Salesforce Solution Architect

We are seeking a highly accomplished Salesforce Solution Architect for an enterprise-level contract opportunity based in Mississauga. In this role, you will provide strategic leadership, technical oversight, and architectural governance across a high-volume Salesforce ecosystem, working closely with business leaders, product owners, enterprise architects, and delivery teams.

As a Salesforce Solution Architect, you will drive solution design for enterprise-wide digital transformations, design low-level solution diagrams, and govern Salesforce Data Cloud consumption. Operating within a flexible hybrid work model in Mississauga, you will serve as a technical gatekeeper—evaluating incoming business requirements, establishing cost-effective architectures, optimizing downstream integrations (such as Snowflake and Azure), and providing hands-on mentorship to cross-functional technical teams. This position demands a consultative architect with deep expertise across Marketing Cloud Engagement, Data Cloud, Marketing Cloud Intelligence, and Personalization who can balance technical rigor with strong stakeholder management.

Location: Mississauga , ON

Assignment Type: Hybrid (3 days per week onsite, open to fewer days or potentially remote)

Contract Duration: 7-month contract

Advantages
Enterprise Transformation Leadership: Represent core Salesforce platforms across high-visibility digital transformation initiatives and architecture boards.

Cutting-Edge Salesforce Stack: Architect solutions across Salesforce Data Cloud (Data 360), Marketing Cloud Engagement, Intelligence (Datorama), and Personalization (MCP).

Strategic Consumption Governance: Oversee and optimize Data Cloud credit usage and processing strategies alongside enterprise platforms like Snowflake.

Servant Leadership & Mentorship: Guide and cross-train developers, analysts, and delivery leads in a highly collaborative environment.

Responsibilities
Represent Marketing Cloud and Data Cloud in cross-functional enterprise transformation workshops, architecture review boards, and proof-of-concept (POC) evaluations.

Design, build, and present low-level solution architecture diagrams, technical designs, and POCs for complex platform integrations.

Actively monitor, govern, and optimize Salesforce Data Cloud consumption and credit utilization to ensure operations remain within contractual limits.

Evaluate incoming business and technical requests, providing constructive feedback or alternative architectures to protect ecosystem integrity and budget constraints.

Evaluate downstream impact and coexistence models across enterprise data platforms, including Azure, Snowflake, and core business applications.

Interface directly with business leads, directors, and external implementation partners to translate business intent into efficient technical capabilities.

Provide technical coaching, mentorship, and cross-training to developers, business analysts, and Scrum Masters.

Maintain complete technical decision logs, document current and target-state architectures, and execute structured onboarding and transition handovers.

Identify near-term optimization opportunities across CRM, Data Cloud, and downstream integration touchpoints to drive operational efficiency.

Qualifications
Core Technical & Architectural Requirements
Salesforce Architecture Tenure: Minimum 7+ years of deep hands-on design and implementation experience across the Salesforce ecosystem.

Core Platform Mastery: Proven architectural experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud Engagement (MC), Salesforce Data Cloud / Data 360, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Intelligence (MCI/Datorama), and Salesforce Marketing Cloud Personalization (MCP).

Consumption & Cost Management: Proven track record of monitoring, governing, and optimizing Data Cloud processing workloads and credit impact.

Data Integration & Harmonization: Solid understanding of audience segmentation, identity resolution, data harmonization, and integration patterns with enterprise data lakes.

Preferred Assets & Certifications
Data Platform Literacy: Ability to collaborate effectively with Snowflake and Data Engineering teams to optimize pipeline workload placements (Snowflake experience is a strong asset).

Salesforce Certifications: Active Salesforce Certified Data Cloud Consultant, Marketing Cloud Consultant, or Application/System Architect designations.

Industry Context: Prior experience in retail, CPG, or high-volume customer engagement environments.

Soft Skills & Delivery Attributes
Servant-Leadership Mindset: Low-ego approach with a willingness to mentor team members and step in at all levels to support team success.

Stakeholder Management: Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate technical decisions clearly and say "no" constructively to business stakeholders.

Collaborative Problem Solver: Proven ability to operate effectively within a fast-paced, matrixed organizational environment.

Summary
If you're interested in the "Salesforce Solution Architect" role based in Mississauga, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!

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