Salesforce CPQ Architect

Job Title: Salesforce CPQ Architect Job Location: Chicago, IL Job Type: Contract Duration: Long Term Job Description: • 12-18 years IT industry total experience, with Minimum 9 years specifically in hands-on Salesforce.com architecting/solutioning in which minimum 2 years in Salesforce CPQ/SteelBrick implementation as Architect and development (coding) in Apex and Visualforce and Lightning, and Experience in Data Modeling specific to Salesforce • Any prior experience with other technologies like Java/.Net is highly preferred • Experience in working with client in USA/UK is a Must, and in coordinating between Onsite-Offshore daily • Candidate should have strong hands-on experience in Apex/Visualforce and Lightning coding, and in Salesforce administration, configuration and customization, including reports and dashboards • This Role will have substantial Architecting/Solutioning responsibility, as well as lot of hands-on Coding to be done SALESFORCE.COM CERTIFICATIONS • Must Have: CPQ Specialist, Developer Certification (Platform Dev 2), and at least 2 of the Architect-stream Certifications • Nice to Have: Advanced Admin (ADM301) or Consultant (Sales Cloud/Service Cloud) Certifications FORCE.COM DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE • Must Have: Implemented at least 2 projects in CPQ/SteelBrick • Must Have: At least 2 years of Experience in working directly with customers/business takeholders to design CPQ Implementation including - Product Features, Bundles, Product Rules, Pricing Rules, Discounts, generating dynamic Quote templates, CPQ Approval Process, Order Creation and Management, Handling Renewals and Contracts and customize Product configuration with JavaScript. • Must Have: Experience in working in Agile projects and handling development team at least for 2 years. • Must Have: Should be able to demonstrate CPQ feature capabilities to Business stakeholders during meetings. • Must Have : Good understanding of CI/CD Process, Tools, Code-review tools and understanding of Test-Driven Developmental Model • Good to Have: Experience in migrating an existing CPQ process from non-Salesforce CPQ system to Salesforce CPQ • Very good experience in having architected and implemented Salesforce solutions, from a development perspective. Hand-holding Programming team in ensuring Apex/Visualforce/Lightning based solutions are implemented correctly and efficiently. • Experience in atleast 2 large Salesforce implementations (of not less than 10,000 users), and of having done Technical Solutioning - evaluating Configuration vs Coding, and making the best choices for Customization. • Must Have: Experience of atleast 2 Actual Projects in Salesforce.com LIGHTNING version, including working on Aura framework, and creating Lightning components/LWC • Strong Experience with Visualforce, Apex, Triggers, Eclipse IDE, SOQL and Java-script • Must be able to engage with Enterprise Architecture teams in discussing Salesforce Data Modeling • Strong Problem-solving skills, with ability to get multiple solutions for/approaches to solve a problem/scenario • Thorough knowledge of Salesforce Coding best practices, and understanding the limitations of Apex coding • Very good experience in integrating Salesforce with external systems using SOAP/REST Services • Integrate with Force.com Web services including SOAP, WSDL, REST, SSL standards, security models and typical API client architecture. And experience in working with Force.com Bulk API and the Metadata API. • Implementation knowledge of workflow rules, validation rule, approval process, reports and dashboards • Experience using Apex Data Loader and other ETL tools such as Informatica or Boomi or Cast Iron or Mulesof Experience with database development, SQL or PL/SQL, database schemas, stored procedures is essential • Follow unit testing and test class best practices, and be capable of coding for positive/negative scenarios • Must have experience with production deployment using change-set/eclipse/ANT migration tool, and working on solving deployment errors • Good to have - Knowledge on HTML/HTML5, CSS, XML, AJAX, Web-services, Google APIs, JQuery/any other java-script framework. Object oriented programming experience in J2EE/.Net platforms. • Excellent understanding of admin setup: user creation, roles, profiles, security settings, role-hierarchy, etc • Strong hands-on experience with administration, configuration, customization and development within Salesforce.com, and also in reports and dashboards • Customize and configure SFDC objects, data fields, page layouts, record types, workflows, document templates, reports and dashboards • Good to have - Salesforce mobile development using Salesforce1/vfmobile, Experience with Heroku, Radian6, Analytics, Einstein, et al