Salesforce Application Architect at Novalink Solutions LLC
Lansing, MI
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Jul 9, 2026
Lansing, MI
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Salesforce Application Architect role embedded within a Michigan state agency, focused on modernizing child welfare and state hospital systems onto a Salesforce platform spanning Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and Field Service Lightning. Day-to-day work covers end-to-end solution design, CI/CD pipeline implementation, org health assessments, and technical leadership of mixed state and contractor development teams. Suits an experienced Salesforce professional holding multiple certifications with a background in Java, SQL, and enterprise-scale integrations.
Senior level · 5+ years · Lansing-East Lansing, MI · Bachelor's required · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 20 people in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 9–30
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $99,256 (middle half $83,732–$117,713).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting is internally inconsistent: the top summary block states '2-3 Salesforce certifications required' and calls out a Salesforce Architect certification as a new preferred requirement, while the formal Required Qualifications section only states 'Salesforce certification required' (singular). The stricter multi-cert language was treated as context/framing rather than a hard gate; the formal Required Qualifications section is authoritative.
Salesforce Architect certification appears in the top-of-posting preferred list and is treated as preferred accordingly.
The role is placed in the Lansing, MI CBSA as it supports the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS); no explicit city is stated but the state agency context strongly implies Lansing.
Employment type is inferred as Contract based on the staffing-style framing ('new requirement listed', contractor/state employee distinction in the body), though this is not explicitly stated.
The alt SOC 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is noted because the role has a significant requirements-gathering and systems-analysis dimension alongside its development/architecture duties.
Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and Field Service Lightning appear only in the job summary narrative describing the platform context — not in the formal requirements sections — and are therefore treated as preferred/contextual.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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