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At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced and strategic Salesforce Solution Architect to lead the design and implementation of robust, scalable Salesforce solutions. This high-profile role combines technical expertise with strategic thinking to align technology with business goals and Salesforce best practices. This role will serve as a trusted advisor to internal teams and external clients, collaborating closely with stakeholders to define requirements and shape solutions. As a key member of the Digital Product Delivery organization, this role influences enterprise architecture and gains exposure to the latest Salesforce technologies across a range of industries and domains.
The ideal candidate has a strong background in Salesforce architecture and development, proven leadership skills, and the ability to effectively communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences.
This role offers broad exposure and influence across the organization, providing opportunities to shape Salesforce strategy and contribute to innovation. This role will work on enterprise-scale solutions and enjoy continuous learning through advanced training, collaboration, and access to the newest Salesforce features and tools. The Solution Architect will play a vital role in transforming how the business operates through technology-driven customer engagement and operational excellence.
This position belongs to a family of jobs with increasing responsibility, competency, and skill level. Actual position title and pay grade will be based on the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and drive the overall solution architecture strategy and roadmap for business initiatives.
- Serve as a coordinating architectural advisor for cross-functional solution delivery, collaborating with business stakeholders, Enterprise and System Architects to ensure cohesive, value-driven designs.
- Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with business and architecture strategies.
- Mentor and guide teams in solution architecture best practices across applicable Architecture Domains (Business, Application, Technology, Information and Security architecture).
- Resolve complex integration and alignment challenges across systems.
- Represent solution architecture in business and IT strategy discussions.
- Bridge business needs and technical implementation, ensuring solutions solve the core business problem.
- Supports architectural governance and compliance, and contributes to defining principles, guidelines, and standards. Participates and contributes to solution architecture reviews and ensures architecture adherence.
- Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and platforms.
- Takes a more active role in analyzing technology trends and impacts and contributes to vendor assessments.
- Leads the design and development of end-to-end solutions that meet business requirements.
- Analyzes and translates business and technical requirements into solution designs.
- Leads the translation of business and technical requirements into architectural blueprints, collaborating with product owners and managers. Defines system integration approaches and ensures interoperability of components.
- Provides guidance and support to development teams during solution implementation. Manages the architecture for a broader scope of projects and develops roadmaps for portfolio evolution.
- Lead the architecture and design of Salesforce implementations across multiple projects or large, complex initiatives.
- Serve as a trusted advisor for clients and internal teams, providing strategic guidance and mentorship to Salesforce professionals.
- Conduct discovery sessions and assessments of clients’ current Salesforce use; develop findings reports, solution roadmaps, and actionable recommendations.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure solution alignment with business objectives and elicit, define, and prioritize business and functional requirements.
- Create prototypes and proofs of concept to validate solutions and inform project design.
- Design and document robust data models and secure, scalable solutions across Salesforce clouds, including Sales, Service, Experience, and Manufacturing Cloud.
- Oversee configuration, testing, quality assurance, deployment, and release management activities.
Supports architectural governance and compliance, and contributes to defining principles, guidelines, and standards. Participates and contributes to solution architecture reviews and ensures architecture adherence.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, related field or equivalent experience required.
- Five (5) or more years of relevant IT experience, including two (2) or more years of relevant architecture experience required.
Skills
- Agile Methodology: Agile management is an iterative approach to delivering a project throughout its life cycle, taking incremental steps towards project completion.
- Analytical Thinking: Strong problem-solving skills to identify architectural challenges, analyze requirements, evaluate options, and propose effective solutions.
- Artificial Intelligence (AI): Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. These processes include learning (the acquisition of information and rules for using the information), reasoning (using rules to reach approximate or definite conclusions), and self-correction. AI encompasses a broad range of techniques and approaches, including machine learning, neural networks, natural language processing, computer vision, robotics, and expert systems, among others. The ultimate goal of AI is to create machines that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as understanding natural language, recognizing patterns, making decisions, and solving problems.
- Authentic Communicator: Expresses ideas and information, both verbally and in writing, clearly and credibly. Listens to understand and fosters constructive dialogue.
- Big Data Analytics: Knowledge of data analytics frameworks and technologies, such as data lakes, data warehouses, and machine learning, to design architectures that effectively handle large volumes of data and enable advanced analytics.
- Business Acumen: Applies knowledge of MPC’s business, industry and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals. Makes decisions and recommendations clearly linked to MPC’s strategy.
- Cloud Computing: Knowing how to manage cloud services, develop cloud applications and use cloud architecture to meet customer needs.
- Continuous Improvement Mindset: Identifies and leads opportunities for continuous improvement and value creation, both incremental and large-scale.
