Success Architect-Service Cloud
- Salesforce
- 5 - 7 years
- Hyderabad
- 2 months ago
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DescriptionSalesforce Customer Success:
Salesforces worldwide Customer Success team is a global network of Salesforce employees and partners. Our sole mission is to ensure customer success. We work with our customers to build relationships, learn about their businesses, and drive value based results. Our motto for our customers is "Your Success is our Success"Role Description:
Cloud Success is a specialized team within Customer Success, bringing together customer support engineers, proactive monitoring, specialist product advisors and technical architects. This team not only resolves technical issues but also provides expert guidance on optimizing and leveraging Salesforce technology to drive long term business success.Success Architects, as part of Cloud Success, play a pivotal role in supporting Salesforces most critical and strategic customers. They provide expert guidance on solution design, ensuring scalability, security, and adherence to best practices. By assessing system performance, they help optimize efficiency and reliability while proactively identifying risks and recommending improvements to maintain technical health. Additionally, they offer strategic insights into application lifecycle management, enabling customers to plan, develop, and evolve their Salesforce implementations effectively. Through deep expertise, Success Architects empower businesses to maximize their Salesforce investment, aligning technology with business goals for long-term success.The Success Architect collaborates closely with various teams across Customer Success and the Product organization to drive long-term solutions for customers. They work with support engineers to resolve immediate technical challenges while identifying root causes to prevent future issues. Partnering with customer success managers, they ensure customers receive strategic guidance on best practices and long-term technology health. Additionally, they liaise with Salesforce product teams, surfacing recurring challenges and customer feedback to influence product improvements. By bridging the gap between customers, support, and product development, Success Architects help create sustainable solutions that enhance the overall Salesforce experience.Key Responsibilities:
As a Success Architect specializing in Service Cloud, you will:
- Drive Customer Impact Partner with our most strategic and high-priority customers, assessing their Service Cloud implementations and delivering expert recommendations on technical architecture, solution design, application lifecycle management, reliability, and feature adoption.
- Lead with Expertise Serve as a trusted Service Cloud SME within the broader Success Architect organization, providing both proactive and reactive guidance on architecture, technology strategy, thought leadership, and product best practices. You will help the team stay at the forefront of Service Cloud innovations, ensuring they are equipped with the latest product developments, best practices, and emerging trends.
- Communicate with Clarity Simplify complex technical concepts for diverse audiences, from technical teams to executive leadership, positioning yourself as a trusted advisor in key business and technology discussions.
- Innovate & Solve Problems Identify capability gaps and design inefficiencies, recommending product enhancements or creative custom solutions that drive customer success and long-term adoption.
- Execute Proven Strategies Leverage and tailor Success Architect playbooks to meet the unique challenges and opportunities of Service Cloud customers.
- Build Strong Relationships Collaborate with internal and external partners, fostering connections that drive customer success, product improvement, and overall business growth.
Basic Requirements:
- Solution Design & Architecture
- 5+ years of experience in software, system, or enterprise architecture.
- Expertise in Salesforce products, platform capabilities, technical governance, and best practices.
- Experience with large-scale, complex implementations, including SaaS, PaaS, multi-tenancy, and multi-tiered infrastructure.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise application integration, covering process orchestration, master data management, AI, analytics, and security best practices.
- Familiarity with industry- or vertical-specific solutions (preferred).
- Communication & Leadership
- Ability to assess business objectives, propose solution options, and drive stakeholder alignment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical concepts to both business and executive audiences.
- Skilled in creating clear, visually compelling design documents for diverse stakeholders.
- Proven ability to lead discussions, influence decision-making, and advocate for best practices.
- High proficiency in English.
- Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving
- Ability to identify design inefficiencies, recommend optimizations, and drive customer transformation.
- Provide data-driven insights on customer success stories and industry trends.
- Passion for continuous learning and staying ahead of emerging technologies.
Desired Technical Skills:
- Expertise in Service Cloud
- Strong knowledge of Salesforce Service Cloud features, including case management, Omni-Channel routing, Knowledge, Service Console, and automation tools like Flow and Einstein Bots.
- Ability to configure and optimize these features to meet business needs.
- Data Management & Integration
- Proficient in designing and managing data models, relationships (lookup/master-detail), validation rules, and data governance best practices.
- Experience with data import/export strategies, deduplication, ETL tools, and integrating Salesforce with external systems via REST/SOAP APIs, middleware (MuleSoft, Informatica), and third-party connectors.
- Secure & Scalable Architecture
- Expertise in role hierarchy, sharing rules, profiles, permission sets, and security configurations.
- Proven ability to design scalable, high-performance architectures aligned with Salesforce best practices, including Large Data Volume (LDV) considerations.
- Skilled in identifying and resolving common anti-patterns, including inefficient SOQL queries, improper bulk processing, excessive DML operations, and suboptimal sharing and security model configurations.
- Salesforce Development
- Hands-on experience with APEX programming, Visualforce, and Lightning Web Components (LWC).
- Ability to develop and optimize custom triggers, controllers, batch jobs, and asynchronous processing.
- Familiarity with governor limits and best practices for efficient code execution.
- System Integration & Extensibility
- Strong understanding of integrating Salesforce with other enterprise systems using APIs, middleware, and event-driven architectures.
- Experience working with OAuth, Platform Events, External Objects, and tools like Salesforce Connect and Event Relay.
Certifications:
- Required: Salesforce Admin, Salesforce Advanced Admin, Service Cloud Consultant
- Desired: Field Service Consultant, Platform App Builder, Platform Developer 1, Certified Architect Credentials (Application and System Architect)
Job Classification
Industry: IT Services & ConsultingFunctional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QA, Role Category: Software DevelopmentRole: Technical ArchitectEmployement Type: Full timeContact Details:
Company: SalesforceLocation(s): Hyderabad
Keyskills: Service Cloud salesforce enterprise application integration enterprise structure salesforce service cloud enterprise architecture salesforce admin
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