OneMain Financial Jobs

Job Information

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Principal Salesforce Platform Engineer in Austin, Texas

Enterprise Salesforce Architecture and Secure Configuration LeadershipArchitects enterprise-level Salesforce solutions, including data model design, sharing/security strategy, integration patterns, and automation frameworks that comply with HIPAA, regulatory standards, and organizational governance.Leads and oversees complex org-wide configuration, ensuring scalable permissions, metadata architecture, and controls; defines enterprise guardrails for declarative and programmatic development.Establishes and governs environment and release architecture, including CI/CD strategies, automation pathways, integration sequencing, and environment lifecycle management.Sets enterprise standards for configuration, naming conventions, metadata organization, and documentation to support long-term maintainability and audit readiness.Enterprise Platform Ownership and Strategic Roadmap LeadershipOwns and drives the multi-year Salesforce strategic roadmap, aligning platform evolution with enterprise objectives, digital transformation efforts, and operational priorities.Evaluates and approves enterprise platform enhancements, AppExchange strategy, architectural changes, and transformational capabilities (e.g., automation modernization, workflow redesign, integration expansions).Oversees platform performance, reliability, and risk posture, ensuring SLAs, monitoring strategies, and forward-looking capacity planning are established and executed.Leads enterprise platform governance, chairing steering or working groups, prioritizing competing demands, and ensuring alignment with cybersecurity and compliance standards.Data Governance, Analytics Integration and Enterprise Reporting StrategyEstablishes enterprise standards for Salesforce data governance, data quality, stewardship practices, PHI/PII protections, and lifecycle management.Defines and governs KPI reporting strategy, ensuring dashboards and analytics derived from Salesforce support decision-making at executive and operational levels.Collaborates with enterprise data, analytics, and MDM teams to ensure Salesforce data models, pipelines, and integrations align with broader data governance, BI architecture, and interoperability standards.Enterprise Technical Leadership, Mentorship and Cross-Functional AlignmentServes as the highest-level technical advisor for Salesforce decisions, guiding senior leadership, project teams, developers, and administrators across the enterprise.Provides architectural oversight for cross-system integrations, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and data governance requirements.Mentors Senior and mid-level engineers/administrators, elevating capabilities, establishing career pathways, and providing guidance on complex technical decisions.Influences stakeholders across clinical, operational, and administrative units, aligning platform strategy and system dependencies across the organization.Enterprise Change Enablement, Risk Mitigation and Executive-Level Escalation SupportOversees enterprise change-enablement strategy for Salesforce, ensuring communication, readiness, and adoption of new features across hundreds of users and multiple functions.Leads technical risk assessments, coordinating with information security and compliance teams to proactively identify vulnerabilities, change risks, and required controls.Serves as Tier-3 escalation authority, resolving the most complex problems involving integrations, scalability, performance, and security.Approves and governs phased rollouts, ensuring risk-appropriate deployment sequencing and rollback strategies.Marginal or Periodic Functions:Oversees strategic vendor partnerships (platform, integration, consulting partners); negotiates technical components of contracts, advising leadership on vendor selection and lifecycle decisions.Leads enterprise audit and compliance activities related to Salesforce security, access, PHI handling, and documentation readiness.Supports executive decision-making b providing platform assessments, capability analyses, and investment recommendations.Participates in enterprise architecture committees, cross-domain governance bodies, and long-term roadmap planning sessions.Guides major incident response activities, including root-cause analysis, corrective action planning, and communication to senior leadership.KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIESTechnical Learning / Functional and Technical MasteryRecognized as a Salesforce subject-matter expert with mastery of configuration, security architecture, platform limits, multi-cloud capabilities, and enterprise integration patterns.Designs platform-scale solutions using Flows, complex security models, metadata strategies, integration frameworks, and architectural best practices.Evaluates new Salesforce releases for enterprise impact and modernization opportunities; leads adoption strategies.Decision QualityMakes high-stakes architectural decisions grounded in risk analysis, cost-benefit evaluation, and enterprise priorities.Evaluates long-term implications of schema design, automation patterns, and integration strategies.Enterprise CollaborationWorks collaboratively across executive leadership, technical teams, clinical operations, regulatory offices, development/fundraising groups, and external partners.Communicates complex architectural concepts clearly to diverse audiences.Manages ComplexityNavigates interconnected systems involving APIs, ETL, middleware, cloud services, data governance frameworks, and regulated workflows.Solves ambiguous, cross-functional problems requiring expert-level technical judgment.Ensures AccountabilityDefines and enforces governance for platform changes, architectural controls, data quality, and release readiness.Holds teams accountable to quality, security, and execution standards.Business AcumenUnderstands healthcare operations, regulatory frameworks, data-privacy obligations, and mission-driven priorities.Designs Salesforce solutions that advance institutional outcomes and operational excellence.Communicates EffectivelyDelivers clear, concise communication tailored for executives, technical teams, and end users.Produces transparent decision records, architectural diagrams, and roadmap updates.

DirectEmployers