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Salesforce Education Cloud Architect

Full TimeRemoteTeam 5,001-10,000Since 1969Company SiteLinkedIn

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

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