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Salesforce Technical Architect - Senior Manager

Huron Consulting · Chicago, IL · $165,000–$190,000 a year · Full time

Posted Sep 22, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Walk me through the most complex Salesforce architecture you designed across multiple clouds.

What they are checking: Whether they have real multi-cloud design experience across Sales, Service, Marketing or Agentforce.

Tell me about a time an integration failed in production. How did you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can troubleshoot calmly and add monitoring so it does not happen again.

What would you do

How do you run a technical requirements session with stakeholders who only describe business needs?

What they are checking: Whether they can translate business process flows into technical use cases, as the posting asks.

A developer on your team wants to build a custom solution where an AppExchange product exists. How do you decide?

What they are checking: Whether they weigh build versus buy based on cost, support and fit, not preference.

About the work

How do you decide on an integration pattern between Salesforce and an ERP or student information system?

What they are checking: Whether they can weigh real-time APIs, events and batch against volume, latency and limits.

How do you design around Salesforce governor limits in Apex?

What they are checking: Whether they write bulk-safe code and understand the platform's multi-tenant constraints.

Where would you use Agentforce for a healthcare or higher education client, and what guardrails would you put on it?

What they are checking: Whether they can apply AI on Salesforce responsibly with attention to data access and accuracy.

How would you design a sharing and security model for a large organization with complex visibility rules?

What they are checking: Whether they understand role hierarchy, sharing rules and performance impacts at scale.

What goes into a good technical architecture document?

What they are checking: Whether they write documentation that guides build and supports the client after handoff.

How do you set up DevOps and release management for a large Salesforce program?

What they are checking: Whether they use source control, environments and automated deployment to keep releases safe.

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The full job description

As published by Huron Consulting.

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future. The Salesforce Technical Architect will be responsible for designing project solutions with different clouds on the Salesforce platform (e.g. Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, App Cloud, Agentforce) in relevant Industries: Education, Healthcare, Construction or Manufacturing and Industrials. In this capacity the Technical Solution Architect will have an expert understanding of Salesforce.com standard applications, web application development, Salesforce integration, and tools such as the Salesforce APIs, Apex, Lightning, the AppExchange and relevant Industry AI solutions that are used to extend the standard product set. Candidate must be able to lead technical requirements gathering sessions, write requirements, technical architecture documents and manage integration tasks. They also must have a solid business understanding and be able to translate business process flows into technical use cases. QUALIFICATIONS: • 5- 7 years of consulting experience • 5-7 years’ experience with Salesforce.com • 5-7 years' experience in analyzing requirements, writing functional specifications, conducting tests, troubleshooting issues and interfacing with business users • Huron requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a field related to this position or equivalent work experience • Prior team management experience, experience managing people (mentoring, delegating, reviewing work, and coaching staff) • Experience in pre-sales activities, proposal development, presentations, and Demo's • Willingness to attend and present at orals • 5 or more years of experience managing external client projects in positions • Design and document an end-to-end Salesforce solution to include: leading technical architecture workshops with Enterprise Architects, Information • Security Architects, Integration Architects, Data Architects from client teams, and leading technical requirements gathering sessions and writing technical requirements documents. • Leading technical design sessions and writing technical design documents • Managing the technical delivery of integrations and custom extensions • Managing technical scope and client expectation • Designing and managing the execution of test plans and ensuring a quality solution is delivered. • Ability to work with developers US-Based and Offshore • Effectively work with Project Managers, Customers, Development Leads and the Account Managers • Educate Customer as a Salesforce.com Evangelist • Familiarity with Force.com platform technical limitations and common technical design patterns, integration patterns and business application development patterns • Proven ability to design and optimize business processes and to integrate business processes across disparate systems • Experience with Enterprise Integration tools. • Demonstrated deployments of enterprise software systems using industry standard environments including XML, HTTP/HTTPS, Java, C++, and ASP. • Willingness to travel PREFERRED: • Salesforce.com Application Architect, Certified Systems Architect or Technical Architect • Sales Cloud or Service Cloud certifications are a plus • Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related IT discipline The estimated base salary for this job is $165,000 - $190,000. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $198,000 - $228,000. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. Position Level Senior Manager Country United States of America

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