Salesforce Solution Architect

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve - we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow's health today, we want to hear from you.

McKesson is in the business of better health, and we touch the lives of patients in virtually every aspect of healthcare. We partner with payors, hospitals, physician offices, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies and others across the spectrum of care to build healthier organizations that deliver better care to patients in every setting. We believe in the importance of strong, vital organizations because we know that patients can only be healthy when our system is healthy.

Every single McKesson employee contributes to our mission-by joining McKesson you act as a catalyst in a chain of events that helps millions of people all over the globe. Talented, compassionate people are the future of our company-and of healthcare. At McKesson, you'll collaborate on the products and solutions that help us carry out our mission to improve lives and advance healthcare. Working here is your opportunity to shape an industry that's vital to us all.

We understand the importance of a system that works together. Your expertise, drive and passion can help us improve everything we touch, from providers to payors to pharmacies. Join our team of leaders to begin a rewarding career. Wherever you contribute here at McKesson, you will have the ability to make a real impact in the lives of others.

Job Description:

A Salesforce.com Solution Architect is responsible for providing technical vision based on understanding the business requirements and designing solutions that leverage the capabilities of the Salesforce platform to meet those requirements. They work closely with business stakeholders to gather requirements, analyze processes, and recommend Salesforce solutions that align with the organization's goals. Solution Architects have a deep understanding of Salesforce features, functionality, and best practices, and they use this knowledge to design scalable, quality, performant, customized solutions that address specific business needs. They help educate the team with technical best practices and translate business needs to a technical vision that teams of low code or pro code builders can execute on. They also build proofs-of-concept (POCs) that teams can further iterate on. The Solution Architect is responsible for the Design Review and Architecture Review of the solutions and as a trusted technology leader at the table will be tasked with supporting buy-in for new solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate functional and technical requirements on high impact and large complex projects that can span multiple software technologies.

• Design Salesforce solutions, including data models, configuration, customizations, integrations, and workflows.

• Acting as a technical guide, being able to speak conceptually, document architecturally and be comfortable doing hands on coding as well.

• Design scalable solutions using a mixture of configuration and code to support business functions and product goals, knowing how to work in and around the limits of the platform.

• Communicate with product managers, cross functional development teams, network infrastructure, information security, data privacy & compliance and principal architects to ensure a cohesive technical strategy is designed and executed upon

• Be part of the entire development lifecycle of a product from the intake, architecture, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance

• Support and maintain current Salesforce instance(s), including the data model, coding best practices, user permissions, integrations with third party and internal applications, security settings.

• Design and implement integrations between Salesforce and external systems, utilizing Salesforce APIs, middleware tools, and custom development. Identify integration patterns, recommend integration technologies, and ensure data integrity and security.

• Possess in-depth knowledge and understanding of the Salesforce platform, including its declarative capabilities, data model, security model, and integration options. Stay up to date with the latest Salesforce releases, features, and functionalities, and provide guidance on leveraging new capabilities.

• Create and maintain technical documentation, including solution design documents, technical specifications, data models, and architectural diagrams. Ensure that all technical documentation is accurate, up-to-date, and easily understandable by technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Help team troubleshoot, resolve, and track Salesforce end-user issues.

Minimum Requirements

Typically requires 7+ years of experience

Critical Skills

• 7+ years of experience and expertise in Salesforce service cloud and sales cloud

• 7+ years' experience in Salesforce Development including Custom Objects, Apex, Triggers, Web Services, Visualforce, REST APIs, SOAP Web Services and Migration Tools

• 4+ years' experience in building custom UI solutions using Salesforce Lightning design system (SLDS), Salesforce Lightning UI, LWC, web technologies (HTML 5, CSS3, XML, jQuery, JavaScript)

• Experience with Salesforce Platform events, Streaming API, Change data capture

• Experience with Salesforce APIs, Salesforce connectors, middleware solutions like Kafka, MuleSoft

• Knowledge and experience with various tools in the Salesforce ecosystem, such as Salesforce DevOps, GitHub, backup/recovery tools, etc.

• Strong knowledge of CRM application development, processes, and best practices.

• Salesforce Platform Developer II (PD2) certification required.

• Salesforce Application Architect certification required.

Additional Skills

• Strong communication, collaboration, and business stakeholder management skills.

• Experience partnering with multiple delivery partners and vendors on achieving business objectives.

• A team player with a high level of accountability and a proactive attitude towards getting things done.

• Strong leadership skills, with a demonstrated ability to lead through influence in cross-functional environments.

• Agile experience a plus but not required.

• Atlassian suite experience is desired.

Education:

Bachelor's degree (Information Technology/Information Systems or related), or equivalent experience.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$122,500 - $204,100

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson's full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

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