Salesforce Architect Jobs in Illinois
Salesforce Architect jobs in Illinois are among the most active in the Midwest, concentrated in financial services, healthcare, insurance, and enterprise technology across a seniority range from associate consultant through principal architect. Chicago drives the bulk of hiring, with additional demand in the Naperville and Downers Grove corridor and Peoria, where large employers including Salesforce partner firms, Aon, and Walgreens Boots Alliance maintain sizeable CRM practices. The most in-demand specialties are B2B Commerce Cloud, Financial Services Cloud, and MuleSoft integration architecture. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Job description
Location: Anywhere in Country
At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.
We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.
The opportunity
This is a rapidly growing area, and Studio+ is helping clients reimagine customer, employee, and operational experiences through Salesforce, Data Cloud, Agentforce, automation, analytics, and AI-enabled transformation. Most of your time will be spent embedded with client teams, leading business and technology conversations that help clients innovate, modernize, and create measurable value.
As a Manager in Salesforce Solution Architecture, you will shape solution direction across complex Salesforce programs. You will bridge business strategy, functional process design, data and integration architecture, AI enablement, governance, adoption, and delivery execution. Your leadership will help clients decide when to use AI, when to use automation, and when to simplify processes before technology is applied.
Your key responsibilities
- Lead business-led discovery and design sessions with executive sponsors, product owners, users, architects, and delivery teams to define desired outcomes, user journeys, decision points, business processes, and value measures.
- Own or guide Salesforce solution architecture across multi-cloud environments, including Sales, Service, Experience, Revenue/CPQ, Marketing, Data Cloud/Data 360, Agentforce, MuleSoft, Tableau, Slack, and related enterprise systems where relevant.
- Define target-state solution roadmaps that balance business value, user adoption, AI enablement, governance, data readiness, integration complexity, security, privacy, technical debt, and delivery feasibility.
- Lead the design of agentic and AI-assisted solutions, including use case qualification, prompt and instruction strategy, trusted data grounding, human-in-the-loop controls, escalation paths, testing approach, operating model, and adoption plan.
- Guide teams in the use of Prompt Builder, Agentforce, Einstein, Flow, Apex, APIs, Data Cloud/Data 360, and enterprise knowledge sources to create practical solutions that improve productivity and business outcomes.
- Establish design standards, architecture decision records, reusable patterns, governance considerations, and quality checkpoints for Salesforce delivery teams.
- Lead or support pre-sales activities, including solution shaping, RFP responses, statements of work, estimates, delivery plans, staffing models, and executive storytelling.
- Identify and mitigate risks across business process design, technology, data, integration, security, privacy, responsible AI, change management, and adoption.
- Coach and guide analysts, consultants, seniors, developers, and architects to create high-quality deliverables and client-ready recommendations.
- Partner with client and EY leadership to track value realization, adoption, delivery quality, and long-term scalability of implemented solutions.
Skills and attributes for success
- Executive presence and strong oral and written communication skills, with comfort leading conversations with stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to translate business strategy and functional needs into scalable Salesforce solution architecture and delivery roadmaps.
- Deep Salesforce platform knowledge, including configuration, security, automation, integration, data model, deployment, and multi-cloud architecture patterns.
- AI fluency and practical experience shaping generative AI or agentic use cases, including prompt design, grounding, evaluation, responsible AI controls, adoption, and value measurement.
- Knowledge of Agentforce concepts such as agents, topics, actions, instructions, knowledge retrieval, testing, monitoring, escalation, and operating model design.
- Knowledge of Data Cloud/Data 360 concepts such as ingestion, identity resolution, unified profiles, calculated insights, segmentation, activation, governance, and AI grounding.
- Ability to evaluate build/buy/extend trade-offs, maximize out-of-the-box Salesforce capabilities, and recommend when custom development is warranted.
- Experience applying cybersecurity, privacy, data governance, responsible AI, and risk management considerations to enterprise solution design.
- Strong relationship-building, people leadership, delivery governance, complex problem-solving, critical thinking, and communicating with impact.
