Cherokee Federal
Building. Solving. Serving.
Salesforce Education Cloud Architect
Location
United States
Posted
8 days ago
Salary
$160K - $190K / year
Bachelor Degree20 yrs expEnglishCloudTableau
Job Description
• Serve as the technical architect for Salesforce Education Cloud implementations, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with Salesforce best practices.
• Collaborate directly with education-sector clients to translate strategic goals and operational needs into comprehensive Education Cloud architecture and roadmap.
• Lead end-to-end solution architecture including data models, integration strategy, declarative and programmatic components, and environment management.
• Architect and oversee legacy data migrations from student information systems or custom education platforms into Salesforce Education Cloud.
• Design and document complex data models using Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) and ensure alignment with Education Data Architecture standards.
• Evaluate and recommend Salesforce-native and third-party tools to support implementation goals (e.g., OmniStudio, Marketing Cloud, Tableau).
• Support business analysts, consultants, and developers through design sessions, architecture reviews, and code/configuration governance.
• Contribute to proposal development, solution demonstrations, and pre-sales activities as needed.
• Mentor junior Salesforce professionals, promote architectural best practices, and contribute to practice-wide enablement and innovation efforts.
• Knowledgeable about the Education Cloud roadmap, the features on Salesforce’s roadmap, and assist the project manager with the project roadmap planning.
• Has experience architecting Student Management (Academic Operations) and Alumni solutions.
• Responsible for the project's architecture documentation, for internal and external use.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (Bachelor Degree is required.)
- 20 Years of general work experience with a Bachelor’s degree
- 7+ years of Salesforce experience, including 2+ years in a Salesforce Architect or Technical Lead role.
- Proven experience designing solutions using Salesforce Education Cloud, Salesforce Experience Cloud Sites, and Education Cloud Data Model.
- Demonstrated success leading data migration projects from legacy education systems into Salesforce.
- Strong understanding of ERDs, data relationships, and custom object/field design to support complex education use cases.
- Experience with OmniStudio, Flow, and declarative automation tools.
- Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies and collaborative team environments.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to present technical solutions to executive stakeholders.
- Salesforce Certified Education Cloud Consultant
- Salesforce Certified Application Architect or System Architect (highly preferred)
- Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder, Advanced Administrator, or Consultant (e.g., Education, Service, Sales, Experience Cloud)
- Salesforce OmniStudio Consultant or Developer certification
- An understanding of data migration from a legacy system to a new Salesforce implementation is highly preferred
- Maintain Salesforce certifications and be willing to assign them to HigherEchelon; seek to earn additional certifications for Salesforce.
- U.S. Citizenship is required.
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Government Security Clearance, if necessary.
- Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401K
- other possible benefits as provided