Senior Salesforce Developer/Architect Role Description
Remote, but must be in the Washington DC Area
6 months, yes
Public Trust
Senior Salesforce Developer / Architect as part of a web application development team. This position will be divided between enhancing the current Salesforce platform that includes CRM, KM, Public Portal leveraging out of the box features and custom development. The successful candidate will need to have hands on expert implementation/configuration/development experience in Salesforce.
The Senior Salesforce Developer / Architect will be involved in the full development life-cycle from technical design to development, testing, and deployment and engage and facilitate discussions with other Salesforce experts. The Senior Salesforce Developer / Architect will be expected to work with internal and external project teams to gather requirements, configure and extend the Salesforce application based on business needs with robust systems and testing documentation, within an agile environment. Successful candidates will be technical professionals, experienced in web application development. Candidates should have development experience with the Salesforce platform and be able to leverage the Salesforce provided Application Programming Interface.
Job Responsibilities:
• Perform hands-on technical Salesforce development and implementations, with a focus on delivering functional solutions on the Salesforce.com platform
• Work with senior members of the team to analyze business requirements, translating those requirements into customized solutions using the Salesforce platform
• Configure and maintain Salesforce objects, fields and relationships, customizing page layouts, flows, integration, automation and validation rules
• Implement Salesforce solutions that adhere to platform best practices, and perform peer code reviews. Typical Salesforce implementations include custom platform development (Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components), integrations with back office systems (often through the use of middle-ware tools including REST APIs and web services) and complex data migrations
• Provide development support, from design through testing and deployment, often working with other members of the team
• Assist with quality testing, including creating test scripts, training artifacts and as needed for troubleshooting
• Implement, deploy and document projects that leverage the Salesforce.com toolset
• Post-delivery: work with client teams in supporting the live application and perform hand-off and knowledge transfer activities, positioning our clients for long term success
Stay up to date with the latest Salesforce releases, features and industry trends and continually assess and recommend improvements to the organization’s instance, identifying opportunities for optimization and automation.
Required Education & Experience:
• Bachelor's Degree in I.T. or other related field with 8+ years of related experience.
• Certifications Required: Salesforce Certifications including Platform Developer I and I, App Builder and Administrator
• Strong understanding of Salesforce data model and best practices
• Experience with Salesforce platform programming languages - Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Component framework and Managed Packages
• Web application development including JavaScript, CSS, and HTML5
• Lightning Component development experience
• Lightning Design System framework
• Declarative Force.com development tools such as Process Builder, Visual Workflow, Lightning App Builder, etc
• Follow established Salesforce development standards and best practices
• Be comfortable communicating with technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to obtain and maintain a public trust security clearance
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