Our client is developing a platform that modernizes their entire CRM business for retail customers and provides state-of-the-art tools. They use the Salesforce Marketing Cloud, currently by over half of the network banks. For further rollouts, we are looking for a Senior Technical Solution Architect (w/m/x) with extensive experience in Salesforce Marketing Cloud and its integrations.
Activities under your responsibility
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Design end-to-end solutions that leverage the full capabilities of the Salesforce platform, ensuring alignment with business objectives and requirements
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Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams, ensuring scalable, robust, and maintainable solutions
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Define and implement integration strategies, ensuring seamless data flow between Salesforce and other enterprise systems using APIs, middleware, or other technologies
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Guide and oversee the customization and configuration of Salesforce applications, including the use of Apex, Lightning Components, Visualforce, and other Salesforce technologies
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Ensure that solutions meet the bank’s security and compliance standards, implementing necessary access controls, encryption, and other security measures.
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Collaborate with key stakeholders, including business leaders, IT teams, and end-users, to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications
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Oversee the integration of Salesforce with other enterprise systems, ensuring data consistency, performance and coherence across platforms
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Identify and implement performance optimization techniques to ensure high responsiveness and efficiency of Salesforce applications
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Manage and oversee system upgrades and patches, ensuring minimal downtime and adherence to best practices during deployment
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Work with third-party vendors and consultants to integrate and extend functionalities within the Salesforce ecosystem
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Implement and advocate for cloud and DevOps best practices, including continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure as code
Perfect Skills
Must Have
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5+ years of experience as a Solution Architect or in a similar role, with a focus on Salesforce Marketing Cloud
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Strong expertise in Salesforce data modelling, architecture design, and system integration with cloud solutions
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Expertise in integrating and leveraging AWS services for data storage, computers, and security
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Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
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Proven leadership skills and experience mentoring development teams
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Fluent in English, knowledge of German and other CEE languages is an advantage
Nice to Have
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Experience with Marketing Cloud Personalization and Data Cloud
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Background in the financial industry
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Experience with event-driven architecture (e.g., Apache Kafka or Pulsar)
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Salesforce certifications (e.g., Salesforce System-, Technical-, Integration Architect) are highly preferred
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Familiarity with agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, XP) and collaboration tools (JIRA, Confluence)
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Freelance project work
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If you are doing your business in a foreign country, make sure that your business including taxation and social security contributions in case of ‘on-site services in Vienna’, is registered in Austria
Facts
Start: 03/2025
Scope of Work: 5 days a week
Location: Remote / onsite in HQ Vienna (= not a requirement, but a plus)
End: Contract duration until 12/2025, may be extended
Job ID: 5586