Salesforce I Data Migration I Technical Architect
Location: -UK, London, Manchester ,
Slalom is a global, human-centric business and technology consulting firm. We specialise in partnering with organisations that aspire to excellence, helping them tackle complex challenges and achieve transformative results through strategy, technology, and business transformation services. By prioritising people, Slalom creates a unique consulting experience, with a team of strategists and engineers delivering practical, end-to-end solutions that drive impactful outcomes for our clients. We empower people and organisations to dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all.
About our role: As a Summit Salesforce partner, we help our clients transform the way they connect with their customers. Our team is made up of Salesforce-certified experts with experience across the Salesforce Customer Success Platform and multiple industries. As the 3rd largest global Salesforce partner, we are committed to growing and developing our Salesforce talent, offering continued growth opportunities and exposing our people to interesting and diverse projects.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Salesforce Data Migration Architect to join either our London or Manchester offices.
Life as a Salesforce Consultant:
We are seeking an experienced Salesforce Data Migration Architect to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading the design, development, and implementation of data migration strategies and processes for Salesforce, leveraging the platform’s tools and capabilities. This role requires deep expertise in Salesforce architecture, data migration tools, and Salesforce's platform features to ensure a seamless, scalable, and efficient transition of data from legacy systems to Salesforce environments.
Responsibilities
* Salesforce Data Architecture Design: Lead the design and optimization of Salesforce data models, including custom objects, relationships and fields to align with business needs. Ensure best practices in data modelling to support scalable, robust and reliable data storage and retrieval.
* Data Migration Strategy & Development: Develop and manage data migration processes for Salesforce instances using tools including staging databases (SQL Server, Postgres or MySQL) scripting and automation languages such as Shell Scripts, Typescript, Python (Simple Salesforce, Pandas, SQL Alchemy), and other Enterprise ETL tools. Oversee bulk data transfers, ensuring they adhere to Salesforce governor limits and data load best practices. Assist with the seeding of test data into Salesforce sandboxes using the Salesforce CLI may be used with VS Code. For all projects manage the quality of the data migration development using software delivery platforms such as Jira, Azure Dev Ops and tools such as GIT for version control.
* Data Quality & Validation : Perform in-depth data analysis of migration candidate data to ensure that the data transformed and loaded into the target system is of high quality and meets the needs of the client. Provide reports to the client on the quality of the source data and work with them to improve or fix data quality issues at source. This will usually make use of databases and associated tooling such as SQL, Stored Procedures, Views and SQL Functions. The reports are usually presented in Excel workbooks.
* Collaboration & Stakeholder Communication: Partner with cross-functional teams such as Salesforce architects, developers, admins, and business analysts to define and understand migration requirements, deliver accurate reporting, and mitigate data risks. Lead the customer through the migration strategy definition to capture requirements and shape the solution.
* Troubleshooting & Performance Tuning: Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve data migration issues, optimizing data load performance and queries by considering Salesforce governor limits, appropriate API selection, and indexed fields. Improve data migration workflows for faster, robust transfers into Salesforce.
What you’ll bring
* Proven experience with Salesforce data migration projects and using tools such as SQL, Shell Scripts, Python, Talend, Pentaho, SQL Server Integration Services, Azure Data Factory and the Salesforce CLI.
* Deep understanding of Salesforce architecture and the data models of the different Salesforce Clouds, including objects, relationships, schema design, data management, large data volume considerations.
* Expertise in SQL for querying, manipulating, and analyzing data from various sources and translating it into the Salesforce environment.
* Solid knowledge of Salesforce’s governor limits, data load processes, and the use of Salesforce APIs for data migration.
* Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure smooth migrations.
Rewards:
There’s no shying away from it - the compensation and benefits on offer have to be competitive too, right? We know that. That’s why we have a dedicated team working with our leaders to ensure our packages are fair, competitive, and rewarding!
Salesforce I Data Migration I Technical Architect
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