background would be favorable.
• Relevant Salesforce experience is desired.
• Highly beneficial to have any Salesforce product certifications prior to joining: Salesforce Certified Administrator, Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator, Platform Developer 1, Platform Developer 2, etc.

• Competitive compensation package
• Health, vision, dental, life & disability insurance.
• Flexible, collaborative work environment with a commitment to work life balance.
• Work anywhere, with full remote and hybrid options depending on location.
• Learn and challenge yourself in a fast-paced, growing tech company. 

More about us:

Since 2005, Pierce Washington has helped enterprises transform their quote-to-cash process in four ways: we implement Salesforce Revenue Cloud, Logik.io and integrate those solutions to ERP and other enterprise systems. By focusing on specific applications – and implementing these exceptionally well – we have built our reputation as a go-to partner. Our commitment to each client’s success is the foundation on which Pierce Washington was built. None of this success would have been possible without the synergy we have with our employees. Our commitment to each employee’s personal growth and development yet still highly valuing work/life balance, all within a culture of collaboration and teamwork, is why being a part of our team is an exciting next step in your career!