Salesforce Solution Architect

Cognizant

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Work type
Remote
Location
Boston, MA
Salary
$100,000–$152,000 / yr
Posted
18 days ago
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Below market

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This role pays less than 94% of similar roles. Most pay $153,701–$198,645 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $126k versus about $176k for comparable roles.

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About Cognizant

Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.

Cognizant currently has 330 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $100,000–$135,000 across 211 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Salesforce Solution Architect

The Salesforce Solution Architect will lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale Salesforce solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and enterprise standards. This role involves defining end-to-end architecture across the Salesforce ecosystem, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and Financial Services Cloud. The architect will map out-of-the-box capabilities to business processes while designing scalable solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flows, Platform Events, and Integration APIs. Key responsibilities include implementing enterprise integration architectures via MuleSoft, REST/SOAP APIs, and event-driven patterns. The position requires establishing data governance frameworks, security models, and DevOps practices. The architect must provide technical leadership during workshops and assessments to support digital transformation initiatives within regulated industries like banking, insurance, and financial services.

What you'll do

  • Define and lead end-to-end Salesforce solution architecture aligned with business requirements and enterprise standards.
  • Architect solutions across Sales, Service, Experience, and Financial Services Clouds.
  • Map out-of-the-box Salesforce capabilities to business processes while minimizing unnecessary customization.
  • Design scalable solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flows, and Platform Events.
  • Implement enterprise integration architectures using REST/SOAP APIs, MuleSoft, and middleware platforms.
  • Establish and govern Salesforce data architecture, security models, and DevOps deployment strategies.
  • Conduct architecture reviews, technical assessments, and solution design workshops.
  • Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to development and quality engineering teams.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of overall IT experience.
  • 7+ years of Salesforce experience.
  • Proven experience as a Salesforce Solution Architect, Technical Architect, or Lead Salesforce Architect delivering enterprise-scale implementations.
  • Deep expertise in Salesforce Platform, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and Financial Services Cloud (FSC).
  • Hands-on knowledge of Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flows, Platform Events, and Salesforce integration capabilities.
  • Experience designing enterprise integrations using MuleSoft, REST APIs, SOAP APIs, middleware, and event-driven architectures.
  • Salesforce Certified Application Architect, System Architect, or Technical Architect (CTA) certifications (preferred).

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