Solution Architect

Solution Architect

Salesforce | Melbourne

Salesforce Solutions Architect

Location: Sydney/ Melbourne/ Brisbane/Perth

Work Type: Hybrid/ Remote

Permanent /Full time opportunity

Simplus is a Platinum Salesforce Consulting Partner and the leader in Salesforce CPQ / Quote-to-Cash implementations. We are looking for candidates who can challenge the status quo, resolve tough problems, and make complex things, simple.

Our team of more than 600 represents 17 nationalities and 20 languages on four continents. Our goal is to help medium to enterprise organisations improve, innovate and grow through advisory, change management all on the Salesforce Platform. At Simplus, culture comes first. Guided by our values of stewardship, critical thinking, and an underdog spirit, we place ideas in front of titles, value diversity, and continually strive to serve our customers and each other.

As a member of Simplus we all have three (3) primary responsibilities:

• Be a critical thinker: solve tough problems for the world's biggest brands, work together, and be relentless in ensuring successful outcomes for clients.
• Be a steward: look after each other and the company on our collective journey to success by being accountable, doing the right thing, and promoting a caring corporate culture.
• Be an underdog: be determined, crafty, spirited, resilient, and tenacious. Challenge conventional wisdom and refuse to take no for an answer.

RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES

• Translate business requirements into well-architected solutions that best leverage the Salesforce.com platform.
• Analyse and Manage technical scope identified by the client
• Design, develop and demonstrate solution prototypes
• Must have the confidence and skill set to undertake assignments entailing the design, development, integration, testing, deployment, lifecycle management and documentation of software applications and databases
• Lead both functional and technical requirements gathering sessions, oversee the creation and maintenance of applications and related system documentation
• Offer guidance on best practice and efficiencies in utilisation with colleagues
• Evaluate SaaS vendors' operational practices, security and system architectures
• Maintain detailed knowledge of Salesforce.com Sales and Service Cloud and be responsible for creating custom solutions, combining applications from the AppExchange and utilising other tools that extend the product
• Work in a Pre-Sales function to appropriately scope project proposals collaboratively and demonstrate expert-level technical assistance

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE / REQUIRED

Education level, knowledge and work/industry experience:

• 8+ years of relevant experience, including enterprise consulting experience, in a mid-to large-sized organization in positions of increasing responsibility
• Demonstrated expert level understanding of the Salesforce.com environment, including all Pre-sales, processes, functionality and limitations.
• Demonstrated capability to document, analyse and transpose business requirements to quality functional requirements which delivered on time and to expected quality

Professional/technical skills

• Relevant Salesforce certifications and consulting experience are strongly recommended
• Experience in assignments entailing the design, development, integration, testing, deployment, lifecycle management and documentation of software applications and databases
• Ability to understand and be responsive to customer needs and to advocate for customer success
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills - must be able to deliver workshops and strategize at a C level

Behavioral (e.g. negotiation skills, presentation skills)

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to have presence in a meeting environment
• Ability to prepare and deliver workshops/training
• Presales capability and interest in business acumen
• Contribution to internal community in the form of blogs and conducting topic talks or lunch and learns

This job description is a close guideline as to what you will be asked to do in your role. It is not exhaustive and you may be asked to contribute to work outside of what is set within this document. Simplus is able to ask you to work outside of this remit within reasonable direction.

No agencies please.