Salesforce System Architect

Description:

About The Role
Team – IT 
Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in any one of the Bournemouth, London or Stockport Offices. Full time, 35 hours per week. 
We are happy to discuss flexible working!

What this role is all about:
The Salesforce Systems Architect is in charge of designing changes or enhancements to deliver against a set of functional and non functional requirements. This should be done in line with the central Solution Design and IT Development Standards.
Working as part of an Engineering Team responsible for the delivery of strategic business value, you will play a key role in providing Salesforce specifications and supporting the development teams. 
As a Trailblazer, you will have a passion for Salesforce, and will be expected to keep on top of product enhancements announced by Salesforce via their Release Notes and announced at events.
This role would be ideal for those who hold, or who wish to progress towards, the Technical Architect certification. We will also support your continued Salesforce growth.
Key Actions

Define and implement application architecture for diverse business processes, projects, and functions
Liaise with business analysts / requirements engineers, product managers and engineers to provide application designs that’s respond to functional and non functional requirements.
You will contribute to the Sprint Backlog assuring technical and non functional requirements are catered for
Monitor the requirement for application upgrades, sharing benefits of upgrades and advocating for scheduling in the backlog
Provide technical support to business users and development teams throughout the SDLC, completing code reviews and responding to queries
Advise on the performance of the application to ensure fluid interaction between components and identify operational limitations for review
Ensure proper documentation of software design and developing processes and document appropriate procedures for application support
Essential Skills needed to fulfil this role:

Demonstrable experience working as a Principal Software Engineer or System Architect using a range of different technologies and integration platforms
Demonstrable expertise in the application itself, understanding technical and operational capabilities
Confident communicator - able to present complex technical issues in a clear manner to technical and non-technical audiences
Experience of Agile Methodology.
Work independently and collaborate effectively across the organization.
Self-motivated, goal-oriented individual with the ability to take ownership of the task assigned
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
So, what’s in it for you?

Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
Life Assurance – Four times annual salaryThese are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!
If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
Be there for you when you need us.
Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About The Company
Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.
We’ve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care.
Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.
 
Ready to find out if we’re the right fit for you? We can’t wait.
  
Diversity & Inclusion
We’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. To learn more please visit our Careers page.
Vitality’s approach to sustainability
Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. 
If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible