Salesforce Architect Education Cloud

Salesforce Architect Education Cloud
Location: UAE (relocation from India supported)
Experience: 12 years (Salesforce and enterprise architecture)
Employment Type: Permanent / Contract
Candidate Eligibility: Currently based in India and willing to relocate to the UAE

About the Role

We are looking for a Salesforce Architect with deep Education Cloud experience to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale Salesforce solutions for a higher education client in the UAE. You will own the end-to-end solution architecture across the student lifecycle from recruitment and admissions through student success advising and alumni engagement and act as the senior technical authority for the programme.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the overall Salesforce solution architecture roadmap and technical standards for Education Cloud implementations
• Design scalable data models aligned to the Education Data Architecture (EDA) covering students applicants programmes courses terms and affiliations
• Lead architecture for Admissions Student Success Hub Advisor Link Experience Cloud portals and related Education Cloud modules
• Architect integrations with Student Information Systems (SIS) LMS ERP finance and identity platforms using MuleSoft or other API-led approaches
• Run discovery and design workshops with senior stakeholders translating business needs into clear technical solutions
• Establish governance covering security and sharing models DevOps and CI/CD code quality environment strategy and release management
• Guide and mentor developers consultants and admins and conduct design and code reviews
• Evaluate and recommend Salesforce capabilities such as Data Cloud Agentforce/AI Marketing Cloud and Tableau where they fit the clients goals
• Ensure solutions meet performance scalability data privacy and compliance requirements including UAE data protection and data residency expectations
• Support pre-sales activities estimations solution proposals and technical risk assessments when required

Required Skills and Experience

• 12 years of IT experience with 8 years on the Salesforce platform and proven experience in an architect role
• Hands-on delivery experience on at least 2 to 3 full-lifecycle Salesforce Education Cloud projects (higher education preferred)
• Strong knowledge of EDA Education Cloud data model and student lifecycle processes
• Expertise in Sales Cloud Service Cloud and Experience Cloud
• Strong experience with Apex LWC Flows SOQL platform events and the Salesforce security model
• Proven integration architecture experience (REST/SOAP APIs middleware event-driven patterns)
• Experience with large data volumes data migration and data quality strategies
• Strong DevOps knowledge (Git CI/CD Salesforce DX release management)
• Excellent communication stakeholder management and presentation skills

Certifications

• Required: Salesforce Certified Application Architect and/or System Architect
• Preferred: Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) Integration Architecture Designer Data Architect Sharing and Visibility Designer Education Cloud Consultant