Senior Solution Architect (Salesforce)
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Findlay, OH
- **An exciting career awaits you**At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.# Position SummaryWe are seeking an experienced and strategic Salesforce Solution Architect to lead the design and implementation of robust, scalable Salesforce solutions. This high-profile role combines technical expertise with strategic thinking to align technology with business goals and Salesforce best practices. This role will serve as a trusted advisor to internal teams and external clients, collaborating closely with stakeholders to define requirements and shape solutions. As a key member of the Salesforce Center of Excellence, this role influences enterprise architecture and gains exposure to the latest Salesforce technologies across a range of industries and domains.The ideal candidate has a strong background in Salesforce architecture and development, proven leadership skills, and the ability to effectively communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences.This role offers broad exposure and influence across the organization, providing opportunities to shape Salesforce strategy and contribute to innovation. This role will work on enterprise-scale solutions and enjoy continuous learning through advanced training, collaboration, and access to the newest Salesforce features and tools. The Solution Architect will play a vital role in transforming how the business operates through technology-driven customer engagement and operational excellence.This position belongs to a family of jobs with increasing responsibility, competency, and skill level. Actual position title and pay grade will be based on the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications.# Key Responsibilities* Supports architectural governance and compliance, and contributes to defining principles, guidelines, and standards. Participates and contributes to solution architecture reviews and ensures architecture adherence.* Collaborates with stakeholders to ensure solution alignment with business objectives.* Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and platforms.* Takes a more active role in analyzing technology trends and impacts and contributes to vendor assessments.* Leads the design and development of end-to-end solutions that meet business requirements.* Analyzes and translates business and technical requirements into solution designs.* Leads the translation of business and technical requirements into architectural blueprints, collaborating with product owners and managers. Defines system integration approaches and ensures interoperability of components.* Provides guidance and support to development teams during solution implementation. Manages the architecture for a broader scope of projects and develops roadmaps for portfolio evolution.* Lead the architecture and design of Salesforce implementations across multiple projects or large, complex initiatives.* Serve as a trusted advisor for clients and internal teams, providing strategic guidance and mentorship to Salesforce professionals.* Conduct discovery sessions and assessments of clients’ current Salesforce use; develop findings reports, solution roadmaps, and actionable recommendations.* Collaborate with stakeholders to elicit, define, and prioritize business and functional requirements.* Create prototypes and proofs of concept to validate solutions and inform project design.* Design and document robust data models and secure, scalable solutions across Salesforce clouds, including Sales, Service, Experience, and Manufacturing Cloud.* Oversee configuration, testing, quality assurance, deployment, and release management activities.* Support user story development, ensuring success criteria are defined and well-documented.* Engage in solution reviews and recommend architectural and performance improvements.* Act as a release manager for Salesforce environments, managing deployments and ensuring alignment with DevOps best practices.* Lead or contribute to project planning, scoping, and estimating efforts in collaboration with cross-functional teams.# Education and Experience* Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, related field, or equivalent experience required.* 5+ years of relevant architecture experience required.* Salesforce Solution Architecture Track certifications preferred.* Deep knowledge of the Salesforce platform, Visualforce, Lightning Components (LWC) required.* Background in architecting on Salesforce Experience Cloud and Manufacturing Cloud preferred.* Familiarity with DevOps tools and CI/CD processes preferred.* Experience leading large-scale CRM or Member Services implementations and data migration/integration activities. Preferred.* Oil and Gas industry experience is a plus.# Skills* **Agile Methodology –** Agile management is an iterative approach to delivering a project throughout its life cycle, taking incremental steps towards project the completion of a project.* **Analytical Thinking –** Strong problem-solving skills to identify architectural challenges, analyze requirements, evaluate options, and propose effective solutions.* **Artificial Intelligence (AI) –** Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. These processes include learning (the acquisition of information and rules for using the information), reasoning (using rules to reach approximate or definite conclusions), and self-correction. AI encompasses a broad range of techniques and approaches, including machine learning, neural networks, natural language processing, computer vision, robotics, and expert systems, among others. The ultimate goal of AI is to create machines that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as understanding natural language, recognizing patterns, making decisions, and solving problems.* **Authentic Communicator –** Expresses ideas and information, both verbally and in writing, clearly and credibly. Listens to understand and fosters constructive dialogue.* **Big Data Analytics –** Knowledge of data analytics frameworks and technologies, such as data lakes, data warehouses, and machine learning, to design architectures that effectively handle large volumes of data and enable advanced analytics.* **Business Acumen –** Applies knowledge of MPC’s business, industry and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals. Makes decisions and recommendations clearly linked to MPC’s strategy.* **Cloud Computing –** Knowing how to manage cloud services, develop cloud applications and use cloud architecture to meet customer needs.* **Continuous Improvement Mindset –** Identifies and leads opportunities for continuous improvement and value creation, both incremental and large-scale.* **DevSecOps –** A set of practices that automates the integration of security at every phase of the software development lifecycle, from initial design through integration, testing, deployment, and software delivery, with an aim towards shortening the systems development life cycle and as well as continuous delivery and a security-first approach.* **Functional Expertise –** A strong understanding of various technologies, platforms, and systems relevant to the organization's architecture, such as networking, databases, cloud computing, and security.* **Internet of Things (IoT) –** Familiarity with IoT concepts and protocols, as well as experience designing architectures that incorporate IoT devices and enable seamless connectivity and data exchange.* **Machine Learning –** Machine learning is a branch of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and computer science that involves the development of algorithms and statistical models that enable computers to progressively improve their performance on a specific task through learning from data, without being explicitly
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Posted 2026-01-15
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