To qualify for the role, you must have
- A Bachelor’s degree is required (4-year degree)
- Typically 4-6+ years of relevant Salesforce implementation experience with teams of five or more people, including hands-on configuration, customization, or architecture responsibilities.
- Minimum 3 years of experience leading teams of analysts, developers, or consultants.
- Minimum 2 years of Salesforce solution or technical architecture experience on enterprise projects.
- Experience directing Salesforce development teams working with Apex, Lightning Web Components, SOQL, Flow, APIs, integrations, or equivalent Salesforce platform capabilities.
- Experience integrating Salesforce with external systems and designing secure, scalable data and integration patterns.
- Salesforce Administrator and Platform App Builder certifications, or equivalent Salesforce credentials and demonstrated platform proficiency.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, lead through ambiguity, communicate clearly, and travel based on client needs.
Ideally, you'll also have
- Salesforce Application Architect, System Architect, Integration Architect, Data Architect, Sharing and Visibility Architect, or related architect-level certification.
- Salesforce Certified Agentforce Specialist, Salesforce AI Associate, Salesforce Data Cloud Consultant, or Salesforce Data 360 Consultant certification.
- Hands-on or advisory experience with Agentforce, Prompt Builder, Einstein, Data Cloud/Data 360, MuleSoft, Tableau, Slack, Marketing Cloud, Experience Cloud, or Revenue/CPQ.
- Experience establishing AI governance or Salesforce AI Center of Excellence patterns, including roles, decision rights, prioritization, development standards, monitoring, and value tracking.
- Experience designing AI-enabled operating models, value cases, adoption plans, or change management approaches for enterprise clients.
- Previous experience leading offshore or nearshore development teams and coordinating across multiple workstreams.
What success looks like in this role
- You shape client strategy and solution direction, not just platform configuration.
- You help clients identify where Salesforce, Data Cloud, Agentforce, automation, and AI can create measurable business value while staying grounded in governance and adoption realities.
- You lead teams to produce practical, scalable, secure, and maintainable architectures that clients can operate long term.
- You elevate the practice through reusable patterns, pursuit support, coaching, and thought leadership in modern Salesforce and AI-enabled transformation.
What we look for
We are looking for individuals who combine Salesforce architecture depth, business transformation ability, AI fluency, and consulting leadership. The right person can navigate the intricacies of business, data, technology, and change management; lead teams through complexity; and make practical decisions that improve client outcomes and strengthen our Salesforce capability.
What we offer you
At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.
- We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $139,100 to $254,900. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $166,900 to $289,700. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
- Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
- Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.
EY accepts applications for this position on an on-going basis.
For those living in California, please click here for additional information.
EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities.
EY | Building a better working world
EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.
Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.
EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.
EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law.
EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and either need assistance applying online or need to request an accommodation during any part of the application process, please call 1-800-EY-HELP3, select Option 2 for candidate related inquiries, then select Option 1 for candidate queries and finally select Option 2 for candidates with an inquiry which will route you to EY’s Talent Shared Services Team (TSS) or email the TSS at ssc.customersupport@ey.com.
Job description
Location: Anywhere in Country
At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.
We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.
The opportunity
This is a rapidly growing area, and Studio+ is helping clients reimagine customer, employee, and operational experiences through Salesforce, Data Cloud, Agentforce, automation, analytics, and AI-enabled transformation. Most of your time will be spent embedded with client teams, leading business and technology conversations that help clients innovate, modernize, and create measurable value.
As a Manager in Salesforce Solution Architecture, you will shape solution direction across complex Salesforce programs. You will bridge business strategy, functional process design, data and integration architecture, AI enablement, governance, adoption, and delivery execution. Your leadership will help clients decide when to use AI, when to use automation, and when to simplify processes before technology is applied.
Your key responsibilities
- Lead business-led discovery and design sessions with executive sponsors, product owners, users, architects, and delivery teams to define desired outcomes, user journeys, decision points, business processes, and value measures.
- Own or guide Salesforce solution architecture across multi-cloud environments, including Sales, Service, Experience, Revenue/CPQ, Marketing, Data Cloud/Data 360, Agentforce, MuleSoft, Tableau, Slack, and related enterprise systems where relevant.
