Senior or Lead Architect

Overview Tech Bridge is a nonprofit that arms other nonprofits on the frontline of alleviating the causes of poverty and technology that will allow them to expand the impact of their mission for the millions of men women and children who suffer from lack of access to shelter food employment education healthcare and financial literacy We are a group of technology minded people focused problem solvers We believe the best way to eliminate generational poverty is by helping to grow the impact of the nonprofits who have their boots on the ground The Tech Bridge mission is to break the cycle of generational poverty through the innovative use of technology to transform nonprofit and community impact We fulfill our mission by providing nonprofits engaged in poverty alleviation with improved capabilities data and operations;

enhancing agency collaboration through data and resource sharing; and improving collective action among communities through performance metrics shared outcomes and insightful analytics Tech Bridge works to give people the best chance of avoiding poverty through technology enhancements that build capacity and facilitate collaboration within communities We support organizations that work within our four pillars Hunger Relief Homeless Support Social Justice and Workforce Development About the Role Tech Bridge is seeking a seasoned Lead Architect who has expertise in leading all levels of technology consulting projects including sales requirements design development delivery and support both for client facing and internal projects The Lead Architect will possess a deep understanding of how software can be used to solve nonprofit business issues The ideal candidate will have 10 years of Salesforce experience including experience launching complex Salesforce deployments The candidate must be self driven have strong critical thinking skills and have extensive experience developing technical solutions to real world business problems and translating technical challenges and solutions to leadership This role is adept at identifying the core need or problem to be solved which is often different from the problem stated Core Competencies Proven ability to lead the identification and the technical approach to be used on customer projects and manage the system development process including the development of a strategic plan systems analysis technical design configuration testing and acceptance of a system andor application includes the creation of all required documentation

Experienced in change management understanding the system development lifecycle and project management

Proven experience in data R&D or an associated development background

Extensive agile Scrum

XP and traditional software delivery experience in globaloffshore delivery models

Designs software architecture of given domain

Manages and enhances softwaredata architecture best practices standards patterns and reference architectures to design for the given domain

Leads with the design and development of project and deployment roadmaps

Performs specific analysisdesign efforts as needed and constructs responses for consumption at senior stakeholder levels

Experience in Information Technology IT delivery or architecture including experience as a Data Modeller andor Database Administrator application design and programming

Experienced in financial reporting specifically the design of a reporting architecture that facilitates the creation publication and distribution of reports both on a regular basis and ad hoc beneficial

Able to demonstrate Leadership skills to manage ad hoc analysis or design deep dive Provide fourth level technical support diagnosing troubleshooting and restoring systems to service Responsibilities Lead pre sales estimates

Gather requirements from client interviews meetings whiteboarding & documentation analysis to provide oversight of the solution throughout the project; ensure clients can make educated decisions on recommended servicesproducts for sign off Process design flow mapping & scenario design & document business workflows and requirements

Solution design including object model security reports custom APEX…