- DevSecOps: A set of practices that automates the integration of security at every phase of the software development lifecycle, from initial design through integration, testing, deployment, and software delivery, with an aim towards shortening the systems development life cycle and as well as continuous delivery and a security-first approach.
- Functional Expertise: A strong understanding of various technologies, platforms, and systems relevant to the organization's architecture, such as networking, databases, cloud computing, and security.
- Internet of Things (IoT): Familiarity with IoT concepts and protocols, as well as experience designing architectures that incorporate IoT devices and enable seamless connectivity and data exchange.
- Machine Learning: Machine learning is a branch of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and computer science that involves the development of algorithms and statistical models that enable computers to progressively improve their performance on a specific task through learning from data, without being explicitly programmed. In essence, machine learning algorithms learn from patterns and relationships in data to make predictions, decisions, or identify patterns, often with the goal of optimizing some objective function or improving performance over time.
- Process Orchestration: Process orchestration refers to the coordination and management of various tasks, activities, and resources within a workflow or business process. It involves organizing, sequencing, and automating individual tasks or sub-processes to ensure that the overall process operates smoothly and efficiently. Process orchestration typically involves integrating disparate systems, applications, and services to streamline operations and improve collaboration across different parts of an organization. It often employs workflow management tools, automation software, and integration platforms to facilitate communication, data exchange, and decision-making among different components of the process. The goal of process orchestration is to optimize the flow of work, minimize delays and bottlenecks, and enhance overall productivity and performance.
- Solution Architecture: Solution architecture is the process of designing and describing the structure and behavior of a comprehensive solution to meet specific business needs. It involves integrating various components, technologies, and processes to create a coherent and efficient system that addresses the identified challenges or requirements.
- Strategic Outlook: Examines issues, generates ideas, creates future scenarios and develops plans with a long-term perspective. Ensures short-term goals support long-term strategy and that organizational/functional strategy aligns with and supports MPC’s overall business strategy.
- Systems Thinking: The process of testing conducted on a complete integrated system to evaluate the system's compliance with its specified requirements.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, related field or equivalent experience. 5+ years of relevant IT experience, including 2+ years of relevant architecture experience.
As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.
Location:
San Antonio, Texas
Additional locations:
Findlay, Ohio, Houston, Texas
Job Requisition ID:
00025254
Location Address:
19100 Ridgewood Pkwy
Education:
Bachelors
Employee Group:
Full time
Employee Subgroup:
Regular
Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, click here.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process at Marathon Petroleum LP, please contact our Human Resources Department at talentacquisition@marathonpetroleum.com. Please specify the reasonable accommodation you are requesting, along with the job posting number in which you may be interested. A Human Resources representative will review your request and contact you to discuss a reasonable accommodation. Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement. Detailed benefit information is available at https://mympcbenefits.com. The hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Veteran / Disability
We will consider all qualified Applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. In reviewing criminal history in connection with a conditional offer of employment, Marathon will consider the key responsibilities of the role.
An exciting career awaits you
At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced and strategic Salesforce Solution Architect to lead the design and implementation of robust, scalable Salesforce solutions. This high-profile role combines technical expertise with strategic thinking to align technology with business goals and Salesforce best practices. This role will serve as a trusted advisor to internal teams and external clients, collaborating closely with stakeholders to define requirements and shape solutions. As a key member of the Digital Product Delivery organization, this role influences enterprise architecture and gains exposure to the latest Salesforce technologies across a range of industries and domains.
The ideal candidate has a strong background in Salesforce architecture and development, proven leadership skills, and the ability to effectively communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences.
This role offers broad exposure and influence across the organization, providing opportunities to shape Salesforce strategy and contribute to innovation. This role will work on enterprise-scale solutions and enjoy continuous learning through advanced training, collaboration, and access to the newest Salesforce features and tools. The Solution Architect will play a vital role in transforming how the business operates through technology-driven customer engagement and operational excellence.
This position belongs to a family of jobs with increasing responsibility, competency, and skill level. Actual position title and pay grade will be based on the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and drive the overall solution architecture strategy and roadmap for business initiatives.
- Serve as a coordinating architectural advisor for cross-functional solution delivery, collaborating with business stakeholders, Enterprise and System Architects to ensure cohesive, value-driven designs.
- Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with business and architecture strategies.
- Mentor and guide teams in solution architecture best practices across applicable Architecture Domains (Business, Application, Technology, Information and Security architecture).
- Resolve complex integration and alignment challenges across systems.
- Represent solution architecture in business and IT strategy discussions.
- Bridge business needs and technical implementation, ensuring solutions solve the core business problem.