- Define target-state solution roadmaps that balance business value, user adoption, AI enablement, governance, data readiness, integration complexity, security, privacy, technical debt, and delivery feasibility.
- Lead the design of agentic and AI-assisted solutions, including use case qualification, prompt and instruction strategy, trusted data grounding, human-in-the-loop controls, escalation paths, testing approach, operating model, and adoption plan.
- Guide teams in the use of Prompt Builder, Agentforce, Einstein, Flow, Apex, APIs, Data Cloud/Data 360, and enterprise knowledge sources to create practical solutions that improve productivity and business outcomes.
- Establish design standards, architecture decision records, reusable patterns, governance considerations, and quality checkpoints for Salesforce delivery teams.
- Lead or support pre-sales activities, including solution shaping, RFP responses, statements of work, estimates, delivery plans, staffing models, and executive storytelling.
- Identify and mitigate risks across business process design, technology, data, integration, security, privacy, responsible AI, change management, and adoption.
- Coach and guide analysts, consultants, seniors, developers, and architects to create high-quality deliverables and client-ready recommendations.
- Partner with client and EY leadership to track value realization, adoption, delivery quality, and long-term scalability of implemented solutions.
Skills and attributes for success
- Executive presence and strong oral and written communication skills, with comfort leading conversations with stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to translate business strategy and functional needs into scalable Salesforce solution architecture and delivery roadmaps.
- Deep Salesforce platform knowledge, including configuration, security, automation, integration, data model, deployment, and multi-cloud architecture patterns.
- AI fluency and practical experience shaping generative AI or agentic use cases, including prompt design, grounding, evaluation, responsible AI controls, adoption, and value measurement.
- Knowledge of Agentforce concepts such as agents, topics, actions, instructions, knowledge retrieval, testing, monitoring, escalation, and operating model design.
- Knowledge of Data Cloud/Data 360 concepts such as ingestion, identity resolution, unified profiles, calculated insights, segmentation, activation, governance, and AI grounding.
- Ability to evaluate build/buy/extend trade-offs, maximize out-of-the-box Salesforce capabilities, and recommend when custom development is warranted.
- Experience applying cybersecurity, privacy, data governance, responsible AI, and risk management considerations to enterprise solution design.
- Strong relationship-building, people leadership, delivery governance, complex problem-solving, critical thinking, and communicating with impact.
To qualify for the role, you must have
- A Bachelor’s degree is required (4-year degree)
- Typically 4-6+ years of relevant Salesforce implementation experience with teams of five or more people, including hands-on configuration, customization, or architecture responsibilities.
- Minimum 3 years of experience leading teams of analysts, developers, or consultants.
- Minimum 2 years of Salesforce solution or technical architecture experience on enterprise projects.
- Experience directing Salesforce development teams working with Apex, Lightning Web Components, SOQL, Flow, APIs, integrations, or equivalent Salesforce platform capabilities.
- Experience integrating Salesforce with external systems and designing secure, scalable data and integration patterns.
- Salesforce Administrator and Platform App Builder certifications, or equivalent Salesforce credentials and demonstrated platform proficiency.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, lead through ambiguity, communicate clearly, and travel based on client needs.
Ideally, you'll also have
- Salesforce Application Architect, System Architect, Integration Architect, Data Architect, Sharing and Visibility Architect, or related architect-level certification.
- Salesforce Certified Agentforce Specialist, Salesforce AI Associate, Salesforce Data Cloud Consultant, or Salesforce Data 360 Consultant certification.
- Hands-on or advisory experience with Agentforce, Prompt Builder, Einstein, Data Cloud/Data 360, MuleSoft, Tableau, Slack, Marketing Cloud, Experience Cloud, or Revenue/CPQ.
- Experience establishing AI governance or Salesforce AI Center of Excellence patterns, including roles, decision rights, prioritization, development standards, monitoring, and value tracking.
- Experience designing AI-enabled operating models, value cases, adoption plans, or change management approaches for enterprise clients.
- Previous experience leading offshore or nearshore development teams and coordinating across multiple workstreams.
What success looks like in this role
- You shape client strategy and solution direction, not just platform configuration.
