Distinguished Enterprise Architect, Salesforce

• B.S. Computer Science, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems or equivalent
• 8+ years experience in either software, system or enterprise architecture fields
• Good understanding of enterprise data & analytics technologies as well as common EA topics such as persona based journeys, process orchestration, master data management, analytics and insights etc
• Good understanding of and ability to discuss Cloud Architecture and principles of modern platforms including SaaS, PaaS, multi-tenancy, multi-tiered infrastructure, etc
• Good understanding of security processes, standards & issues involved in multi-tier cloud or hybrid applications
• Familiar with Industry or vertical solutions a plus
• Familiar with principles of network, application and information security

Desirable

• They are responsible for supporting sales teams in developing Salesforce & Tableau value propositions that align with our customers’ business strategies on data led digital experiences and transformations
• Assist the customer in business planning and strategy by focusing on business capabilities and maturity. Understand customer needs, company's products/services and match them with outstanding technology to define a north-star target state. Help to define prioritization and sequencing of the transformation by proposing a strategic roadmap that leads to the target state. Lead key discussions about change programs from both business and technical perspectives
• Determine which Salesforce, Tableau and third-party technologies to leverage in customer's architecture landscape, based upon product knowledge, industry experience, industry standard EA frameworks, and Salesforce EA methodologies
• Clearly articulate business architecture (mission/vision, capability models, capability assessments) and technical architecture (current and future state diagrams, solution standard processes, reference architectures, design patterns) to an executive audience
• Provide reliable and trusted -data rich- points of view of relatable customer transformations in the industry i.e. how other customers with similar needs have succeeded in their transformation
• Assist in responses to RFPs and technical requirements documents
• Travel to customer engagements (around 30% of the month). This position may be assigned to support different geographies and account teams
• Actively engage with account executives and solution engineers to develop opportunities for customer-facing enterprise architecture engagements. Continuously promote and communicate the value of Enterprise Architecture both within the solution engineering community, as well as within the broader sales and customer success organizations
• Participate in all appropriate product/sales training, certifications, educational sessions and industry summits to acquire and maintain the knowledge necessary to be effective in the position
• Share engagement experience with the internal audiences and enrich collective IP. Conduct architecture workshops and other enablement sessions. Mentor and guide junior enterprise architects
• Your Impact:
• A trusted advisor to CIO/CDO/CTO/EA level contacts and their teams as they look to move their business to a cloud architecture
• A true asset to Salesforce & Tableau due to broad and deep knowledge of business and technical architecture across all relevant domains