- Supports architectural governance and compliance, and contributes to defining principles, guidelines, and standards. Participates and contributes to solution architecture reviews and ensures architecture adherence.
- Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and platforms.
- Takes a more active role in analyzing technology trends and impacts and contributes to vendor assessments.
- Leads the design and development of end-to-end solutions that meet business requirements.
- Analyzes and translates business and technical requirements into solution designs.
- Leads the translation of business and technical requirements into architectural blueprints, collaborating with product owners and managers. Defines system integration approaches and ensures interoperability of components.
- Provides guidance and support to development teams during solution implementation. Manages the architecture for a broader scope of projects and develops roadmaps for portfolio evolution.
- Lead the architecture and design of Salesforce implementations across multiple projects or large, complex initiatives.
- Serve as a trusted advisor for clients and internal teams, providing strategic guidance and mentorship to Salesforce professionals.
- Conduct discovery sessions and assessments of clients’ current Salesforce use; develop findings reports, solution roadmaps, and actionable recommendations.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure solution alignment with business objectives and elicit, define, and prioritize business and functional requirements.
- Create prototypes and proofs of concept to validate solutions and inform project design.
- Design and document robust data models and secure, scalable solutions across Salesforce clouds, including Sales, Service, Experience, and Manufacturing Cloud.
- Oversee configuration, testing, quality assurance, deployment, and release management activities.
Supports architectural governance and compliance, and contributes to defining principles, guidelines, and standards. Participates and contributes to solution architecture reviews and ensures architecture adherence.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, related field or equivalent experience required.
- Five (5) or more years of relevant IT experience, including two (2) or more years of relevant architecture experience required.
Skills
- Agile Methodology: Agile management is an iterative approach to delivering a project throughout its life cycle, taking incremental steps towards project completion.
- Analytical Thinking: Strong problem-solving skills to identify architectural challenges, analyze requirements, evaluate options, and propose effective solutions.
- Artificial Intelligence (AI): Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. These processes include learning (the acquisition of information and rules for using the information), reasoning (using rules to reach approximate or definite conclusions), and self-correction. AI encompasses a broad range of techniques and approaches, including machine learning, neural networks, natural language processing, computer vision, robotics, and expert systems, among others. The ultimate goal of AI is to create machines that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as understanding natural language, recognizing patterns, making decisions, and solving problems.
- Authentic Communicator: Expresses ideas and information, both verbally and in writing, clearly and credibly. Listens to understand and fosters constructive dialogue.
- Big Data Analytics: Knowledge of data analytics frameworks and technologies, such as data lakes, data warehouses, and machine learning, to design architectures that effectively handle large volumes of data and enable advanced analytics.
- Business Acumen: Applies knowledge of MPC’s business, industry and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals. Makes decisions and recommendations clearly linked to MPC’s strategy.
- Cloud Computing: Knowing how to manage cloud services, develop cloud applications and use cloud architecture to meet customer needs.
- Continuous Improvement Mindset: Identifies and leads opportunities for continuous improvement and value creation, both incremental and large-scale.
- DevSecOps: A set of practices that automates the integration of security at every phase of the software development lifecycle, from initial design through integration, testing, deployment, and software delivery, with an aim towards shortening the systems development life cycle and as well as continuous delivery and a security-first approach.
- Functional Expertise: A strong understanding of various technologies, platforms, and systems relevant to the organization's architecture, such as networking, databases, cloud computing, and security.
- Internet of Things (IoT): Familiarity with IoT concepts and protocols, as well as experience designing architectures that incorporate IoT devices and enable seamless connectivity and data exchange.
- Machine Learning: Machine learning is a branch of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and computer science that involves the development of algorithms and statistical models that enable computers to progressively improve their performance on a specific task through learning from data, without being explicitly programmed. In essence, machine learning algorithms learn from patterns and relationships in data to make predictions, decisions, or identify patterns, often with the goal of optimizing some objective function or improving performance over time.
- Process Orchestration: Process orchestration refers to the coordination and management of various tasks, activities, and resources within a workflow or business process. It involves organizing, sequencing, and automating individual tasks or sub-processes to ensure that the overall process operates smoothly and efficiently. Process orchestration typically involves integrating disparate systems, applications, and services to streamline operations and improve collaboration across different parts of an organization. It often employs workflow management tools, automation software, and integration platforms to facilitate communication, data exchange, and decision-making among different components of the process. The goal of process orchestration is to optimize the flow of work, minimize delays and bottlenecks, and enhance overall productivity and performance.
