Lead Salesforce Technical Architect

Lead Salesforce Architect

Location: London, Leeds, Edinburgh
Salary: National ranging from £67,100 to £100,000 and London £73,700 to £110,000
Security Clearance/Vetting: The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting.

About the FCA
The FCA regulates the conduct of nearly 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole

The team/department
The landscape of financial services regulation is constantly changing, impacting the way in which the FCA regulates. Business and Technology Solutions (BTS) enables the FCA to deliver, through the implementation and management of cutting-edge, industry leading technology and digital solutions, used by tens of thousands of firms and millions of consumers across the financial services sector in their interactions with the FCA.

What you will be doing (the role)
* Produce architectural solutions, including security requirements and detailed designs, aligned with enterprise architecture standards to meet acceptance criteria
* Design and implement high-performance architectural patterns while analysing the performance of complex Salesforce orgs to ensure stability and efficiency
* Review and quality assure artifacts from external suppliers and internal teams, ensuring adherence to business and non-functional requirements
* Shape technical roadmaps that identify the scope, prioritization, and timelines for delivering capabilities, while addressing technical debt
* Identify opportunities for product innovation and lead design proposals, driving quick wins and aligning with the product roadmap

The skills and experience you will have

We are a signatory to the Government's Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, should they meet the minimum criteria for a role.

Minimum
* Deep knowledge of Salesforce governor limits and specialist performance analysis tools and techniques. In depth experience of refactoring non-performant code and re-architecting complex Salesforce orgs
* Experience as an architect or lead software engineer working in financial services or government/regulatory bodies, and of creating strategies, roadmaps and delivery plans, enabling innovation for the relevant products, platforms, systems or components, on large projects (£5M+)
* Significant experience of working through the end-to-end project and/or product delivery life cycle with employees, 3rd party or offshore suppliers following development methodologies (eg Prince2, RUP, Scrum, Agile, DevOps)

Essential
* Ability to design and implement high-performance architectural patterns resulting from the analysis of complex Salesforce orgs to ensure stability and efficiency
* Highly proficient in software engineering with a track record of using design patterns to modularise and decouple systems and of adhering to SOLID principles
* Salesforce Admin, Developer II and Architect certified and actively working toward additional Salesforce certifications
* Proven ability to innovate within a product stack while ensuring adherence to enterprise architecture standards
* Proficient knowledge of UML for effective modelling and design
* Good overall understanding of technology trends and industry standards in IT products and best practices for application, solution, and platform architectures
* Commercially aware with the ability to understand supplier proposals and promote cost-effective solutions
* Experience managing architectural risk throughout the project life cycle and during operational phases, with familiarity in DevOps and Agile methodologies

If you are seeking your next challenge and possess the required experience and skills, please forward your CV to me.

We are committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require accommodations because of disability or health condition, please email. This position is being sourced through our Outsourcing service line.