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Job description About the Opportunity: Join our team of highly skilled professionals and enjoy working in a flexible and autonomous environment. None enjoys Groundhog Day, with their jobs. In this role, you will be challenged, and pushed to be your best. There is no getting stuck in one gear in this role or working on things that you are not passionate about. The Salesforce Principal Architect role will be responsible for building and mentorship of a multi-skilled Salesforce team as well as design and implementing Salesforce solutions for our customers that follow best practices in both IT and Salesforce projects. Required Skills: - Must have experience working on Salesforce Integration, Configuration and SFDC Development. - Should have customization experience in Salesforce Identity and Lightning. Roles & Responsibilities: - Manage robust teams of Salesforce.com delivery team members including BAs Tech Leads Architects Developers & QA - Perform project and program management activities including project financials. - Liaise and manage collaboration between horizontals to bring in synergies and ensure successful delivery. - Take accountability of delivery of work packages to customer facing project teams ensuring packages are delivered on time and with quality. - Ensure for all projects each Apex method developed has an equivalent test method with at least one valid unit test (using an assertion) - Ensure total test coverage within QA and higher environments is at least 85% - Ensure all code is peer-reviewed against Cognizant development standards prior to deployment to QA. - Maintain and publish Salesforce development standards to broader technical teams on a quarterly basis. - Ensure developers are incorporating code review feedback prior to deployment to QA. Enforce the practice with regular training & project audits. - Ensure version control has been correctly setup at the beginning of the project. - Ensure all developers are using version control as the source of truth for development. - Be an active part of the COE  owing technical & solution reviews for all projects on a regular basis - Reporting to internal senior management or Leadership teams on the overall engagement (across different dimensions like delivery  bid management  staffing  financials etc ). - Ability to understand pain areas of business and present workable solutions. - Acts as the escalation point when issues arise and understand what to do and who to work with to resolve them. Salary Range: >$100,000 Next Steps: If you feel this opportunity suits you, or Cognizant is the type of organization you would like to join, we want to have a conversation with you! Please apply directly with us. For a complete list of open opportunities with Cognizant, visit http://www.cognizant.com/careers Cognizant is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities. Successful candidates will be required to undergo a background check. About Cognizant: Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant. #LI-CTSAPAC