# Salesforce Application Architect

- **Company:** Stafford Gray
- **Location:** Lansing, MI, US (Not specified)
- **Salary:** Salary not disclosed
- **Contract:** Contractor
- **Posted:** 2026-11-09

## Job description

Stafford Gray is seeking an experienced Salesforce Application Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise Salesforce solutions for a large public-sector health and human services program. You’ll help modernize mission-critical case management systems that serve thousands of users, moving legacy applications onto a modern Salesforce platform built on Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and Field Service Lightning.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You’ll set architectural direction, guide development teams, and make sure solutions are secure, scalable, and built to Salesforce best practices.
What You’ll Do
Lead end-to-end architecture and technical design of Salesforce solutions supporting case management, field service operations, and user engagement
Run org health checks and platform assessments, and deliver actionable recommendations
Participate in design and discovery sessions and promote Salesforce Well-Architected principles
Translate complex business requirements into maintainable solutions alongside business analysts, product owners, and stakeholders
Oversee proofs of concept to validate technical feasibility and business value
Plan and coordinate integrations with external partners, other agencies, and hosting platforms
Design and implement application security that meets agency policy and regulatory standards
Lead impact analysis for changes driven by legislation, policy, or business process updates
Mentor and provide technical leadership to development teams of employees and contractors
Support release readiness, backlog prioritization, and environment management across dev, test, UAT, and production
Support 24/7 operations of a high-availability, statewide production system
Requirements
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree
5+ years of hands-on experience with Salesforce, SQL, Java, and web services development
2–3 active Salesforce certifications (required)
5+ years gathering and analyzing business and technical requirements with stakeholders
Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, including pipeline-as-code, branching strategies, automated code reviews, and automated testing
Strong ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Preferred Qualifications
Salesforce Architect certification (Application Architect, System Architect, or CTA track)
Enterprise-scale Salesforce implementation experience
Database-related certifications
Oracle SQL development, including query tuning and performance optimization
5+ years in Agile development environments
DevOps experience with automated builds, regression/smoke testing, and multi-environment deployments
Experience with Field Service Lightning
Public-sector, health and human services, or case management experience

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