Experience:
8–12 years overall IT experience
5+ years in Salesforce ecosystem
2+ years hands-on with Salesforce Data Cloud (CDP) and security architecture
Primary Skills:
Salesforce Data Cloud architecture and data modeling
Security assessment and compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2)
Identity & Access Management (IAM), OAuth, SSO
Salesforce Shield Encryption and Sharing & Visibility design
API security and secure integration patterns
Secondary Skills:
Cloud security principles (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Data governance and privacy frameworks
CI/CD security integration
Familiarity with IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible)
Strong documentation and stakeholder communication
Certifications Preferred:
Salesforce Certified Data Architecture & Management Designer
Salesforce Certified Sharing & Visibility Designer
Salesforce Certified Application Architect
Responsibilities:
Lead end-to-end architecture for Salesforce Data Cloud including data modeling, ingestion, identity resolution, harmonization, and data activation.
Design scalable data pipelines using Data Cloud connectors, streaming ingestion, APIs, MuleSoft, or ETL tools.
Architect zero-copy data federation, data sharing, and real-time data capabilities using Data Cloud Data Streams and Data Lake objects.
Develop unified customer profiles and define golden records using identity resolution rules.
Design integrations between Data Cloud and Salesforce Core Clouds (Sales, Service, Marketing, Commerce, Experience).
Integrate Data Cloud with external enterprise systems, data warehouses, and lakes (Snowflake, AWS, GCP, Azure).
Provide guidance on ETL/ELT processes, metadata management, and data quality frameworks.
Optimize data ingestion performance and troubleshoot large-scale data pipelines.
Define data governance standards, data cataloging, lineage, and retention policies.
Implement security controls including data masking, consent management, privacy rules (GDPR, CCPA).
Ensure architectural compliance with enterprise governance and Salesforce best practices.