- Solution Architecture: Solution architecture is the process of designing and describing the structure and behavior of a comprehensive solution to meet specific business needs. It involves integrating various components, technologies, and processes to create a coherent and efficient system that addresses the identified challenges or requirements.
- Strategic Outlook: Examines issues, generates ideas, creates future scenarios and develops plans with a long-term perspective. Ensures short-term goals support long-term strategy and that organizational/functional strategy aligns with and supports MPC’s overall business strategy.
- Systems Thinking: The process of testing conducted on a complete integrated system to evaluate the system's compliance with its specified requirements.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, related field or equivalent experience. 5+ years of relevant IT experience, including 2+ years of relevant architecture experience.
As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.
Location:
San Antonio, Texas
Additional locations:
Findlay, Ohio, Houston, Texas
Job Requisition ID:
00025254
Location Address:
19100 Ridgewood Pkwy
Education:
Bachelors
Employee Group:
Full time
Employee Subgroup:
Regular
Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, click here.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process at Marathon Petroleum LP, please contact our Human Resources Department at talentacquisition@marathonpetroleum.com. Please specify the reasonable accommodation you are requesting, along with the job posting number in which you may be interested. A Human Resources representative will review your request and contact you to discuss a reasonable accommodation. Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement. Detailed benefit information is available at https://mympcbenefits.com. The hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Veteran / Disability
We will consider all qualified Applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. In reviewing criminal history in connection with a conditional offer of employment, Marathon will consider the key responsibilities of the role.
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Lead with architecture certifications
AWS, Azure, and GCP professional certifications signal the specialized technical depth employers need to justify sponsorship. Architects with cloud certifications face fewer RFEs because the specialty occupation case is cleaner and easier for immigration counsel to document.
Target large enterprise employers first
Companies with dedicated immigration programs, such as major consulting firms, financial institutions, and enterprise software vendors, move faster on sponsorship. They have established relationships with immigration counsel and internal HR processes built specifically for H-1B and L-1 filings.
Document your degree-to-role alignment clearly
USCIS scrutinizes whether your degree field matches the position. A computer science, information systems, or engineering degree maps cleanly. If your degree is in a different field, prepare evidence showing how coursework and experience directly connect to enterprise architecture work.
Quantify the business impact of past solutions
Sponsorship conversations move faster when you can show concrete outcomes: systems you architected, scale you handled, revenue or cost impact. Employers need to justify the investment, and measurable results make that internal business case significantly easier to approve quickly.
Understand the L-1A path if you have multinational experience
If you have worked for a company abroad that has U.S. operations, the L-1A visa is a direct route that bypasses the H-1B lottery entirely. Senior Solution Architects managing cross-functional teams often meet the managerial or executive capacity requirement for this classification.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Senior Solution Architect a qualifying specialty occupation for H-1B sponsorship?
Yes. Senior Solution Architect consistently qualifies as a specialty occupation under H-1B visa standards because the role typically requires at minimum a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field. USCIS approves this title at high rates when the job description specifies technical degree requirements and the applicant's degree aligns with the position.
Do employers commonly sponsor H-1B visas for Solution Architect roles?
Sponsorship is common in this title, particularly at large consulting firms, cloud service providers, and enterprise software companies. DOL LCA disclosure data consistently shows high filing volumes for Solution Architect and Senior Solution Architect titles. Employers in these segments have established immigration processes and routinely support petitions for experienced architects with in-demand cloud and integration skills.
Can I qualify for a Senior Solution Architect H-1B with a three-year bachelor's degree?
A three-year bachelor's degree can qualify, but it depends on how USCIS evaluates equivalency. Many officers accept a three-year degree combined with relevant postgraduate education or substantial work experience as equivalent to a U.S. four-year bachelor's. A credential evaluation from a recognized agency and a letter from an academic expert strengthens the petition. Consult an immigration attorney before filing.
What visa options exist for Senior Solution Architects who miss the H-1B lottery?
Several alternatives exist. The O-1A is available if you can demonstrate extraordinary ability through publications, speaking engagements, industry recognition, or leading distinguished organizations. The L-1A applies if you're transferring from a foreign affiliate in a managerial or executive capacity. Some architects also qualify for TN visa status if Canadian or Mexican, or the E-3 visa if Australian. Migrate Mate lists roles open to these visa types.
How does having a graduate degree affect H-1B lottery odds for this role?
Holding a U.S. master's degree or higher gives you two chances in the H-1B lottery: you're entered into the advanced degree exemption pool first, then into the general pool if not selected. In recent fiscal years, the advanced degree selection rate has been meaningfully higher than the general pool rate. A U.S. master's in computer science or information systems is particularly well-aligned with Senior Solution Architect roles.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Senior Solution Architect jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.