Salesforce.com Solutions Architect

Acumen Solutions is the trusted leader in Enterprise Cloud Transformation, helping organizations realize dramatic improvements in productivity and profitability through innovations in business and technology. Industry and government leaders including American Express, Comcast, McKesson, the US Army, and the US Securities and Exchange Commission rely on our global consultants to deliver cloud solutions that yield exceptional results. We apply this same focus on results to our unparalleled social responsibility program, generating sustainable impact across our local communities.

As a leading management and technology consulting firm, Acumen Solutions offers a range of challenging and rewarding opportunities whether you’re just starting out in your career, looking to advance your career, or seeking a senior leadership position. Acumen Solutions employees are ambitious, committed, passionate problem solvers.

We are looking to grow our team and currently have an opportunity for a Solutions Architect in our New York, NY location.   

Roles and Responsibilities

The candidate will be responsible for creating & delivering in a timely and accurate fashion, CRMs and workflow solutions using Salesforce/Apex, Force, VisualForce and J2EE technologies. The candidate will be responsible for the application design, development and support of Salesforce related projects. The candidate must demonstrate progressive leadership in the full life cycle of the software development environment.   

Through the use of UML diagrams, design documentation and best-practice methodologies; you will be responsible for the detailed design of Salesforce related projects from inception through production support. You will be responsible for ensuring that the system accurately meets the defined expectations of the business unit, ensuring that proper testing is implemented and performance requirements are closely monitored by working with the development teams.   

Specific Duties

Experience in designing and developing software components and having a very strong Service Oriented Architecture and integration background

Experience in Salesforce (SFDC) CRM with end to end implementation experience

Salesforce.com integration experience, including between different business systems as well as working with integration tools

Proficiency in programming using Salesforce SFDC, Force.com, Java, JavaScript, and XML and their use in the development of CRM solutions

Strong experience with configuration, customization, programming with APEX APIs, APEX Triggers, and implementing new instances of Salesforce.com from scratch

Strong practical deployment knowledge of VisualForce, Flex, Salesforce configurations, Apex classes, APEX Web services, API, AppExchange deployment, and Salesforce.com s-controls

Ability to define the system landscape, to identify gaps between current and desired end-states, and deliver a CRM solution

Additional Salesforce.com experience includes Workflow Alerts and Actions, and Approval Workflow

Programming experience with the following languages, J2EE, HTML XML, SQL, Oracle

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Must be willing to travel (35-50%)

Must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer

Must have skills and experience

5 years direct experience in all aspects of developing and implementing CRM applications 

3-5 years of developing customizations for SFDC using the CRM SDK

Proven experience in SFDC implementations

Proven experience in overseeing the direction, development, and implementation of CRM software solutions

Specific knowledge of CRM SaaS and Salesforce.com highly valued

Direct, hands-on experience with automated software management tools

Strong knowledge of CRM software quality assurance best practices and methodologies

Strong knowledge of data management, including data capture, warehousing, segmentation, mining, storing, cleansing, and security

Knowledge of Business Process Management (BPM) techniques and tools

Working experience with SAP enterprise software systems a plus

Project management skills and exposure to project-based work structures

Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws

3+ years experience integrating distributed Applications and services including .Net, J2EE, and Client/Server Applications

Full life-cycle development in an enterprise development environment

Application development using relational database preferably using Oracle and SQL Server

Should have excellent communication, negotiation, decision making, and problem solving skills

Must be a team player

Benefits

Acumen Solutions offers the opportunity for growth and advancement, as well as a competitive base salary, annual performance based incentives, medical benefits & 401k. 

EOE M/F/V/D

VEVRAA Federal Contractor