- You help clients identify where Salesforce, Data Cloud, Agentforce, automation, and AI can create measurable business value while staying grounded in governance and adoption realities.
- You lead teams to produce practical, scalable, secure, and maintainable architectures that clients can operate long term.
- You elevate the practice through reusable patterns, pursuit support, coaching, and thought leadership in modern Salesforce and AI-enabled transformation.
What we look for
We are looking for individuals who combine Salesforce architecture depth, business transformation ability, AI fluency, and consulting leadership. The right person can navigate the intricacies of business, data, technology, and change management; lead teams through complexity; and make practical decisions that improve client outcomes and strengthen our Salesforce capability.
What we offer you
At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.
- We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $139,100 to $254,900. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $166,900 to $289,700. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
- Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
- Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.
EY accepts applications for this position on an on-going basis.
For those living in California, please click here for additional information.
EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities.
EY | Building a better working world
EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.
Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.
EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.
EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law.
EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and either need assistance applying online or need to request an accommodation during any part of the application process, please call 1-800-EY-HELP3, select Option 2 for candidate related inquiries, then select Option 1 for candidate queries and finally select Option 2 for candidates with an inquiry which will route you to EY’s Talent Shared Services Team (TSS) or email the TSS at ssc.customersupport@ey.com.
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What Illinois Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in salesforce architect jobs across Illinois.
- Active Salesforce Certified Technical Architect or Application Architect credential required
- Five or more years of hands-on Salesforce platform implementation experience
- Proven experience leading end-to-end enterprise CRM solution design and delivery
- Deep knowledge of Apex, Lightning Web Components, and declarative configuration tools
- Experience integrating Salesforce with ERP, middleware, or third-party enterprise systems
- Strong stakeholder communication skills for translating business needs into technical designs
Salesforce Architect Jobs in Illinois: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a salesforce architect in Illinois?
Becoming a salesforce architect in Illinois follows a credential-based path rather than a state licensing board. Employers expect candidates to hold Salesforce certifications, typically starting with Salesforce Administrator and Platform App Builder, then progressing through one of the architect credential tracks: Application Architect or System Architect, culminating in the Salesforce Certified Technical Architect designation. A bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field is the standard educational baseline Illinois employers list.
How much do salesforce architects make in Illinois?
Salesforce architects in Illinois earn a median of about $132,110 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $80,980 for the lowest 10% to over $194,740 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire salesforce architects in Illinois?
Employers hiring salesforce architects in Illinois right now include EY, Capgemini, and Dentsu, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Illinois's dense concentration of insurance carriers, financial institutions, and Salesforce consulting partners makes it one of the more consistent hiring markets for architect-level roles in the region.
Which Illinois cities have the most salesforce architect jobs?
Chicago, Oak Brook, and Schaumburg account for the most salesforce architect openings in Illinois. Chicago dominates because it anchors the regional headquarters of major financial services firms, healthcare networks, and technology consulting practices that run large Salesforce orgs, while suburban cities like Naperville and Downers Grove attract openings from enterprise-scale employers and Salesforce partner firms that cluster along the I-88 technology corridor.
Are there remote salesforce architect jobs in Illinois?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 55% of salesforce architect openings tied to Illinois are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, reflecting how thoroughly design, configuration, and stakeholder work can be done off-site. Discovery workshops and go-live support are the parts of the role most likely to require on-site presence, while solution design, sprint reviews, and documentation are consistently performed remotely.
How can I get hired as a salesforce architect in Illinois with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is through a Salesforce Administrator or Business Analyst role at a consulting firm or mid-size Illinois company, then building toward architect credentials over time. Large Illinois-based consulting practices and Salesforce partner firms regularly hire associate consultants and junior developers without deep architecture experience, prioritizing Salesforce Administrator certification and demonstrated hands-on org work. Building a portfolio of Trailhead Superbadges and volunteering on pro bono CRM projects for nonprofits are concrete ways Illinois candidates without enterprise experience differentiate themselves.
Where can I find and apply to salesforce architect jobs in Illinois?
You can find and apply to salesforce architect jobs in Illinois on Migrate Mate, which lists current Illinois openings. Find roles that fit your experience and credentials and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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